"borne" means: to handle, to take, to accept, to carry. Like a backpack is meant to be "borne" around the shoulders or on the back. In the statement written, it could also be written as "...she felt it just could not be taken". --the idea is the woman could not take the despair. Does this help?

Olga, Good question and the other answer is very accurate (correct answer). "Near" is used for a physical expression: I was NEAR the gas pump. --Explains to the hearer/reader WHERE the person is in relation to the distance of a fixed point. "Nearly" (like the other answer says) gives the hearer a sense of HOW close something is figuratively. example: HOW perfect is the gold ring? --It is NEARLY perfect. --Means the gold in the ring is ALMOST 100% pure gold, it is not perfect....but ALMOST perfect. Thanks

A "frontiersman" (frontiersMEN means more than 1 single frontiersMAN) was a pioneer from early America. They lived on the "frontier" of the wilderness. HOWEVER--the WAY it is being used in the writing above, means that person was a "pioneer", the front runner, one of the starters, or a person who was there from the beginning. It is the exact thought as saying an astronaut is a "pioneer" into space. --He is one of the frontiersmen in space exploration. --Make Sense?

They both mean the same. "Gorgeous" is usually the stronger of the two. HOWEVER, it comes from the inflection in your voice: SHE was gorgeous. She was GORGEOUS. **You don't call men gorgeous or beautiful.

Another answer is as follows. The first sentence is also correct. Mistaken (the EN on the ended of mistake) follows AND flows with the verb "have"----we already talked about the "must've" part. AND the third sentence works as well if you add the "EN" on the end of "got"---forming "gotten". Doing very well. If you were to SAY this (exactly how you wrote it with the minor corrections) EVERYBODY would know EXACTLY what you said, correctly.