vocabulary -3

 Soapy wanted to go in jail to live idle life. He tried to break law but his attempts were failed. He was not caught by the Cop. He came near the church yard. He heard a musical note of an anthem. Hearing it he remembered his past wonderful days. It brought a sudden and worth change in his soul. He decided to fight and change his life. He also decided to find work. While Soapy was daydreaming, a policeman taped him on the shoulder and asked what he was doing. He was arrested for loitering and the following day sentenced to three months in Blackwell's Island (jail).


New words and meanings:

Asphalt – gravel, grit, small granules of stone used in road development.

Vest – sleeveless shirt, coat, jacket, banyan

Shaven – trimmed the beard, done shaving

Trim – neat, tidy, orderly

Bow – a knot used for to a tie (tie-knot)

Thanksgiving Day – the fourth Thursday of November which is marked by religious observance and dinner.

Roasted – baked, cooked, heated

Mallard duck – a duck mostly used as food in western part of the world

Revenge – avenge, retaliation

Filled – satisfied, fulfilled, content

Winter Island – Here it means jail

Tattered – torn, rags, rugged, worn-out

Decadent – degraded, gone bad

Avert – stop, turn away, ward-off

Ignoble – dishonorable, shameful, disgraceful, insulting

Menaced – forbidden, threatened

Coveted – highly desirable

Coveted island – here, the jail

Limbo – dividing line, midpoint here, boarder between heaven and hell

Devise – set up, plan, formulate

Cunningly – artfully, craftily

Brass buttons – a policeman, a cop

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