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Having finished the voluminous novel, (it was being put away by him).

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One who dies without will.

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A formal expression of praise for someone who has died.

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Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority.

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The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.

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Extreme or indefinite to be adequately described.

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Dress with medals, ribbons worn at official ceremony.

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A short story with a moral.

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200 th anniversary.