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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “A Room with a View” begins
“The Signora had no business to do it,” said Miss Bartlett, “no business at all.
She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart.
Oh, Lucy!”
“And a Cockney, besides!” said Lucy, who had been further saddened by the Signora’s unexpected accent.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 29 words you will meet most often in “A Room with a View” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- lavish
- carriage
- exclaim
- remark
- dreadful
- villa
- pension
- strike
- trust
- engagement
- darkness
- forgive
- soul
- dare
- joy
- despise
- lean
- fate
- glorious
- thus
- settle
- approach
- whisper
- fault
- nerve
- bow
- nonsense
- desire
- shadow
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “A Room with a View”
How much of each kind of grammar “A Room with a View” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Perfect tenses
- Relative clauses
- Modal verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Passive voice
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- try to do Honeychurch, who was trying to remember the hang of one of the dresses.
- Whose (possession) Beebe, whose news was of a very different nature, prattled forward.
- Phrasal verb with 'up' (particle) With such an education as that, I thought he was bound to grow up happy.
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About the book
Why A Room with a View is a great book to read in English
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