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L'agent va le démasquer malgré la méfiance de l'équipe.

L'agent va le démasquer malgré la méfiance de l'équipe.
The agent is going to unmask him despite the team's distrust.
From Lesson 373:Formal concessions (en dépit de)·French

Questions & Answers about L'agent va le démasquer malgré la méfiance de l'équipe.

The lesson is about en dépit de, but this sentence uses malgré. Could I use en dépit de here instead?
Yes, absolutely. malgré la méfiance and en dépit de la méfiance mean exactly the same thing: despite the distrust. malgré is very common in everyday French, while en dépit de sounds slightly more formal.
Why is the pronoun le placed before démasquer rather than before va?
In the near future tense (using aller plus an infinitive), direct object pronouns like le must go immediately before the infinitive they belong to. It is always va le démasquer and never le va démasquer.
Is there a verb related to the noun méfiance?
Yes, it comes from the reflexive verb se méfier de, which means to distrust or to be suspicious of. The related adjective is méfiant (suspicious).
What kind of agent does l'agent refer to in this context?
While it can mean a commercial or real estate agent, the context of unmasking someone (démasquer) implies this is a police officer (un agent de police) or a secret agent (un agent secret).

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