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Suppose you are asked to choose the word which gets the most stress (the word that gets pronounced the loudest) from among the red, italicized words in the conversation.

Explanation: Maya is shopping with Jeff, who has recently arrived in Japan. (original in Japanese)

Maya: Here comes our train. It's not too crowded.
Jeff: Do the trains get any worse than this?
Maya: Oh, yes. During the morning rush hour they're twice as bad.
Jeff: I can't imagine a train being more crowded than this. Where I'm from, we can always get a seat.
Maya: You are lucky, but you'll have to get used to the crowds here. How do you get to school? Do you take the train?
Jeff: No, I walk to school.

I understand it�s not easy to choose just one word and that it depends on the situation and the speaker�s intention, but please suppose you have to choose one word.

I picked the word seat, but the given answer was always.

What do you think?

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