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.


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'"

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