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Staples

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wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

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nine; 9

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eight; 8

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Ireland (country); Éire; Ireland (island)

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Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK)

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city

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lawyer; attorney

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mother

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pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend

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-years-old

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

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to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

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Gulliver's Travels (1726 novel by Jonathan Swift)

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Nesbit

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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Kirkpatrick

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private instruction

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Oxford University

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Greek (language)

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being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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classical or dead languages

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best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest

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First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1

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military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign

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war wound

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alma mater

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student hostel; dormitory (e.g. for factory workers)

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thirty; 30

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(period of) a year; during an era

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English(-language) literature; British literature

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professor; teaching; instruction

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Cambridge University

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

4

Renaissance

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head (of a university department); chairperson

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fame; reputation; renown

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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Milton

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inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

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famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

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Christianity

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

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lecture; address; speech

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autobiography

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person of letters; literary person

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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