THINGS FALL APART

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He had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his ....



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Okonkwo's fame had grown like a bushfire in the ....



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And so when Okonkwo of Umuofia arrived at Mbaino as the proud and imperious emissary of war, he was treated with great honour and respect, and two days later he retuned home with a lad of fifteen and a young ....



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Okonkwo's first son, ... , was then twelve years old but was already causing his father great anxiety for his incipient laziness.



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Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy ....



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When he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if he was going to ... on somebody.



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And in a clear unemotional voice he told Umuofia how their daughter had gone to market at Mbaino and had been killed. That woman, said Ezeugo, was the wife of ... ....



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Unoka was, of course, a ..., and he owed every neighbour some money.



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Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the ... - ... with which words are eaten.



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In his day he (Unoka) was lazy and ... and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow. 



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