Breakdown of Él creía que era idóneo, pero no lo era.
ser
to be
él
he / him (after a preposition)
no
no / not
pero
but
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
lo
it / him (m)
creer
to believe / to think
idóneo
ideal
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