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painful lesson

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meanings of painfuland lesson


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painful
adjective
uk /ˈpeɪn.fəl/ us /ˈpeɪn.fəl/
causing emotional or ...
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lesson
noun[C]
uk /ˈles.ən/ us /ˈles.ən/
a period of time in which a person is taught about a subject or how to ...
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Examples of painful lesson


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The experience of the period between the wars had taught the painfullesson that this would just breed resentment and vengeful sentiments.
We now find out that in opposition they have unlearned that painfullesson, which took them so many years to learn.
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We have also had to learn a very painfullesson.
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That painfullesson has been learnt.
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Where those aims are concerned, we were of course taught a hard and painfullesson in the last two summers: last year we had floods; this year it was fire.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I think, too, that we have all learnt a painfullesson as to the attempt to deal with the problem of coast erosion in hurriedly undertaken relief works.
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A girl learns the painfullesson of letting go of want and desire when her father insists on leaving her newfound stray dog.
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If we look at the painful lessons learned, they have not been learned only by the engineers and the accountants.
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Lessons have of course been learned over many years—in some cases painful lessons.
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Lessons have, of course, been learned over many years—in some cases, painful lessons.
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It is the hope of many that sharp and even painful lessons have been learnt.
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It seemed that 1,000 years of our history and the painful lessons that we should have learnt about military preparedness have been completely, almost wilfully, forgotten.
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We must show respect for the suffering of the victims, and integrate these painful lessons, in unity and mutual tolerance, into our common history and common memory.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The gifts are gifts of beauty, surprise, laughter, intricacy, and sometimes painful lessons, which are a joy delayed.
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