Both Uses of
shirk
in
Anna Karenina
- "Yes, looking at the sky, I thought that the dome that I see is not a deception, and then I thought something, I shirked facing something," he mused.†
Part 8 *
- Just as he was going into the nursery he remembered what it was he had shirked facing.†
Part 8
Definition:
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(shirk) to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility