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Chekhov 40 stories pp. 64-98

In the Cemetery, Where There's a Will, There's a Way, To His Excellency..., The Threat, The Huntsman, The Malefactor, A Dead Body, Sergeant Prishibeyev, A Blunder
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  1. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  2. gnaw
    bite or chew on with the teeth
  3. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  4. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
  5. shambling
    walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
  6. crumpled
    of metal e.g.
  7. gentry
    people having high social status or power in a society
  8. gait
    an animal's manner of moving
  9. thatch
    plant stalks used as roofing material
  10. squint
    partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct light
  11. heathen
    a person who does not acknowledge your god
  12. sham
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  13. arrears
    the state of being behind in payments
  14. husky
    deep and harsh sounding
  15. wheeze
    the act of breathing with a husky or whistling sound
  16. whittle
    cut small bits or pare shavings from
  17. pock
    mark with a scar
  18. assault and battery
    an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
  19. shrivel up
    wither, as with a loss of moisture
  20. croak
    a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
  21. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  22. protruding
    extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
  23. perturbed
    thrown into a state of agitated confusion
  24. rap
    strike sharply
  25. vanquish
    defeat in a competition, race, or conflict
Created on 七月 5, 2009 (updated 七月 6, 2009)

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