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