“Schadenfreude” is easy; but “as,” ‘like,” and “but” are hard. Every lexicographer knows it’s the short words that are hardest to define
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“Schadenfreude” is easy; but “as,” ‘like,” and “but” are hard. Every lexicographer knows it’s the short words that are hardest to define
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