Test on words and phrases of the first 10 chapters of Pride and Prejudice
1
Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a ... and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Moris immediately.
2
You are ... , surely. I dare say Mr. Bingley will be glad to see you; and I will send a few lines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls.
3
Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in ... me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves."
4
The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its ... was visiting and news.
5
I honour your ... . A fortnight's acquaintance is certainly very little. One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight.
6
When the first ... of joy was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the while.
7
"Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose," said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, ... with the raptures of his wife.
8
I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me that before? If I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have ... on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now.
9
He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to ... the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party.
10
In a few days Mr. Bingley ... Mr. Bennet's visit, and sat about ten minutes with hem in his library.
11
I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your ... . I quite detest the man.
12
By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly ... to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.
13
There is a fine old saying, which everybody here is of course familiar with: 'Keep your breath to cool your ...'; and I shall keep mine to swell my song.
14
Her hopes were ... ; Jane had not been gone long before it rained hard.
15
In Meryton they parted; the two youngest repaired to the ... of one of the officers' wives, and Elizabeth continued her walk alone, crossing field after field at a quick pace, jumping over stiles and springing over puddles with impatient activity, and finding herself at last withing view of the house, with weary ankles, dirty stockings, and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise.
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