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Word combinations to be learntFlotsam and Jetsam By W. Somerset Maugham
Word combinations to be learnt 1. to take a roll-call of sb 2. to betoken poverty 3. to get along with sb 4. to press sb to do sth 5. at length 6. to shrug one’s shoulders 7. landing-stage 8. to catch a glimpse of 9. to butt in 10. a relief 11. with a bewildered cry he sank back 12. to plant oneself on sb 13. to impose oneself on sb 14. as weak as a rat 15. as shabby as a beachcomber 16. stubble of grey moustache 17. pugnacious (nose) 18. lightish 19. likeable 20. to be ill at ease ( with sb) 21. shifty little eyes 22. disconcerting 23. a disinterested curiosity 24. to give sb board and lodging 25. to seek sb’s company 26. a brow of a hill 27. tousled hair 28. dyed a vivid yellow 29. a dab of rouge 30. a smear of lipstick 31. to jerk one’s head 32. to beckon sb 33. twirl 34. a treat 35. to twitch 36. to keep sb from starvation 37. to be fed up with doing sth 38. to be bust 39. a wash-out 40. the long and short of it 41. to skip 42. stranded 43. to be at one’s wits’ end 44. to propose to sb 45. to make a packet 46. to get on ( I was getting on) 47. tempting 48. virile 49. to make nothing of sth 50. a medley of furniture 51. could not but feel 52. to account for 53. malaise 54. to huddle up 55. to start off 56. spit it out ! 57. muddled thoughts 58. to hammer away in sb’s brain 59. chop-chop 60. to accept the compromise 61. a paroxysm of involuntary movement 62. cordial 63. for a sun-downer 64. to be startled 65. a quick-tempered, susceptible man 66. to inflict oneself on sb 67. a glimmer of cupidity 68. to be scared to death of sb 69. to distress sb 70. pretence 71. to yawn 72. to all appearances 73. a commonplace planter 74. to fall upon evil days 75. slump 76. mortgagee 77. relations 78. half-caste 79. to despise 80. a conceited person 81. self-complacent 82. sb’s exterior 83. a sinister being 84. revue 85. farce 86. dreary 87. a girl with no particular talent 88. to have influence on the stage 89. sordid 90. pathetic 91. to foreclose 92. to turn out 93. to be aghast 94. to give sb a keen look 95. a solitary life 96. to get on one another’s nerves 97. to keep it bottled up 98. week I and week out 99. What’s the odds ? 100. the inns and outs 101. coarse irony 102. anguish 103. dreadful occurrence 104. fear of consequences 105. to butt into what’s no business of mine 106. promise you on my word of honour 107. to hesitate 108. mistrust 109. animosity 110. to flash through sb’d mind 111. taciturn 112. a God-forsaken place 113. as fit as a fiddle 114. to turn in 115. a handsome gift 116. trimmed with cheap lace 117. to heave a great sigh of relief 118. repellent people 119. on the tip of sb’s tongue 120. a tragic tale of sin or folly 121. to hanker after sth 122. for donkey’s years 123. to give a house a woman’s touch 124. knick-knacks 125. to make a sacrifice 126. to cod sb 127. to grow bored 128. to give a chuckle 129. at sb’s disposal 130. to pop over and have a drink 131. beefy 132. slight 133. to take to sb 134. to feel at home with sb 135. to get to the bottom of 136. incoherently 137. promiscuous 138. to make oneself cheap 139. what the eye didn’t see the heart didn’t grieve over ( syn. Out of sight, out of mind ) 140. a devastating passion 141. to long to 142. to irritate sb to frenzy 143. to run (awful) risks 144. an obstacle 145. to be pregnant 146. confinement 147. to send word 148. to splash about in the water 149. prying eyes 150. the bliss of their reunion 151. the agony of their separation 152. to be unconscious of time and place 153. a divine fire 154. a brutal shock 155. a deafening noise 156. his grip on her was spasmodic 157. to gasp 158. to sputter over 159. to push sb aside 160. to have a miscarriage 161. to alley suspicion 162. to look fishy 163. nervous affliction 164. on a freakish impulse 165. to daub 166. To hell with life !
Notes Flotsam - wreckage found floating; jetsam - goods thrown overboard to lighten a ship tapping (here) - drawing off a milky juice out of a rubber tree electro-plate - silver-plated tableware (dishes, spoons, knives, etc. covered with silver by the use of electricity) Dyak - a member of one of aboriginal tribes of Borneo Chink - Chinese (vulgar term indicating a contemptuous attitude) prahu - a native boat Tuan - Master Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) - an English writer and philosopher baju - a kind of short jacket in Malay countries Boswell, James (1740-1794) - Scottish writer, biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English writer, critic and lexicographer Borrow, George (1803-1881) - English traveler and linguist Lamb, Charles (1775-1834) - English essayist, poet and critic we’re broke to the wide - we are completely ruined Penang - an island in S.E. Asia, off the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula arak - a kind of alcoholic drink a long-house - a communal home or council hall among the native tribes were for it (here) - were dying Worcester Sauce - a piquant sauce made with soy, vinegar, spices, etc., orig. from Worcester, England the Granges could ill afford the small expense he must be putting them to - even the small amount of money they were spending on him was too much for them D. O. - District Officer sparkler - siphon the only way I can get back on him - the only way for me to take my revenge for two pins - for a trifle; pin (here) - sth worthless or insignificant she had hankered after for donkey’s years - she had longed for during many years That would need a bit of handling - She’d have to think carefully how to explain that neither of them was of a texture to sustain its exorbitant compulsion - neither of them could bear its excessive force Date: 2016-01-05; view: 1743
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