What does そのねらいは mean in this sentence? > **** It's from a book that I'm reading. I got the whole sentence excepting "". Does it mean "for this purpose"? I'm not sure but I think I don't understand the before some words, like , . Do you think it means "its / her aim"? THANKS IN ADVANCE

`` without any context usually means whatever has been mentioned in the prior sentence. In this case `` means the "aim"/"purpose" of ``.