Vocab List 5 Sentences

“Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary _____________that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. ” (pg 1)

1. “The old man rose with ________________haste, and opening the door, was heard condoling with the new arrival. The new arrival also condoled with himself, so that Mrs. White said, ‘Tut, tut!’ and coughed gently as her husband entered the room, followed by a tall burly man, beady of eye and rubicund of visage.”

“At the third glass his eyes got brighter, and he began to talk, the little family circle regarding with eager interest this visitor from distant parts, as he squared his broad shoulders in the chair and spoke of strange scenes and _______________ deeds; of wars and plagues and strange peoples.”

“‘The first man had his three wishes, yes,’ was the reply. ‘I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.’ His tones were so _______________ that a hush fell upon the group.”

“‘Well, don’t break into the money before I come back,’ said Herbert, as he rose from the table. ‘I’m afraid it’ll turn you into a mean, _______________ man, and we shall have to disown you.’”

“She brought the stranger, who seemed ill at ease, into the room. He gazed at her _____________, and listened in a preoccupied fashion as the old lady apologized for the appearance of the room, and her husband’s coat, a garment which he usually reserved for the garden.”

1. “‘Is he hurt?’ demanded the mother. 

The visitor bowed in ___________. ‘Badly hurt,’ he said quietly, ‘but he is not in any pain.’

“‘I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility,’ continued the other. ‘They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son’s services they wish to present you with a certain sum as ________________.’”

“‘The firm wished me to ____________ their sincere sympathy with you in your great loss,’ he said, without looking round. ‘I beg that you will understand I am only their servant and merely obeying orders.’”

"But the days passed, and expectation gave place to resignation — the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled, _____________. Sometimes they hardly exchanged a word, for now they had nothing to talk about, and their days were long to weariness.”