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agony
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Things Fall Apart
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- The birth of her children, which should be a woman's crowning glory, became for Ekwefi mere physical agony devoid of promise.†
p. 77.3 *agony = intense suffering
- And then from the centre of the delirious fury came a cry of agony and shouts of horror.†
p. 124.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(agony) intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)