entamer：始める Il entame des études à l'université de Breslau

m. us：慣習、複数のみ si les us et coutumes de la Cour peuvent nous être étrangers, les vicissitudes que rencontrent les personnages sont bien plus familières

vicissitude：移り変わり、栄枯盛衰 Life is full of vicissitudes.

ebb：潮がひく、弱まる He had the courage to do so because he wanted to be conscious during the last hours of being alive, the gift which was ebbing and fading and could never be again.

bungling：下手な、拙い Nearly all the translations marred by his bungling English and defective rhythm.