Relacionar Columnas (ENG C1) ch.2Versión en línea Vocabulary from Sense and Sensibility chapter II and III. por Georgios Michalopoulos 1 contempt "The contempt which she had, very early in their acquaintance, felt for her daughter-in-law, was very much increased" 2 discretion " If I were you, whatever I did should be done at my own discretion entirely." 3 to stipulate "He did not stipulate for any particular sum" 4 to point out "I will listen to no cavil, unless you can point out any other method of understanding the affair as satisfactory as this." 5 amiable "It implies every thing amiable. " 6 housekeeping "Their housekeeping will be nothing at all. They will have no carriage, no horses, and hardly any servants;" 7 to take pains "Mrs. Dashwood now took pains to get acquainted with him." 8 annuity "people always live for ever when there is any annuity to be paid them" 9 intimacy "Some mothers might have encouraged the intimacy from motives of interest, for Edward Ferrars was the eldest son of a man who had died very rich; " 10 trifling "except a trifling sum, the whole of his fortune depended on the will of his mother." 11 disinclination " she dared not explain the motive of her own disinclination for going to London." 12 barouche "till one of these superior blessings could be attained, it would have quieted her ambition to see him driving a barouche." 13 to afford "but we are not to think of their expectations: the question is, what you can afford to do." 14 unobtrusive "She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it." 15 earnestness "an earnestness which gave Elinor far more pain" 16 to militate "even that quietness of manner which militated against all her established ideas of what a young man’s address ought to be" 17 diffident "He was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open affectionate heart." 18 partiality "It was enough for her that he appeared to be amiable, that he loved her daughter, and that Elinor returned the partiality." to try very hard to do something the chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning (in the text: the expenses associated with maintaining a house). to be able or rich enough. hesitant; unconfident to require something as a condition of an agreement. to call attention to; to identity, to indicate unwillingness to do or believe something favoritism, fondness insignificant, worthless wagon closeness between people friendly, amicable a right to receive amounts of money regularly over the remaining life of one beneficiary. keeping a low profile sincerity; seriousness to be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing. disdain, disrespect attention, prudence, responsibility
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