An Englishman's Home - Vocabulary

emulation (Pg 134)

• something copied
• something to be excited about
• something that is worrying
• something that is emulsified

judiciously (Pg 135)

• delicious
• being judgmental
• has a lot of juice
• carefully thought over

plebian (Pg 136)

• pleasing
• exotic
• common
• flexible

exiguously (pg 136)

• excessively small
• very generous
• mediocre
• exit

jerry builders (pg 139)

• a slang for sexist workers
• builders of shoddy work
• simple construction workers
• honest builders

blackguard (pg 144)

• someone who blocks out undesirables
• a person guarding a special site
• a person with a vision
• a person behaving in a dishonest way

in a cleft stick (pg 144)

• stuck on a straight path
• in a natural environment
• in a problematic or difficult situation
• in need of assistance

we were going to be left with the baby (pg 146)

• to be given someone to care for
• to be left something of great value
• left with responsibility over something or be blamed for something
• to be given something that you do not want

a flea in the ear (pg 142)

• having an itch to scratch
• having a sharp reproof
• a problem that is hard to deal with
• something that hurts you physically

catch him napping (pg 142)

• to catch someone off guard
• to catch someone red handed
• to find someone in a compromising position
• to discover an oppurtunity