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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 Turn of the Screw” begins
I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong.
After rising, in town, to meet his appeal, I had at all events a couple of very bad days—found myself doubtful again, felt indeed sure I had made a mistake.
In this state of mind I spent the long hours of bumping, swinging coach that carried me to the stopping place at which I was to be met by a vehicle from the house.
This convenience, I was told, had been ordered, and I found, toward the close of the June afternoon, a commodious fly in waiting for me.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 25 words you will meet most often in “The Turn of the Screw” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- presence
- companion
- strike
- extraordinary
- charming
- master
- presently
- dreadful
- mere
- literally
- proof
- passage
- queer
- relief
- candle
- stare
- somehow
- vision
- perceive
- creature
- circumstance
- pity
- settle
- engage
- bear
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “The Turn of the Screw”
How much of each kind of grammar “The Turn of the Screw” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Relative clauses
- Perfect tenses
- Phrasal verbs
- Modal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Passive voice
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- Past participle clause “He never wore his hat, but he did wear—well, there were waistcoats missed.
- Past perfect active The roast mutton was on the table, and I had dispensed with attendance.
- Phrasal verb with 'up' (particle) Grose who first brought up the plumb with an almost elated “You see!
Counted the way the Reader shows it: one card per construction in a sentence. Open the book in the Reader and tap a highlighted phrase to see the rule.
Library
What you get while you read
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Grammar in context
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About the book
Why The Turn of the Screw is a great book to read in English
A young governess at a remote country house becomes convinced that her two charges are visited by ghosts — or is she the danger? Henry James's 1898 novella is the most argued-about ghost story in English; its long, winding sentences are a workout that advanced readers relish.
On LangOrbit you read “The Turn of the Screw” with a safety net: the translation is one tap away when a sentence runs long, every word opens its meaning in context and can be saved for spaced-repetition review, and the grammar behind the trickier lines is explained right where you meet it.
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