Chapter11 Ⅳ~Chapter12 Ⅳ

Words & Expressions

1.pantry

Philip Lombard said: "We'll bring the stuff out to the pantry for you."

explanation: a very small room in a house where food is kept = larder

2.giddy

I feel just a little giddy.

explanation: everything seems to be moving = dizzy

e.g. Greg stared down from the seventh floor and began to feel giddy.

3.stir

Vera stirred in her chair.

explanation: to move slightly or to make something move slightly

e.g. The crowd began to stir as they waited for the band to start.

4.be riveted on

Armstrong's attention was riveted on a mark on the right side of the neck. He

explanation: if your attention is riveted on something, you are so interested or so frightened that you keep looking at it

e.g. All eyes were riveted on her in horror.

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Good sentences

The word burst from her lips like an exploding shell.

We're all a bit off our heads by now!

Lombard said grimly: "Oh, no, it isn't coincidence! It's our murderer's touch of local colour! He's a playful beast. Likes to stick to his damnable nursery jingle as closely as possible'"