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What is the reason for the " 's " in the following context?
It's another way of saying "You're one of Tom's friends, aren't you?"
The 's is the possessive.
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Can I say "What image do you have about my country?"
It sounds perfectly okay to me. It may well be the sort of construction I would use myself, as a native English speaker.
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Meaning of "graced their sight with its presence"
It's flowery language, anthromorphising a meteor by suggesting that (like a royal personage appearing before the crowds) its appearance is graciously granting its viewers a view (with a little wave) b …