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They saw that Alexander was so terribly in earnest that it would be cruelty to keep him on tenter-hooks any longer. So Marzell at once began his part of the tale, as follows:Alexanders Betragen kam den Freunden ganz wunderlich vor, doch merkten sie wohl, daß sie den tief Verwundeten nicht mehr reizen dürften, Marzell fing daher den gewünschten Roman ohne weiteres in folgender Art an.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
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tenter frame
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Word forms
tenter
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | tenter | tenters |
Possessive case | tenter's | tenters' |