Quartet 745

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  1. martello tower
    a circular masonry fort for coastal defence
    Da Capo now lives in a handsomely con-verted Martello tower, dividing his time between studying black magic and working on certain schemes of Nessim’s about which Iknow nothing.
  2. botch
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
    But now I am confronted once morewith my models I am ashamed to have botched them up.
  3. entrails
    internal organs collectively
    writing: “A novel should be an act of divination by entrails, not acareful record of a game of pat-ball on some vicarage lawn!”
  4. divination
    the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means
    writing: “A novel should be an act of divination by entrails, not acareful record of a game of pat-ball on some vicarage lawn!”
  5. fit in
    go together
    Capo-distria, for example, where does he fit in?’‘You sound as if you
    knew
    he was alive!’‘Mnemjian told me so.’‘Yes.
  6. vicarage
    housing that a church provides for its clergy
    writing: “A novel should be an act of divination by entrails, not acareful record of a game of pat-ball on some vicarage lawn!”
  7. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
    Why has hesuddenly constituted himself my benefactor?’
  8. con
    an argument opposed to a proposal
    Da Capo now lives in a handsomely con-verted Martello tower, dividing his time between studying black magic and working on certain schemes of Nessim’s about which Iknow nothing.
  9. pat
    hit lightly
    writing: “A novel should be an act of divination by entrails, not acareful record of a game of pat-ball on some vicarage lawn!”
Created on Thu Nov 10 06:26:02 EST 2011

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