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