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