Chapter5 Ⅴ~Chapter6 Ⅰ

Words & Expressions

1.blunder

Old Macarthur lost his nerve a bit, made some colossal blunders, sacrificed some of his best men.

explanation: a careless or stupid mistake

e.g. A last-minute blunder cost them the match.

2.shun

He'd taken to shunning his old Army friends. 

explanation. to delibrately avoid someone or something

e.g. Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by society.

3.whine

Cyril, whining a little always, pulling at her hand. "

explanation: to complain in a sad, annoying voice about something

e.g. Oh Charlotte, please stop whining.

4.unweildy

It had been a large unwieldy body.

explanation: an unwieldy object is big. heavy, and difficult to carry or use

5. meagre

This was a spare meagre body.

explanation: a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need.

e.g. He supplements his meager income by working on Saturday.

6.evade

Now Rogers' eyes evaded his.

explanation: to not do or deal with something that you should do

e.g. You can't go on evading your responsibilities in this way.

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Good sentences

Richmond hadn't suspected. Inequalities of temper were easily accounted for out there, where men's nerves were continually snapping under the strain.

Any one could see with half an eye that the woman was as pious as could be - the kind that was hand and glove with parsons.

Leslie had faded into the distance and Arthur Richmond, too.