burden
noun C2- A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- A theme, a core idea. · the burden of the argument
Plural burdens
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Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation.
The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden.
The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: “I am treated according to my deserts.
If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.”
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