Chapter14 Ⅱ~Ⅴ

Words & Expressions

1.farce

The next move was a little like a scene in a farce.

explanation: a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used

2.pester

She'd begin to think of Cornwall - of Hugo - of - of what she'd said to Cyril. Horrid whiny little boy, always pestering her...

explanation: to annoy someone, especially by asking them many times to do something

e.g. I can't even walk down the street without being continually pestered for money.

3.braze something out

If the worst happened she'd brazen it out.

explanation: to deal with a situation that is difficult or embarrassing for you by appearing to be confident rather than ashamed

e.g. She knew she could either admit the truth or brazen it out.

Good sentences

As yet she could not summon the courage to put it out.

It was as though a thousand age-old fears awoke and struggled for supremacy in his brain. Faces floated in the air - the judge's face crowned with that mockery of grey wool - the cold dead face of Mrs. Rogers - the convulsed purple face of Anthony Marston...