Relier Pairs (ENG C1) ch.2Version en ligne Vocabulary from Sense and Sensibility chapter II and III. par Georgios Michalopoulos 1 amiable "It implies every thing amiable. " 2 to militate "even that quietness of manner which militated against all her established ideas of what a young man’s address ought to be" 3 annuity "people always live for ever when there is any annuity to be paid them" 4 barouche "till one of these superior blessings could be attained, it would have quieted her ambition to see him driving a barouche." 5 housekeeping "Their housekeeping will be nothing at all. They will have no carriage, no horses, and hardly any servants;" 6 trifling "except a trifling sum, the whole of his fortune depended on the will of his mother." 7 partiality "It was enough for her that he appeared to be amiable, that he loved her daughter, and that Elinor returned the partiality." 8 to stipulate "He did not stipulate for any particular sum" 9 intimacy "Some mothers might have encouraged the intimacy from motives of interest, for Edward Ferrars was the eldest son of a man who had died very rich; " 10 to point out "I will listen to no cavil, unless you can point out any other method of understanding the affair as satisfactory as this." 11 contempt "The contempt which she had, very early in their acquaintance, felt for her daughter-in-law, was very much increased" 12 diffident "He was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open affectionate heart." 13 earnestness "an earnestness which gave Elinor far more pain" 14 unobtrusive "She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it." 15 to afford "but we are not to think of their expectations: the question is, what you can afford to do." 16 disinclination " she dared not explain the motive of her own disinclination for going to London." 17 to take pains "Mrs. Dashwood now took pains to get acquainted with him." 18 discretion " If I were you, whatever I did should be done at my own discretion entirely." unwillingness to do or believe something a right to receive amounts of money regularly over the remaining life of one beneficiary. to require something as a condition of an agreement. closeness between people favoritism, fondness disdain, disrespect to be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing. wagon to be able or rich enough. attention, prudence, responsibility friendly, amicable hesitant; unconfident to try very hard to do something to call attention to; to identity, to indicate insignificant, worthless the chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning (in the text: the expenses associated with maintaining a house). sincerity; seriousness keeping a low profile
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