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The first portion: Ultimately pointless as it was fierce and acrimonious, means that that it was as much of a waste of time as it was aggressive and fueled by fury. Second they acknowledge that it was not that the couldn't prevent it but they didn't know what happened.
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Salt used to be very rare and valuable back then. But now a days you can get it any where and its really cheap.
Well, using my limited knowledge, "cleaving" means to chop, break in half, split, etc. Twain means twice. So, perhaps it's like "you've broke my heart in half", something along those lines? hopefully this helps you.
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According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "picnic" are: meal, barbecue, outing, campground, and lunch.
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