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В ЧЁМ (ТОЛЬКО) ДУША ДЕРЖИТСЯЁЛЕ-ЁЛЕ ДУША В ТЕЛЕ
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these forms only только can be placed after душа, otherwise
fixed WO s.o. is frail, sickly, ill: X's body and soul are scarcely held together
X is as weak as could be(in limited contexts) weak as X is.