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