Chekhov 40 stories pp. 139-204

Viktoryia H. (United States of America)
The Princess, Gusev, The Peasant Woman, After the Theater, A Fragment, In Exile
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  1. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  2. vesper
    a late afternoon or evening worship service
  3. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  4. frolic
    play boisterously
  5. cannon fodder
    soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
  6. prowl
    move about in or as if in a predatory manner
  7. fumble
    feel about uncertainly or blindly
  8. edify
    make understand
  9. delectation
    a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
  10. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  11. rigging
    formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
  12. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track
  13. pinnace
    a boat for communication between ship and shore
  14. gully
    a deep ditch cut by running water
  15. smithereens
    a collection of small fragments considered as a whole
  16. unction
    anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
  17. dung
    fecal matter of animals
  18. prow
    the front part of a vessel
  19. somersault
    an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
  20. manure
    any animal or plant material used to fertilize land
  21. bestir
    become active
  22. soot
    black powder formed when fuel such as wood or coal is burned
  23. chink
    a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
  24. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  25. hussy
    a woman adulterer
  26. door latch
    spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
  27. nary
    colloquial for 'not a' or 'not one' or 'never a'
  28. scab
    the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
  29. screech
    sharp piercing cry
  30. girth
    the distance around something, especially a person's body
  31. swig
    a large and hurried swallow
  32. bog
    wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
  33. dote
    shower with love; show excessive affection for
  34. scot free
    free from harm or penalty
  35. alms
    money or goods contributed to the poor
  36. thatched roof
    a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
  37. doff
    remove
Created on Wed Jul 08 13:17:19 EDT 2009 (updated Wed Jul 08 17:05:26 EDT 2009)

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