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(religious) faith; belief; creed

2

location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

1

gardening

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

1

introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

1

real name

1

Clive

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Staples

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

1

nine; 9

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eight; 8

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Ireland (country); Republic of Ireland; 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

1

... years old; age (of) ...

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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)

1

Nesbit

2

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

2

Kirkpatrick

1

private instruction

1

Oxford University

1

Greek (language)

1

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

1

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

4

classical or dead languages

1

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

1

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

1

alma mater

1

student hostel; hall of residence; seminary; college (in UK universities)

1

thirty; 30

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(period of) a year; during the era (of)

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English(-language) literature; British literature

2

professor; teaching; instruction

1

University of Cambridge

2

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

4

Renaissance

1

head (of a university department); chairperson

1

fame; reputation; renown

1

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

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Milton; Milton, John (1608-1674; English poet and author of Paradise Lost)

1

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

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

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Christianity

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