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Read “The Enchanted April” by Elizabeth von Arnim in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “The Enchanted April” begins
It began in a Woman’s Club in London on a February afternoon—an uncomfortable club, and a miserable afternoon—when Mrs. Wilkins, who had come down from Hampstead to shop and had lunched at her club, took up The Times from the table in the smoking-room, and running her listless eye down the Agony Column saw this:
To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine.
Small medieval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be Let Furnished for the month of April.
Necessary servants remain.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 22 words you will meet most often in “The Enchanted April” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- presently
- stare
- merely
- heaven
- castle
- desire
- medieval
- entirely
- evidently
- interrupt
- extraordinary
- creature
- inquire
- whisper
- proceed
- sensation
- miserable
- bear
- owe
- rose
- bush
- gaze
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “The Enchanted April”
How much of each kind of grammar “The Enchanted April” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Perfect tenses
- Phrasal verbs
- Relative clauses
- Modal verbs
- Passive voice
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- try to do Wilkins, trying to draw back, “leave Lady Caroline alone in the garden.
- Past perfect active She was fit for nothing; she had wasted all this time being beautiful.
- Phrasal verb with 'up' and preposition Wilkins, getting up and at once, after her manner, fixing on the truth.
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About the book
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