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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

2

woman writer; lady writer; authoress

1

to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something

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taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

4

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

2

departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail

4

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

1

to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

2

memoirs; reminiscence

5

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

one's memoirs; keepsake (not from a dead person)

1

well-known; noted; celebrated

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man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

1

assistance; support

1

anecdote

2

sincere; honest; faithful

1

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

1

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

1

sunbathing

1

putting off; postponing

2

extra; excess; surplus

2

way of speaking; intimation

1

cockroach

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or something

6

unworthy; unbecoming; improper

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

2

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

3

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

2

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

2

this time; now

3

to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

1

to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock

3

to throw into; to toss into

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

carrier; conveyor

1

it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...

7

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

1

endless; boundless; everlasting

1

property; possession

1

that's the way it is; such is life

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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reason; grounds

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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

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Renaissance

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conspirator; plotter

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