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1. "Mother had walked into her own bedroom by then but Lars, the butler, was in there... "Please define " butler".
the main chief male servant of the house.
2." Men in fantastic uniforms, women with typewriters that he had to keep his mucky hands off..." Please define"mucky".
covered with dirt or filth.
3. " The new house, however, stood all on its own in an empty,desolate place and there were no other houses anywhere to be seen..." Please define "desolate".
( of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.
4. " The new house, however, stood all on its own in an empty,desolate place and there were no other houses anywhere to be seen..." Please define "desolate".
( of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.
5. " We're here, we've arrived, this is our home for the foreseeable future..." Please define " foreseeable".
able to be predicted.
6. " Weeks?" said Bruno, sounding disappointed but secretly pleased because he'd resigned himself to the idea of spending a month there." Please define " resign".
accept that something undesirable can not be avoided.
7. " The noise of a door slamming came from downstairs and reverberated through the house so loudly..." Please define " reverberate".
(of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo.
8. To keep himself entertained Bruno spent a long Saturday morning and afternoon creating a new diversion for himself.' Please define "diversion".
an activity that diverts the mind from tedious or serious concerns; a recreation or pastime.
9. "Then this is what I am here to change", he said in a sinister voice. Please define " sinister".
giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
10. " And then, before he could change his mind, Bruno jumped off his bed and rummaged in his wardrobe for an overcoat and an old pair of boots..." Please define " rummage".
search unsystematically and untidily through something.
