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