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What is the meaning of the word deplorable in the second letter?
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• fearful
• unbearable
• painful
O unforgivable
2 Those fanciful images faded one warm autumn day when, as I was cleaning out the
attic, uncovered a collection of old letters tied together with a wor green ribbon.
The paper was yellow and dry and started to crumble as I touched it. As I carefully
untied the ribbon and unfolded the top letter, I realized the writing was Italian. My
knowledge of the language is limited to spaghetti ark espresso, but from the
greeting at the beginning of the letter and the signature at the end, I could tell that
the letter was written by my great-grandfather to Sofia, his beloved wife and my
great-grandmother. Immediately, I decided to have the letters translated into English
so that I could learn more about Angelo and the rest of my family.
3 A few weeks later, I received the translations. I leamed so much about my family
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The meaning of the word "deplorable" in the second letter is "unforgivable".