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Author
Jane Austen
Level
B2
Chapters
50
Length
~119k words
Reading time
~10 h
Translation
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Sense and SensibilityJane Austen · B2
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DICTIONARY

cherish
verb

TRANSLATION

apreciar, atesorar

to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.

She cherishes the memory of her grandmother.
Atesora el recuerdo de su abuela.

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The opening

How “Sense and Sensibility” begins

The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex.

Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance.

The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister.

But her death, which happened ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it.

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Vocabulary

Words to know before you start

The 30 words you will meet most often in “Sense and Sensibility” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.

  • affection C1 · ×91
  • engagement C1 · ×77
  • comfort B2 · ×64
  • cottage B2 · ×63
  • engage B2 · ×58
  • assure B2 · ×57
  • declare B2 · ×48
  • circumstance B2 · ×48
  • dare B2 · ×48
  • settle B2 · ×45
  • carriage C1 · ×45
  • oblige C1 · ×45
  • entirely B2 · ×43
  • regard B2 · ×43
  • fortune B2 · ×41
  • bear B2 · ×40
  • satisfaction B2 · ×37
  • attachment B2 · ×37
  • inquiry B2 · ×36
  • concern B2 · ×35
  • conduct B2 · ×35
  • afterwards B2 · ×34
  • perceive B2 · ×33
  • observe B2 · ×32
  • affair B2 · ×32
  • attempt B2 · ×32
  • judgment B2 · ×32
  • expectation B2 · ×31
  • instantly B2 · ×31
  • former B2 · ×30

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Grammar

Grammar you will meet in “Sense and Sensibility”

How much of each kind of grammar “Sense and Sensibility” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.

  • Passive voice 84 per 10,000 words · more than most books
  • Relative clauses 59 per 10,000 words
  • Perfect tenses 58 per 10,000 words
  • Modal verbs 53 per 10,000 words · more than most books
  • -ing forms and to-infinitives 23 per 10,000 words
  • Phrasal verbs 21 per 10,000 words
  • Reported speech 14 per 10,000 words
  • Conditionals 6 per 10,000 words

Constructions to look for

  • try to do B2 · 29 sentences Elinor tried to make a civil answer, though doubting her own success.
  • Whose (possession) B1 · 41 sentences I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own.
  • Subject relative clause with who/that/which B1 · 463 sentences Palmer’s eye was now caught by the drawings which hung round the room.

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.

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About the book

Why Sense and Sensibility is a great book to read in English

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