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- All over the world the cruel influenza had been taking lives.†
Book 1 *influenza = highly contagious respiratory disease commonly called the flu
- In British East Africa, where I was living, the influenza began in the seaport of Mombasa, traveled three hundred miles to the city of Nairobi, and from there crept onto the farms and plantations and into the Kikuyu and Masai shambas.†
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- The influenza killed my parents.†
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- When I asked why, Father said, "It's influenza, Rachel, and it's extremely contagious."†
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- Rachel, if the influenza spreads, your father and I are going to have all we can manage.†
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- We don't know how quickly the influenza will spread.†
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- I had heard that in Nairobi there were cases of influenza in both the native hospital and the hospital for whites.†
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- The classes will not be meeting—the children in a group might spread the flu.†
Book 1the flu = influenza -- a highly contagious respiratory disease
- Each day brought more influenza victims to the hospital.†
Book 1influenza = highly contagious respiratory disease commonly called the flu
- Rumors about the influenza spread as quickly as the disease.†
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- Kanoro, does Mother have influenza?†
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- One of our Kikuyu nurses recovered from the influenza.†
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- They are overworked with their own influenza cases.†
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- Mr. Pritchard said, "I have cabled the mission board that your parents have succumbed to the influenza epidemic."†
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- You're not coming down with influenza?†
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- Her father and mother died from the influenza.†
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- When we learned of the many deaths from influenza, we guessed what had happened to Valerie and why the Pritchards had sent you in her place.†
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- I told about the influenza, my parents' death, the fear of the orphanage where they had grown up, the Pritchards' convincing me that Grandfather was near death and that I would be saving his life.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(influenza) highly contagious respiratory disease commonly called the flu
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)