FOR VIVA VOCE DRILL
Note. — Ail nouns to be given with the definite or indefinite article to show the gender.
Abd^'ezn'ation.—sg. stands for 'something.'
PHRASES
near the market so far, up till then to develop quickly (use tarder) to use an expression to forget in the end that . .
to give one a sound scolding to laugh at one to fish with a fîy to be well provided for (fain. ) not to fail to do sg.
to turn one' s back on one, to
forsake one to forestall one' s revenues to pay one back in his own coin to feel as if one were going to
die for shame to put on a dress to take it into one' s head to . .
to raise oneself above some one to marry one for love to be dying to do a thing to cross an abyss to buy a pig in a poke to travel over a country in ail
directions to apply to some one in perfect
confidence to explore the neighbourhood
Pag6 WORDS
WORDS
1 a pufF, whiff
the starting -
intoxicating
point
the giddiness
a butterfly
2 to allure, attract
the seal
a peer
a patent, di-
the peerage
ploma
3 bearing, de-
toloseone'sway,
meanour
to stray
to enjoy sg.
a churchwarden
the value
to succeed in . .
4 covetousness
a sparrow
to rely on . .
an aviary, cage
a boarding-
the playground
school
5 to swallow, de-
the support
vour
thestamp.trade-
a coat of arms
mark
a hare
the breath
6 to stifle
the dowry
to lower, hum-
the son-in-law
ble a man
to be sure, most
dazzling
decidedly
7 the cottage, hut
the thread, net-
embattled
ting
mushrooms
chivalrous
to take, hire ; let
8 to undertake sg.
the poultry-yard
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the dog-kennel the cellar the stable
9 to prowl, rove the disdain waggishness ; a roguish trick
10 the finger
to receive, welcome
11 to meet one a treasure offshoot, scion
12 to dépend on. .
the rag, shred a property,
estate
13 the cake
to start first the grass
14 a four-wheeler to jolt, toss
about
15 to abound the poppy
the accompHce
16 the mystery the sleep
to be shy, bashful
17 an inn
a flourish of
trumpets the wax candie
18 the footman the lawn
a rocket
19 riding-boots the group the pocket
20 the gaiters the drawing-
room a league
21 to be shaken,
moved by
WORDS
beforehand above ail the moat
to covet
jeering, chaffing the check, defeat
to overwhelm to rouse the crusade the shadow creviced,
cracked to scour, clean the footboard,
stepping-stone gallant, doughty the information the repayment the post, mail the saddle the top, outside
(of a coach) the dupe plebeian, vulgar to knowby heart an ermine cloak punctually to expect sg.
with difificulty the feast, banquet
[send
a windfall, godthe foliage the fireworks the sealing-wax (to read) aloud the blow, stroke a verse precisely to own, confess
vigorously, smartly
PHRASES
to keep up a lordly standard in
one' s house to associate only with people of
the upper classes to retreat crestfallen to show some one one' s gratitude to rub one' s hands
to start on one' s journey
to hit upon a thing
to know very well that . .
a few yards away from . .
to give up a pleasure
to take a step [fig.)
to seize an opportunity
to make three millions by sell-
ing cloth a fortnight hence at the latest they alone are to be feared to have no idea that . .
to draw up a contract to watch the departure on the threshold of the door to crack the whip to dare to aspire to a girl's hand to take sg. seriously to treat a matter lightly to make oneself comfortable to go at full speed to have great difficulty in making
him understand that . .
at sunset to be in full dress the choicest dishes
to be attired in a blue livery
a pair of yellow plush breeches
she could not help smiHng
to come forward to meet some one
to open one' s eyes wide
to hand some one a letter
ail the aristocracy of the neigh-
bourhood for twenty miles round to be related to some one the fact remains that . .
to show oneself at Court
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22 to demand,
exact mere talk his ancestors
23 a peony the knight the eve of . .
24 the bank(river) to struggle
to slip
25 to turn pale a model ugly
26 a brougham
a break [show to strut, make a
27 a wing a task expectation
28 the leaven,
yeast, remains the hatred
29 to put the
horses to a perch, pôle the pigeon-
house
30 the ribbon the waistcoat his free-and-
easy manner
31 an ar mohair to steal away a button
32 a shower a pledge kindness
33 the care everywhere courtesy
34 the silence the field the race
Words and
WORDS
the audience to take place the patrimony,
inheritance to strut about repeatedly the gout suddenly piercing
the current, tide the wheel to pound, crush to talk
to return home
a glance
the coach-house
a scuUion
a loophole
to pass by (of
time) the railing th.e calculation to value, prize the banner a stool a doughty
knight the right a puff of wind
to boast, brag a spur
a servile bow
to refresh one-
self to stop bold
a pilgrim
strange
the duty
a phalanx
fierce, obstinate
ready
to complain of . .
an acquaintance to neglect
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PHRASES
to frown, knit onc's brow
to have no need to . .
at long intervais to wish one well
ail agrée in saying that . .
by the riverside
to follow at some distance
to wring one's hands
to jump into the water
to keep one's vow
a thousand pounds down
to be of the same opinion
to be twenty at the outside
kennels chock-full of dogs
to clap some one on the shoulder
to rub one's hands
to take for one's motto
to change one's clothes
to look like a gentleman
to break out into abuse against
any one unknown to himself a poor, penniless, country squire not to care a straw about sg.
to show him what métal we are
made of [fa7n. ) without being moved ( by feelings )
without offending him to be elegantly dressed a cluster of trinkets
to return thanks to some one to find oneself face to face with
some one sir, here I am
to turn abruptly towards one to lean with one's elbow on sg.
the thread of the conversation to be infatuated with one's titles to bury oneself alive in the past to keep down one's émotion to ruin some one in his best years to live in retirement [tude to incur the reproach of ingrati-
