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