An Experiment in Love

1. An Experiment in Love by Hilary Mantel Chapter 7.1.

Novosibirsk State National Research
University Humanities Institute
An Experiment in Love
by Hilary Mantel
Chapter 7.1.
The work is performed by
Student of the group №18824
Ksenia Kryukova

2. Embellish

Afterwards she bounced across the room,
repeating it, extending it, embellishing it. (p.154)
• Explanation: to make something more beautiful
or interesting by adding something to it.

3. Whiff

The impact of these absurd words was so powerful
that when I look back at this scene I seem to catch
a whiff of smoke indeed. (p.155)
• Explanation: a smell that you only smell for a
short time.

4. Rumour

In the next couple of days two rumours swept the
building. (p.156)
• Explanation: a fact that a lot of people are
talking about although they do not know if it is
true.

5. Rota

We ate, working by rota, roast lamb, roast beef,
roast pork. (p.158)
• Explanation: a plan that shows who must do
which jobs and when they must do them.

6. Frivolous

…whose manners and outlook were no doubt
frivolous, degenerate and the talk of the district;
(p.159)
• Explanation: behaving in a silly way and not
taking anything seriously.

7. Fill in the blanks:

rumour embellished whiff
frivolous rota
• I got a ____of new paint when I entered the
room.
• He _______the story with lots of dramatic
detail.
• I just think we should draw up some kind of a
___.
• _____ has it that she will be getting married
soon.
• He thinks window shopping is a _______
activity.

8. Fill in the blanks: (answers)

• I got a whiff of new paint when I entered the
room.
• He embellished the story with lots of dramatic
detail.
• I just think we should draw up some kind of a
rota.
• Rumour has it that she will be getting married
soon.
• He thinks window shopping is a frivolous
activity.

9. Verbiage

The burden of the letter was this, when the
verbiage was stripped away. (p.160)
• Explanation: language that is very complicated
and contains a lot of unnecessary words.

10. Deprive

So it is not surprising that we tried to set up our
own housekeeping routines, to recreate the
domesticity of which (I suppose) we must have felt
deprived. (p.163)
• Explanation: to take something, especially
something necessary or pleasant, away from
someone.

11. Congregate

Some girls would use the kitchens to heat milk or
soup, but they were good for little else, and not
pleasant places to congregate. (p.163)
• Explanation: to come together in a large group
of people or animals.

12. Elongated

Wet, the clothes looked bigger; the sweaters were
elongated, their arms swinging and cuffs groping
as if in search of a handhold. (p.163)
• Explanation: longer and thinner than usual.

13. Surplus

When I was little and she went out cleaning, her
employers would sometimes try to give her things:
surplus food and cast-off clothing. (p.171)
• Explanation:(an amount that is) more than is
needed.

14. Fill in the blanks:

verbiage
surpluses
congregate
deprived
elongated
• The world is now producing large food
_______.
• He claimed that he had been ______ of his
freedom/rights.
• The editor removed some of the excess ______
from the article.
• The picture shows two _______ figures
dancing.
• It's a place where the homeless ________.

15. Fill in the blanks: (answers)

• The world is now producing large food
surpluses.
• He claimed that he had been deprived of his
freedom/rights.
• The editor removed some of the excess
verbiage from the article.
• The picture shows two elongated figures
dancing.
• It's a place where the homeless congregate.

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