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stoical, not giving sign of any feeling or emotion.
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Pullman car, sleeping car in American railways are called Pullman cars, after George Mortimer Pullman （1831-1897）, who invented the first Pullman car in 1859.
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the offering, the tipping.
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aberrations, strayings from the path; breaking of rules.
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symphonies, consonance or harmony of sounds, as in an instrumental composition in sonata form for a full orchestra; also, harmony of color in painting.
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swear, curse; scold
:—because the colors do not harmonize.
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pathologist, one skilled in the science of treating diseases, their nature, causes, progress, results.
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clinic, instruction of a class by examination and treatment of patients in its presence.
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nonelect, nonchosen, that is, not belonging to the group that is up to date on the latest literary developments.
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exemption, release or freedom from an obligation imposed by others.
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whimsicalities, tendency towards being odd, queer, fantastic, fanciful.
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personal identity, personal likeness or resemblance.
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undifferentiated germ plasm, the germ cells that divide but do not develop different characteristics.
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South Seas, the South Sea Islands.
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bread-fruit, a Polynesian moraceous tree. The tree bears a large round fruit from four to seven inches in diameter, and when baked, somewhat resembles bread. It is the staple food throughout the South Pacific Islands.
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saint, a holy or godly person.
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modern saint is a modern man who has to work so hard to earn a living that he has become sanctified.
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admonitions, authoritative advice or warning.
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escape, elude; get out of the way of.
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idiosyncrasies, a person’s peculiar physical or mental charaeteristics.
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sketches from life, drawings of persons around him, his classmates, the teacher.
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furtively, secretly; stealthily; slyly.
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by dint of application, by force of paying particular attention; by fixing one’s mind closely or attentively to a particular subject.
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real-estate man, an agent who negotiates the sale of property, land, and houses. Landed property is known as real estate.
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taken himself for better for worse, an echo of the marriage oath as pronounced in Christian churches, meaning “no matter what may happen to him.”
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