The Wordfinder

Welcome again, dear reader. In this blog you have the opportunity to find the most interesting words of this story . Hope you can enjoy it and improve your vocabulary!   Here's  the link of the third story if you want to read it: Greenshaw's Folly by Agatha Christie  (at the end of the page, there´s a link for the second part of the story). -New Vocabulary! Curate [ kyoor-it ] CURATE PRONUNCIATION Noun: a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar. Any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest. " Laura married the curate ." Greenshaw's Folly by  Agatha Christie. Statementes using Curate: *For the next few years, he is said to have been a curate in London. *His young curate , Father Gannon, was trying to wake him up. *John was a curate 2 years ago. *The curate in the town is very polite. Motifs  [  məʊtifs  ] MOTIFS PRONUNCIATION Noun: a pattern or design. " The heads of sphinxes appeared on the most unlikely pieces

Welcome, dear reader. In this blog you have the opportunity to find the most interesting words of this story . Hope you can enjoy it and improve your vocabulary!   Here's  the link of the second story if you want to read it: Eveline by James Joyce

  Manly  [ manli ] MANLY PRONUNCIATION Adjective: having or denoting those good qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, and spirit. "Frank was very kind, manly, open-hearted." Eveline ( James Joyce ). Statements with Manly: *The manly voice again interrupted the artillery officer. *Nothing, however, broke his manly and generous spirit. *The girls think I have a manly voice. *He couldn't enter to army because he wasn't manly enough for the institution.

  Pale  [ payl ] PALE PRONUNCIATION Adjective 1: very light colored; highly diluted with white. Adjective 2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress. Verb: turn pale, as if in fear. "She felt her cheek pale and cold and, out of a maze of distress, she prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty." Eveline ( James Joyce ). Statements with Pale: *He may turn pale when the trial comes.   *Another criminal, thin and pale, stood near. *My brother should go to the doctor he looks pale and sick. *The doctor said I should take sunlight because my skin looks pale.

  Glimpse [ glimps ] GLIMPSE PRONUNCIATION Noun: a momentary or partial view. "Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of the black mass of the boat, lying in beside the quay wall, with illumined portholes." Eveline ( James Joyce ). Statements with Glimpse: *She got a glimpse of the horse in the trailer.  * The door was opened a crack and there was a glimpse of something blue, of ribbons, black hair, and merry faces. *When he was a kid, he glimpsed a robbery. *The children glimped a dark horse in middle of street.

                     Odour [   ˈoʊdəɹ ]                         ODOUR PRONUNCIATION Noun 1: a distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one. Noun 2: any property detected by the olfactory system . "Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. " Eveline ( James Joyce ). Statements using Odour: *A strange odour came up from the earth.  * The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects. *You should take a shower because your pants have a bad odour. *This room has a singular odour.

  Nostrils  [ no·struhlz] NOSTRILS PRONUNCIATION Noun: either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose . "Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne." Eveline ( James Joyce ). Statements using Nostrils: *Try not to get anything stuck in your  nostrils ; they're important passageways! *His  nostrils ran with mucus. *He went to the doctor for a problem with his nostrils. *Marcus suffered an injury in his nostrils.