"embarras" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1906, Henry James, letter, 17 November",
          "text": "I […] envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things."
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        "(now rare) An embarrassment; an obstacle or hindrance."
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        "Specifically, a clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway."
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