Second Vocabulary story: Eveline.
"She had a right to happiness."
The short story: "Eveline" by James Joyce is about a girl that wanted to be happy, a girl who lost her mother, her happiness, who had lost her desires to live; her situation is not easy, it's dificult, awful. A busy brother, a violent father, with the great loss of her mother and brother; a hard decision, an internal conflict arises, an internal debate about her future, her life, run away or stay? what will hapen? what's the finale decision?
Undoubtedly, a nice story, so we decided to choose this interesting story to do our vocabulary. Please pay attention to our new list of unknown words:
1. MANLY (adjective)
UK /ˈmæn.li/ US /ˈmæn.li/
Def: having the qualities that people think a man should have.
Original sentence in the story:
"Frank was very kind, manly, open-hearted."
More examples:
1. Captain America is manly, educated, and intelligent man, my favorite marvel's hero.
2. I want to have a relationship with a handsome, manly and honest man.
3. For me, Tom Hiddleston is the most manly, kind and handsome man I've ever seen.
4. I don't think you should date him, he's not handsome and neither manly.
2. QUARRELLED (verb/ past participle of quarrel)
UK /ˈkwɒr.əl/ US /ˈkwɔːr.əl/
Def: to have an angry disagreement with someone.
Similar words:
Argued, disputed, discussed, debated.Original sentence in the story:
"One day he had quarrelled with Frank and after that she had to meet her lover secretly."
More examples:
1. I have quarrelled with my boss, I'll probably get fired.
2. He quarrel with her girfriend every day, they'll break up soon.
3. I hate one of my peers, we quarrel all the time!
4. My parents have quarrelled every day for the last 6 months. It's been a nightmare.
3. QUAY (noun)
UK /kiː US /kiː/
Def: a long structure, usually built of stone, where boats can be tied up to take on and off their goods.
Original sentence in the story:
"Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of the black mass of the boat, lying in beside the quay wall, with illumined portholes."
More examples:
1. I want to go to a beautiful and huge quay, but there aren't any here.
2. I like quays, but I think they are dangerous for children.
3. Hey, see you on the quay at 6 pm. Please don't be late Mariana!
4. I bet you can’t run to the quay and come back in two minutes.
4. SHELTER (noun)
UK /ˈʃel.tər/ US /ˈʃel.t̬ɚ/
Def: (a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack.
Similar words:
Argued, disputed, discussed, debated.
Original sentence in the story:
" In her home anyway she had shelter and food."
More examples:
1. My grandma had a shelter in her hometown.
2. Dan and Rose are going to build a shelter but we don't know where.
3. The Ukrainians sought for shelters recently because of the war against Russia.
4. In 2020 storm "Eta" and Hurricane "Iota" destroyed lots of houses in Honduras, so people who survived went to shelters, it was a catastrophe!
5. SQUANDER (verb)
UK /ˈskwɒn.dər/ US /ˈskwɑːn.dɚ/
Similar words: wasted, spend, fritter.
Original sentence in the story:
"He said she used to squander the money."More examples:
1. She has my credit card, she's squandering my money.
2. Lisa shouldn't squander her money buying action figures.
3. My boyfriend squanders too much money per week.
4. Joseph is so careless, he squanders litres of water when he washes dishes.Def: a strong cotton or linen cloth used especially for curtains and upholstery.
Similar words:
Fabric, cloth.
Original sentence in the story:
"Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne."
More examples:
1. Mom loves her french cretonne curtain.
2. Andrea has a beautiful red cretonne carpet in her living room.
3. I used to have a lovely cretonne bedspread.
4. My mom hates the cretonne canvas, but my grandma loves it.
7. CINDER (noun)
UK /ˈsɪn.dər/ US /ˈsɪn.dɚ/
or wood.
Similar words:
Original sentence in the story:
"She heard his footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses."
More examples:
1. Where my grandmother lives there are many long cinder paths.
2. Heather doesn't like to walk down the cinder.
3. Here are many cinder pathways, because there was an active volcano.
4. The wood became to a cinder quickly.
Def: an extremely offensive word for a person whose legs or arms do not work in the usual way.
Similar words:
Paralyse, disable.
Original sentence in the story:
More examples:
1. The main character of Me before you is a hateful cripple.
2. Prince Harry created Invictus an international game for cripple veterans.
3. She is nasty, how could she call to my brother "cripple" I hate her!
4. I don't like you, you are the most stupid and cripple person that I've ever met.
9. Latterly (adverb)
Def: recently.
Similar words:
Recently, newly, lately.
Original sentence in the story:
More examples:
1. Latterly I’ve been thinking about our relationship...
2. I used to hate Madonna’s "La isla bonita" song, but latterly I’ve heard it and I like it.
3. Laura says she hasn't been feeling emotionaly well latterly.
4. I've been sneezing and coughing too much latterly, I probably got Covid.
10. Frenzy (noun)
Def:(an example of) uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent.
Similar words:
Hysteria, madness, insanity.
Original sentence in the story:
More examples:
1. He was tóxic, jealous and posesive, he loved her with frenzy.
2. He is in love, and his frenzy will break up his relationship.
3. Dominik drank 5 cups of coffee today, now she's in frenzy.
4. We'll be in frenzy tonight at Rachel's party!
Bonus Word:
This bonus word is because probably you've been mispronouncing it, so we want to help you out.
Iron(noun)
UK /aɪən/ us /aɪrn/
Def. a common, silver-colored, metal element that is magnetic and strong, is used in making steel, and is found in small amount in blood and in all living things.
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