life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
woman; female; feminine gender
girls' high school (pre-WWII)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever