English: Great Expectations
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens.
60 flashcards · English · by lakesare
What's this?
Nutmeg (мускатный орех)
What's this?
A forge (a blacksmith's workshop). Smithing is one of the oldest metalworking occupations.
What's a baker's dozen?
A grouping of 13. A baker's dozen, also known as a big or long dozen, is a grouping of 13.
The remainder are mainly serving sentences of between six and 24 months for petty crimes; mostly larceny, shoplifting and prostitution.
Theft of personal property.
We must avenge our dead.
Inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another)
My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread-and-butter for us.
Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.
It was a rimy morning, and very damp.
Covered with frost.
The grip on her arm was firm enough to rivet her to the spot.
Hold (someone or something) fast so as to make them incapable of movement. [Заклепка]
Ultimately he was tried, convicted and swung from a gallows, the last person hanged in Alberta.
A structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals. [usually treated as singular]
I'm rather partial to Carols.
Having a liking for.
They had lunch in the parlour.
A room in a public building for receiving guests. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members. In the English-speaking world of the 18th and 19th century, having a parlour room was evidence of social status.
He partook of pudding.
Eat or drink (something) Join in (an activity)
At first she gave a cry, as if she thought it was my apparition.
A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
Joe threw his eye over them, and pronounced that the job would necessitate the lighting of his forge fire.
To inspect something casually and quickly but with attention to detail.
We extradite fugitives that come to America from other countries.
A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding. Late Middle English from Old French fugitif, -ive, from Latin fugitivus, from fugere 'flee'.
What's a bedstead?
A bedstead (the framework of a bed on which the mattress is placed).
The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening.
Causing a mood of gloom or depression.
But prominent in it was a draped table with a gilded looking-glass.
Covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint.
The dress offered a fair display of bosom.
A woman's chest or breasts.
Her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio.
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
A parley is in progress and the invaders may withdraw.
A conference between opposing sides in a dispute, especially a discussion of terms for an armistice.
One of the soldiers carried a basket in lieu of a gun.
Instead Middle English via French from Latin locus 'place'.
Presently we saw other torches kindled at some distance behind us.
Set (something) on fire.
My state of mind regarding the pilfering from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure.
Steal (things of little value)
parlour vs parley?
parlour - a room in a public building for receiving guests. parley - a conference between opposing sides in a dispute, especially a discussion of terms for an armistice.
A standard 52-card deck comprises 13 ranks in each of the four suits: clubs (♣), diamonds ( ♦ ), hearts (♥) and spades (♠)
At one time this would have raised eyebrows - all those lonely spinsters and neglected bachelors sitting at home, pining for a mate.
Unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry.
What's this?
A snuffer (a small hollow metal cone on the end of a handle, used to extinguish a candle by smothering the flame).
One of the most ghastly crimes ever committed.
Causing great horror or fear.
With less penitence than I ought to feel.
The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance.
Nurses are the linchpin of the National Health Service.
A person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization. A pin passed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel in position.
Then he got a dustpan and brush, and swept the whole mess up.
A flat handheld receptacle into which dust and waste can be swept from the floor.
Goodness knows, Uncle Pumblechook, we're deeply beholden to you.
Owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service.
He had fiendishly congratulated them on my being liable to imprisonment if I played at cards, drank strong liquors, kept late hours or bad company, or indulged in other vagaries.
Extremely cruel or unpleasant.
He deals very well with even the most impertinent questions.
Not showing proper respect; rude.
Thousands of pilgrims converged in Memphis for the 16th anniversary of Presley's death.
A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. A person travelling to a place of particular personal interest.
They were sagacious enough to avoid any outright confrontation.
Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd.
He was a broadshouldered swarthy fellow of great strength.
Having brown or black skin.
He died alone in the solitude of the Sahara Desert in his hermitage, as a quiet witness to Christ.
The dwelling of a hermit, especially when small and remote. (the Hermitage) A major art museum in St Petersburg, Russia, containing among its collections those begun by Catherine the Great.
She stood on her own, looking morose as usual.
Sulky and ill-tempered.
Orlick plunged at the furnace, drew out a red-hot bar, made at me with it as if he were going to run it through my body. To plunge at - jump or dive into, quickly and energetically.
An enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for melting metals.
Pertinent VS impertinent?
pertinent - relevant to impertinent - rude, improperly forward or bold
That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men.
An unscrupulous or dishonest person; a rogue. Late 16th century of unknown origin.
We're just vagabonds, traveling from one place to another.
A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.
Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers.
What's a hackney coach?
A four-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses and having seats for six persons.
A chamberlain is a senior royal official in charge of managing a royal household. As a sign of their dignity, they bore a key, which in the seventeenth century was often silvered, and actually fitted the door-locks of chamber rooms. Since the eighteenth century, it has turned into a merely symbolic, albeit splendid, rank-insignia of gilded bronze.
A wicket gate is a pedestrian door or gate, particularly one built into a larger door or into a wall or fence.
The diary sent to the storage vaults|vault of the museum, hidden from the outside world, all but forgotten.
However, even he sounds a little doleful when the subject is brought up.
Expressing sorrow; mournful.
Their hairs are a bit singed and their faces are black from soot.
Сажа, a deep black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.
Who is this giant from Greek mythology?
Argus Argus Panoptes (All-seeing; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος Πανόπτης) or Argos (Ancient Greek: Ἄργος) is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. The figure is known for having generated the saying "the eyes of Argus", as in to be "followed by the eyes of Argus", or "trailed by" them, or "watched by" them, etc. These terms are used to describe being subject to strict scrutiny in one's actions to an invasive, distressing degree.
We exchanged a cordial Good Night, and I went home.
Warm and friendly; strongly felt.
A loud murmur of assent.
The expression of approval or agreement.
There the Empress stands today, a somewhat forlorn figure.
Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
Obstinate VS ostensible?
obstinate - stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action ostensible - supposed Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
Veridical vs vestigial vs cordial?
veridical - truthful vestigial - having become functionless in the course of evolution forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable.cordial - warm and friendly; strongly felt.
What is this girl doing?
A curtsy. A curtsy (also spelled curtsey or incorrectly as courtsey) is a traditional gesture of greeting, in which a girl or woman bends her knees while bowing her head.
"You're a tattletale," he crossed his arms over his chest.
A person, especially a child, who reveals secrets or informs on others;
Furnace VS forge?
furnace - heating unit used to heat up an entire building. An enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for melting metals.forge - a blacksmith's workshop.