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Meanings of difficult words from the lesson "The Three Questions":
No | Word | Meaning |
1 | proclaimed | announce officially or publicly |
2 | council | a group of wise people chosen to make rules and to give advice |
3 | councillors | members of the council |
4 | hermit | a person who lives alone and leads a simple life |
5 | wood/woods | a small forest |
6 | affairs | businesses, events, issues, matters |
7 | spade | a tool with a sharp-edged, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging earth |
8 | beds | small patches of ground, where plants are grown |
9 | fainted | lost consciousness |
10 | moaning | make a long, low sound expressing physical pain |
11 | gazing | look steadily and intently |
12 | threshold | a strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway |
13 | crouched | squat or duck down |
14 | swore revenge | to hurt someone in return for being hurt by that person |
15 | ambush | a surprise attack by people waiting in a hidden position |
16 | restore | return (someone or something) to a former condition |
17 | porch | a covered shelter at the entrance of a building |
18 | pitied | felt sorrow for the hardships of someone |
19 | repented | felt regret about one's wrongdoing or a sin |
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