See molestus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!",
"ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Letters to Friends",
"text": "propter molestissimās occupātiōnēs meās, quibus sī mē relaxārō (nam ut plānē exsolvam nōn postulō), tē ipsum, quī multōs annōs nihil aliud commentāris, docēbō profectō quid sit hūmāniter vīvere.",
"translation": "Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!",
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"english": "Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!",
"ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Letters to Friends",
"text": "propter molestissimās occupātiōnēs meās, quibus sī mē relaxārō (nam ut plānē exsolvam nōn postulō), tē ipsum, quī multōs annōs nihil aliud commentāris, docēbō profectō quid sit hūmāniter vīvere.",
"translation": "Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!",
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