Can you explain "lend" and "borrow"?
Lend is used in both British in American English to mean to give someone something: Jane lends my friend two books.
Lend, lent, lent
Borrow is used to take something from someone temporarily: My friend borrowed two books from Jane.
Borrow, borrowed, borrowed
As a side note, American usage says that you can also use the word "loan" as a verb, "to loan." However, "to loan"is used for physical transactions only (goods, money). For any other type of transaction, Americans use "lend."
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