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I am grateful

phrase

A2CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

A courtesy used by counsel to acknowledge the court's rulings, guidance or indulgence.

I am grateful, my Lord; I shall move directly to the question of quantum.

Similar: I am much obliged

Topic: Legal register & letters in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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