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| a person who hates or distrusts everyone (p. 270) |
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| very heavy, bulky (p. 272) |
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| an office for keeping financial records and writing business letters |
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| The national legislative body of Great Britain in some ways like the American Congress. |
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| A hospital in London for the mentally ill. |
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| A kind of mill wheel turned by the weight of persons treading steps arranged around it; this devise was used to punish prisoners in jails. |
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| A series of laws were passed in England from the 17th century on to help the poor; changes to the law in 1834 gave responsibility for this relief to the national government but did not provide much aid for the poor. |
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| an expression which means to look persistently |
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| written promises to pay someone a certain sum of money |
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| receiving financial support and instruction in a trade in return for work |
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| a common type of money used in Great Britain |
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| a girl without a dowery or property or wealth a woman brought to her husband at marriage |
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