Summary: Lilya comes back to her house and finds out that her guardian, Zoya, found money from two dead bodies (ch1). Scene changes (again) to Porfiry where he gets the envelope from unknown person which makes him wanting to meet Nikodim Fomich ignoring his visitor.
Vocab
1. Carcass: the dead body of an animal (n)
Deer carcasses have been serious problem as many hunters kill them and leave them on the ground.
2. Scrutiny: a searching examination or investigation (n)
With a close scrutiny, there is no single case that cannot be revealed.
3. Reverberation: a reechoed sound (n)
Reverberation of people screaming in live stage of a pop star makes it impossible to hear the singer singing.
4. Sullen: showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve (adj)
He kept a sullen silence that made his friends around him feel bad.
5. Recoil: to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust (vb)
Hate is only the recoil of love.
6. Obscene: offensive to morality or decency (adj)
It is obscene that the abuse of women is still tolerated in many parts of the world.
7. Tenant: a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time (n)
The landlord sent his tenant a reminder for payment.
8. Incoherent: without logical or meaningful connection (adj)
His speech was unprepared thus incoherent.
9. Ravage: To bring heavy destruction on; devastate (vb)
She died in the ravage of war.
10. Inquire: to seek information by questioning (vb)
Scientific inquiries can help people understand the subject better.
11. Lamentation: feeling or expressing sorrow or regret (n)
Such lamentaion feared her when her father died.
12. Sneer: to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt (vb)
He sneered at him just because he has failed on his test.
13. Impertinence: unmannerly intrusion or presumption (n)
He had the impertinence to demand a raise on his wage even though he did poorly.
14. Charade: a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess (n)
For ESL students, English charade could be extremely difficult
15. Contorted: twisted in a violent manner; distorted (adj)
Her face was contorted with rage.
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Summary: Lilya comes back to her house and finds out that her guardian, Zoya, found money from two dead bodies (ch1). Scene changes (again) to Porfiry where he gets the envelope from unknown person which makes him wanting to meet Nikodim Fomich ignoring his visitor.
Vocab
1. Carcass: the dead body of an animal (n)
Deer carcasses have been serious problem as many hunters kill them and leave them on the ground.
2. Scrutiny: a searching examination or investigation (n)
With a close scrutiny, there is no single case that cannot be revealed.
3. Reverberation: a reechoed sound (n)
Reverberation of people screaming in live stage of a pop star makes it impossible to hear the singer singing.
4. Sullen: showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve (adj)
He kept a sullen silence that made his friends around him feel bad.
5. Recoil: to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust (vb)
Hate is only the recoil of love.
6. Obscene: offensive to morality or decency (adj)
It is obscene that the abuse of women is still tolerated in many parts of the world.
7. Tenant: a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time (n)
The landlord sent his tenant a reminder for payment.
8. Incoherent: without logical or meaningful connection (adj)
His speech was unprepared thus incoherent.
9. Ravage: To bring heavy destruction on; devastate (vb)
She died in the ravage of war.
10. Inquire: to seek information by questioning (vb)
Scientific inquiries can help people understand the subject better.
11. Lamentation: feeling or expressing sorrow or regret (n)
Such lamentaion feared her when her father died.
12. Sneer: to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt (vb)
He sneered at him just because he has failed on his test.
13. Impertinence: unmannerly intrusion or presumption (n)
He had the impertinence to demand a raise on his wage even though he did poorly.
14. Charade: a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess (n)
For ESL students, English charade could be extremely difficult
15. Contorted: twisted in a violent manner; distorted (adj)
Her face was contorted with rage.