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be an obstacle to

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large coarse fern often several feet high

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work hard

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feeling or expressing pain or sorrow

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very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

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a very steep cliff

7) _____________________________________________

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

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lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

9) _____________________________________________

characterized by a buoyant rhythm

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a jaunty rhythm in music or speech