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Great Expectations

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  • dark
    gloomy
  • Covered with soft, wet earth.
    muddy
  • A ship that is fastened to the land by a rope
    moored
  • A common saying which asks God to take of somebody
    God bless you
  • CH5 What happens to Mrs Joe?
    Someone attacks her when she is alone in the house. She is terribly injured and is never able to speak again.
  • CH9 Back in London, Pip is hurt by Estella. How?
    Because she pays more attention to Bentley Drummle than she does to him.
  • Making something out of wool using two long needles
    knitting
  • Covered with thin layer of cloud near to the ground
    misty
  • A polite way of saying hello to somebody
    bow
  • Joe often says this to Pip
    Pip old chap
  • CH10 Who visits Pip one stormy night? Why is Pip horrified by his visitor?
    An old man with long, grey hair and a wrinkled, brown face; because he recognizes him as the convict he helped on the marshes long ago.
  • CH6 What are Pip's 'great expectations'?
    He will be very rich one day – a man of property.
  • Extremely sharp and cold
    bitter
  • CH13 ‘And I knew that, this time, we would never, never part.' What does Pip mean by these words for Estella?
    That they will be married.
  • Spoken in a low, angry voice.
    growled
  • CH11 "Love is a word I do not understand. I tried to warn you, Pip, but you didn't listen." (a)Who says this to Pip? (b) What else does she tell him?
    Estella; That she is going to marry Bentley Drummle.
  • A short way of saying Madam
    Ma’am
  • A blacksmith’s workshop where the blacksmith heats metals in afire and makes things
    forge
  • CH6 What will happen when Pip is twenty-one?  What will happen to Pip now?
    Pip will come into his property when he is twenty-one. Now he is to go to London to be educated, and to live as a gentleman.
  • When Pip is apprenticed to Joe, he will work for Joe for a number of year
    apprentice
  • Having little color.
    faded
  • With no respect
    scornfully
  • CH7 Pip's new friend tells him more about Miss Havisham. What does Pip learn about her?
    Her fiancé broke her heart; since then she has not seen daylight; brought up Estella to break men’s hearts to take revenge on all men
  • A narrow channel that is dug between fields or at the side of a road
    ditch
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