Book Name: Our Mutual Friend Pages Read: 3-25 Summary:
As an autumn evening is coming, there is an old reckless boat floating between South park Bridge and London Bridge. The guy on the boat looks strong with grizzled hair and a sun-browned face. Mr and Mrs Veneering were bran- new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneerings was new. All their furnitures were new, all their friends were new, all their servants were new,their plate was new,their carriage was new, their harness was new, their horses were new,their pictures were new,they themselves were new, they were as newly married as was lawfully compatible with their having a bran-new baby, and if they had set up a great-grandfather, he would have come home in matting from the Pantechnicon, without a scratch upon him, French polished to the crown of his head.As the disappearing skirts of the ladies ascended the Veneering staircase, Mortimer, following them forth from the dining-room, turned into a library of bran-new books, in bran-new bindings liberally gilded, and requested to see the messenger who had brought the paper. He was a boy of about fifteen. Mortimer looked at the boy, and the boy looked at the bran-new pilgrims on the wall, going to Canterbury in more gold frame than procession, and more carving than country. Vocabulary Words: Parapet: any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, or bridge. On reaching the end of the parapet, turn left at once and follow a village road leading in the opposite direction. Debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance. The type of debauchery the mobster had grown accustomed to was not tolerated in the prison. Ail: to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to. What ails the boy? Perpetual: continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. In idleness there is a perpetual despair. Relishes: liking or enjoyment of the taste of something. The stunt actor had a relish for excitement. Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements. I inveigle my friend for the money. Vouchsafe: to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension. I have to vouchsafe someone a reply. Interpose: to place between; cause to intervene. The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. Reddened: to make or cause something to turn red. I have reddened my pants. Harness: the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. They harnessed the horse to the post. Prognosis: a forecast. The prognosis for the end of the world. Connoisseur: a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste. Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter. Denial: refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like. Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial. Entity: something that has a real existence; thing. It had shifted shape and become a new entity. Picturesque: visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting. Bangkok is a picturesque city. http://dictionary.reference.com/
Pages Read: 3-25
Summary:
As an autumn evening is coming, there is an old reckless boat floating between South park Bridge and London Bridge. The guy on the boat looks strong with grizzled hair and a sun-browned face. Mr and Mrs Veneering were bran- new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneerings was new. All their furnitures were new, all their friends were new, all their servants were new,their plate was new,their carriage was new, their harness was new, their horses were new,their pictures were new,they themselves were new, they were as newly married as was lawfully compatible with their having a bran-new baby, and if they had set up a great-grandfather, he would have come home in matting from the Pantechnicon, without a scratch upon him, French polished to the crown of his head.As the disappearing skirts of the ladies ascended the Veneering staircase, Mortimer, following them forth from the dining-room, turned into a library of bran-new books, in bran-new bindings liberally gilded, and requested to see the messenger who had brought the paper. He was a boy of about fifteen. Mortimer looked at the boy, and the boy looked at the bran-new pilgrims on the wall, going to Canterbury in more gold frame than procession, and more carving than country.
Vocabulary Words:
Parapet: any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, or bridge.
On reaching the end of the parapet, turn left at once and follow a village road leading in the opposite direction.
Debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.
The type of debauchery the mobster had grown accustomed to was not tolerated in the prison.
Ail: to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
What ails the boy?
Perpetual: continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
In idleness there is a perpetual despair.
Relishes: liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
The stunt actor had a relish for excitement.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements.
I inveigle my friend for the money.
Vouchsafe: to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension.
I have to vouchsafe someone a reply.
Interpose: to place between; cause to intervene.
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books.
Reddened: to make or cause something to turn red.
I have reddened my pants.
Harness: the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal.
They harnessed the horse to the post.
Prognosis: a forecast.
The prognosis for the end of the world.
Connoisseur: a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste.
Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.
Denial: refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.
Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial.
Entity: something that has a real existence; thing.
It had shifted shape and become a new entity.
Picturesque: visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting.
Bangkok is a picturesque city.
http://dictionary.reference.com/