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Cry, the Beloved Country
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- Msimangu's face lights up, but he talks humbly, there is no pride or false constraint.†
Chpt 1.13 *constraint = something that limits something else
- They did not kiss after the European fashion, but stood looking at each other without words, bound in a great constraint.†
Chpt 2.29
- Father Vincent left them, and they all stood in the same constraint.†
Chpt 2.29
- For a wonder there was no one in the shop except the big bull man, who greeted him with a certain constraint.†
Chpt 2.29
- There fell a constraint between them, until the young demonstrator said quietly, umfundisi, I work here with all my heart, is it not so?†
Chpt 3.35
Definitions:
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(constraint) limitation (something that limits something else)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In classic literature, constraint is often used where constrained would be used today to indicate an inhibited attitude (lack of spontaneity).