Tristan und Isolde

[ tris-tuhn uhnd i-sohld, ih-sohl-duh, -tan; German tris-tahn oont ee-zawl-duh ]

/ ˈtrɪs tən ənd ɪˈsoʊld, ɪˈsoʊl də, -tæn; German ˈtrɪs tɑn ʊnt iˈzɔl də /

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a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.

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Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Kathy took me on, and after a fair amount of sturm und drang—young writers do think every word is precious!
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The man at the center of the sturm und drang was a spy in the offices of the German BND intelligence service.
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Tristan Taormino, a sex educator and the host of the Voice of America radio show Sex Out Loud, agreed.
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I haf sent Kelly along to look after them a leetle und make them keep a goot watch.
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Here are vour in our room, und the leftenant says there are three on the roof, und berhabs we killed vour or vive outside.
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Den I run after dem, und da vos go py a cellar full of vater.
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Und you vos go owid on der blains und catch some counterfeiters, hey?
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"Man sieht die Absicht und man wird verstimmt," as Goethe says.
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