Understanding Key Terms in Language and Literature

Bet: aposta

Anaesthetic: a drug that stops you from feeling pain. Anestèsia

Anxiety: the feeling of being very worried about something. Ansietat:

Approval: the belief that someone or something is acceptable. Aprovació

Auction: a sale at which things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them; the person in charge of an auction is the auctioneer. Subhasta:

Axe: a tool with a wooden handle and a metal blade, used for cutting wood. Destral:

Butler: the most important male servant in a big house. Majordom:

Chloroform: a liquid that makes you unconscious if you breathe it. Cloroform:

Claret: red wine from the Bordeaux area of France. Claret: vinegre

Colonel: someone with a high position in the army. Coronel

Deck: the flat top part of a ship that you can walk on. Coberta:

Delicate: easily becomes ill or damaged; very careful. Delicada

Epicure: someone who enjoys good food and drink. Epicuri:

Fate: a power that is believed to control what happens in people's lives; the things, usually bad or serious, that happen to someone. Desti

Graceful: smooth and attractive. Elegant

Iodine: a dark blue chemical that is used on wounds to prevent infection. Iode:

Joint: a large piece of meat, containing a bone. Comú:

Mink: the soft, valuable fur from a small, brown animal, used to make coats and hats. Visó

Pawnbroker: someone who lends money in exchange for valuable objects, and can sell the objects if the money isn't repaid. Casad'empenyorament:

Purser: an officer on a ship who is responsible for money and the passengers' comfort. Comptador:

Rail: a bar along or around something that stops you from falling. Barra llarga

Serum: a liquid containing substances that fight poison or infection.

Suck: to take something into your mouth, using your mouth to pull it in. Xuclar

Sweat: salty liquid that comes out through your skin when you are hot, ill, frightened, or doing exercise. Suor

Taste:

Mike Schofield lives in London with his wife and daughter, Louise.

Richard Pratt was famous for his love of food and wine. He was president of a small society called the Epicures. Chateau Branaire Ducru 1934.

Organize a bet to find out what type of wine and what year it belongs to. Change the rules and bet on marrying Louise and the two houses. Mike is convinced that he will win and is not afraid to bet the hand of his daughter, but like before dinner at Pratt's went to the office where the wines are left to stand by at their temperature and you know what wine it is. When Mike has it all lost, the major domo arrives and reveals the deception of Pratt.

A Swim

Mr. William Botibol

Mrs. Renshaw

Maggie:

The winner, he was telling himself, would probably get around seven thousand dollars. That was almost exactly what the total auction money had been for the last two days, with the numbers selling for about three or four hundred each.

Botibol bet on for 82 kilometers and will ship to the lender. Play money for the competition so that he decided to go to sea and lost the time and this will cost you dearly.

Mrs. Bixby

Mr. and Mrs. Bixby lived in New York City. Mr. Bixby was a dentist, and Mrs. Bixby was a big, active woman.

Miss Pulteney, secretary.

Mrs. Bixby deceives her birth to the Colonel and said that whenever she saw him, he was lying. The last time you see the Colonel gives her a mink coat and beautiful goddess and her plan to deceive him left without her husband knowing that she invented her find a ticket that contains clothing in a house with the idea that her husband would go for it and present it, but things do not go well because the dentist also has a lover that is his secretary and gives him her mink jacket and his wife a common handkerchief. Mrs. Bixby knows the truth but cannot say anything.

The jacket costs six thousand dollars and they give her fifty dollars at the pawnbroker.