Chapter13 Ⅱ~Chapter14 Ⅰ

Words & Expressions

1.brat

Horrid whiny spoilt little brat!

explanation: a badly behaved child

e.g. a spoiled brat

2.draught

The draught from the window caught the flame of the candle.

explanation: cold air that moves through a room and that you can feel = draft AmE

e.g. Can you close the window? I'm a little in a draght.

3.flicker

It flickered and went out...

explanation: to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly

e.g. The overhead lights flickered momentarily.

4.tamper with

You might have done it, or some one might have tampered with the bottle for just this emergency.

explanation:to touch something or make changes to it without permission, specially in order to deliberately damage it

e.g. He noticed that the instruments had been tampered with.

5.spirit

Lucky there's a good supply of spirits in the house.

explanation: (C usually plural) especially BrE a strong smell alcoholic drink such as whisky or brandy

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Good sentences

It was that which in the darkness had swayed against her throat. It was that which she 3 had taken for a clammy hand, a drowned hand come back from the dead to squeeze the life out of her!...

She was just about to gulp the spirit gratefully down when, suddenly, a warning note - like an alarm bell - sounded in her brain. She sat up, pushing the glass away.