Alexendra goes to work in her father's hospital. She keep sees people's death. She wonders why she only sees death, not some kind of other future. She's afraid of seeing her brothers' fortune, the people who she loves. Next morning, she receives a letter from Tom, his brother. The letter was so political. She couldn't understand anything, but she understood that there was a very small chance of succeeding in Manchester. Father would never let Tom into his house when he reads the letter.
1) Corridor:a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway. Those two buildings were separated by the corridor.
2)linen:fabric woven from flax yarns. He wore a white linen suit to his office.
3)famble:To stammer. He fambled a lot in his speech.
4)plaintively:expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful He cried plantively upon his brother's death.
5)feeble:physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail. My grandmother can't hike due to her feeble health.
6)lurch:an act or instance of swaying abruptly. Henry lurched to his feet.
7)commotion:violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance What's all the commotion in the hallway?
8)shrapnel:a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. The soldier was hit by shrapnel from a grenade.
9)implore:to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat They implored him to go.
10)gibberish:meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing. His speech was gibberish, nobody could hear anything.
11)premonition:a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment I have a shocking premonition that he's going to die.
12)conscription:compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft. My dad was liabe for conscription.
13)compulsory:required; mandatory; obligatory That pie is compulsory to your health.
14)contradiction:assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial. The contradictions between Christmas and Thanksgiving were devastating.
15)amputate:to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery The doctor accidentally killed the patient by amputating the heart.
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Summary
Alexendra goes to work in her father's hospital. She keep sees people's death. She wonders why she only sees death, not some kind of other future. She's afraid of seeing her brothers' fortune, the people who she loves. Next morning, she receives a letter from Tom, his brother. The letter was so political. She couldn't understand anything, but she understood that there was a very small chance of succeeding in Manchester. Father would never let Tom into his house when he reads the letter.
1) Corridor:a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway.
Those two buildings were separated by the corridor.
2)linen:fabric woven from flax yarns.
He wore a white linen suit to his office.
3)famble:To stammer.
He fambled a lot in his speech.
4)plaintively:expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
He cried plantively upon his brother's death.
5)feeble:physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
My grandmother can't hike due to her feeble health.
6)lurch:an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
Henry lurched to his feet.
7)commotion:violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance
What's all the commotion in the hallway?
8)shrapnel:a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles.
The soldier was hit by shrapnel from a grenade.
9)implore:to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat
They implored him to go.
10)gibberish:meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
His speech was gibberish, nobody could hear anything.
11)premonition:a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment
I have a shocking premonition that he's going to die.
12)conscription:compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft.
My dad was liabe for conscription.
13)compulsory:required; mandatory; obligatory
That pie is compulsory to your health.
14)contradiction:assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial.
The contradictions between Christmas and Thanksgiving were devastating.
15)amputate:to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery
The doctor accidentally killed the patient by amputating the heart.