Kilo Lingo

#720 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

severe, strict, stern

Examples

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Our teacher is very strict.

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He looked at me with stern eyes.

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The winter was long and severe.

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She spoke in a stern voice.

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The law is severe against such crimes.

stretches across the stern person, the harsh winter and the strict rule, which is more ground than English severe covers on its own. It is a false friend for anyone reading it as several: for that Esperanto wants or , and the two words share nothing but a look. Severe is sternly, o is severity, and a is the lenient end of the scale.

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This word is part of lesson 15.