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Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
5th Grade: With Definition - 1
| advantage |      |
n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. quality of having a superior
n. quality of having a superior
But neither could get an advantage.
Monte Cristo on the contrary, preserved a graceful suavity of demeanor, aided by a certain degree of simplicity he could assume at pleasure, and thus possessed the advantage.
The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change: and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset the milk-jug into his plate.
| aisle | |
n. passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane
Just here the blast of a toy tin trumpet came faintly down the green aisles of the forest.
The call went echoing down the empty aisles and died out in the distance in a faint sound that resembled a ripple of mocking laughter.
A natural fillip followed, the beetle went floundering into the aisle and lit on its back, and the hurt finger went into the boy's mouth.
| alley | |
n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park
Nobody had entered or left the alley.
That was the day after I lost a white alley.
Huck stood sentry and Tom felt his way into the alley.
| allowance | |
n. approval; act of allowing, granting, or admitting
When the last crisp slice of bacon was gone, and the last allowance of corn pone devoured, the boys stretched themselves out on the grass, filled with contentment.
The servants are not allowed to speak about me.
They were allowed to leave the stand without being cross-questioned.
| alphabet | |
n. the elementary stages of any subject
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
| angel | |
n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness
n. person of exceptional holiness
Tobias took the angel who restored him to light for an ordinary young man.
And their mother told them that it must have been the angel who watches over good children.
Pale, and sweetly smiling, she looked like an angel of mercy conjuring the angel of vengeance.
| announcement | |
n. formal public statement
n. act of making known publicly
n. act of making known publicly
I repeat that I am determined to have the announcement of yesterday contradicted.
When Colin was on his sofa and the breakfast for two was put upon the table he made an announcement to the nurse in his most Rajah-like manner.
This announcement, which implied or appeared to imply, the approval of all the persons concerned in this momentous affair, had been preceded by a scene to which our readers must be admitted.
| anywhere | |
ad. at or in or to any place
All right; I can stop anywhere I want to.
When I go, none of the gardeners are to be anywhere near the Long Walk by the garden walls.
Besides, it is no reason because you have not seen an execution at Paris, that you should not see one anywhere else; when you travel, it is to see everything.
| apologize | |
v. beg or pardon
de Monte Cristo receives my apology.
You will say I apologized to the Count of Monte Cristo.
The young men rose and returned into the salon, while the count, again apologizing, left by another door.
| appointment | |
n. an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place
However, the morning of the appointment, the young man had established himself in the small salon down-stairs.
The boys were there that night, about the appointed time.
The poets Hauch and Ingemann were appointed professors here.
| assignment | |
n. task given to students; job or appointment
But all I know, sir, is, that I am ready to hand you over this sum in exchange for your assignment of the debt.
de Boville, who took it without ceremony, and quickly drew up the required assignment, while the Englishman counted out the bank-notes on the other side of the desk.
He was therefore honourably received, and a special dwelling was assigned him.
| autograph | |
n. a person's own signature
v. mark with one's signature
v. mark with one's signature
| awhile | |
ad. for a short time
The men ripped around awhile, and then rode away.
Tom struggled awhile and then retired, utterly defeated.
The men contemplated the treasure awhile in blissful silence.
| backpack | |
n. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
| barefoot | |
a. without shoes
He was barefooted, and the snake bit him right on the heel.
The gate was locked, but she shook the rusted bolt till it was loosened, and the gate opened; and little Gerda ran off barefooted into the wide world.
Some of the young men was barefooted, and some of the children didn't have on any clothes but just a tow-linen shirt.
| barrel | |
n. vessel; large cylindrical container
Then they came and rolled the barrel towards the water.
The maid went and found her sitting in front of the barrel, screaming loudly.
In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
| basketball | |
n. a game played by two opposing teams of 5 players, scored by throwing the ball through an hoop
| beet | |
n. a herbaceous plant cultivated as a source of food, and for processing into sugar
| behavior | |
n. the way in which one acts or conducts oneself
reference is to the behavior of an actor in the Dionysian.
The inspector visited, one after another, the cells and dungeons of several of the prisoners, whose good behavior or stupidity recommended them to the clemency of the government.
Several witnesses deposed concerning Potter's guilty behavior when brought to the scene of the murder.
| blanket | |
n. heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, used in bed clothing
I could hear him through the blanket.
He had a blanket around his head, and his head was nearly in the fire.
I see the moon go off watch, and the darkness begin to blanket the river.
| bounce | |
v. rebound after having struck an object or a surface
| bound | |
v. walk or run with leaping strides
n. a limitation or restriction
n. a limitation or restriction
It was not very large; it was iron bound and had been very strong before the slow years had injured it.
The barrow was got ready and the corpse placed on it, covered with a blanket, and bound to its place with the rope.
The entrance door was a huge one made of massive, curiously shaped panels of oak studded with big iron nails and bound with great iron bars.
| breathless | |
a. out of breath; breathing with difficulty, as from tension
Colin was heaving with great breathless sobs.
Caderousse sank pale and breathless into his chair.
The audience listened breathless, but the words refused to come.
| brightness | |
n. intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
n. quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
n. quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
Everything was ready, and all the pomp and brightness of the court was there.
He was safely sheltered, and yet he felt dizzy in the midst of the warring of the elements and the dazzling brightness of the lightning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
Context Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
The northern-lights shone with such precision that one could tell exactly when they were at their highest or lowest degree of brightness.
| broccoli | |
n. plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
| broke | |
v. (past tense) separate or cause to separate into pieces
a. having completely run out of money
a. having completely run out of money
He knelt down by the hole and broke the pot from the mould.
A long, lingering, colossal sigh followed, and his heart broke.
His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh.
| brook | |
n. creek; stream
As they came near the brook they saw something like a large grasshopper jumping towards the water, as if it were going to leap in.
Soon, however, they came to a little brook, and as there was no bridge or foot-plank, they did not know how they were to get over it.
It would have been all over with her, likewise, if, by good fortune, a tailor who was travelling in search of work, had not sat down to rest by the brook.
| bubble | |
n. a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas
n. fantastic or impracticable idea or belief
n. fantastic or impracticable idea or belief
Sometimes it made a sound rather like very low laughter as it bubbled over and round stones.
Large blocks of stone lay there, overgrown with moss of every color; the fresh spring bubbled forth, and made a strange gurgling sound.
The swing moves, and the bubbles float in charming changing colors: the last is still hanging to the end of the pipe, and rocks in the breeze.
| buffalo | |
n. a heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, American bison
v. intimidate or overawe someone
v. intimidate or overawe someone
| butcher | |
n. one whose job is to kill animals for food
n. one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty
n. one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty
Luckily a butcher soon came by, driving a pig in a wheelbarrow.
Well,' said the butcher, 'I don't like to say no, when one is asked to do a kind, neighbourly thing.
He now crept on hands and feet through a butcher's shop; at least on every side, and above and below, there was nought but flesh.
| cabinet | |
n. group of persons appointed by a head of state
n. hut, cottage, small house or room
n. hut, cottage, small house or room
Just after she had closed the cabinet door she heard a tiny rustling sound.
There is a little Indian room where there is a cabinet full of ivory elephants.
When she got tired she set the elephants in order and shut the door of the cabinet.
| cable | |
n. very strong thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
| canoe | |
n. small and light boat, pointed at both ends, propelled with a paddle
I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods.
I shot head-first off of the bank like a frog, clothes and all on, and struck out for the canoe.
So I went and got the bag of meal and my old saw out of the canoe, and fetched them to the house.
| careless | |
a. negligent; taking insufficient care
He redoubled his gayety and carelessness.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
Context Highlight In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
Then some of the wood that had been carelessly thrown down, caught fire and began to blaze.
When the count entered the room the young man was carelessly stretched on a sofa, tapping his boot with the gold-headed cane which he held in his hand.
| cash | |
n. money paid at the time of purchase
n. money in the form of bills or coins,currency
n. money in the form of bills or coins,currency
| celery | |
n. widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
| cement | |
n. any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other
In three days he had succeeded, with the utmost precaution, in removing the cement, and exposing the stone-work.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
He began by moving his bed, and looked around for anything with which he could pierce the wall, penetrate the moist cement, and displace a stone.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
He attacked this wall, cemented by the hand of time, with his pickaxe.
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