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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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princess; Her Royal Highness

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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custom; habit; customary practice

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innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

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escort

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to single out

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strong-willed; strong of heart

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impatience

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standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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a few years ago; some years back

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death; the next world; to pass away; to die

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to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

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widow

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corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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extramarital (e.g. sex)

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tacit understanding; unspoken agreement

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conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant

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unmarried; not yet married

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abusive language; violent language; wild words

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respect and affection; love and respect

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carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

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even if; even though; however; no matter how

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to whine; to make feeble complaints

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honor; honour; credit; prestige

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

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to keep silent

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(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

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rash and blind act

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prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

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to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

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to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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grand; heroic; sublime; fierce

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power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out

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glare; sharp look

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(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

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or; either ... or ...

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bottom of one's heart

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vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

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prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

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plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

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to shake off

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