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premature death

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epitaph; inscription on a tombstone

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to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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Muse; one's muse

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sorrow; grief; sadness

4

outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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agricultural community; farm village; rural

3

engineer; technical officer

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(female) nurse

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midwife

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missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

2

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

2

model; dummy; maquette

1

setting on fire; setting afire

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relief; aid; rescue

2

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

2

emperor

3

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

1

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

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Sakhalin (Russia)

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Maupassant

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to succeed in doing; to see through; to manage to do; to finish doing

2

agriculture; farming

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more than anybody

2

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source

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spark

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Iskra

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critic; reviewer; commentator

1

changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration

2

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

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pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

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grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand

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Menshevik

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militant; aggressive

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Marxism

3

offensive; aggressive

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professional

3

starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

1

election

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important post; important office; key position

1

to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)

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full stop; period; end

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to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve

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skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality

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one's mental make-up (structure)

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