A little princess

... bewilderment. " ;A banquet hall," said Sara. " ;A vast chamber where feasts are given. It has a vaulted roof, and a minstrels' gallery, and a huge chimney filled with blazing oaken logs, and ... said Sara, "and I'll take off my wet things and wrap myself in the coverlet and tell you over again." She took off her hat and coat and hung them on a nail a...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2014, 04:20

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Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 15:54

... English. Word families - why they matter What we are looking at here are word families: words that are related to each other. These matter because research suggests that native speakers do not in fact ... is to take care of your general English and not to focus solely on the exam. This is particularly relevant in relation to learning vocabulary which is a key to all 4 papers. Here is ano...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 09:18

... icons as Apple, Guinness, Ferrari, and Harley-Davidson, not just because they are popular brands, but because they were also what I refer to as “smashable” brands. “Smash Your Brand” is a phrase ... religions also have a clear vision. By that I mean that they are unambiguous in their mission, whether it’s to reach a certain state of grace or achieve a spiritual goal. And of course...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 18:20

... Her mother had been a French woman, and Captain Crewe had loved her language, so it happened that Sara had always heard and been familiar with it. "I I have never really learned French, ... make each other's acquaintance." The pupils bowed ceremoniously, and Sara made a little curtsy, and then they sat down and looked at each other again. "Sara," said Mis...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 21:15

... excitement and contradictory stories. A new pupil with a carriage and a pony and a maid, and a voyage from India to discuss, was not an ordinary acquaintance. "My name's Ermengarde St. John," ... friend. It was a way of hers always to want to spring into any fray in which someone was made uncomfortable or unhappy. "If Sara had been a boy and lived a...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 21:15

... charitable recollection of having heard Miss Amelia say that Lavinia was growing so fast that she believed it affected her health and temper. Lavinia, in fact, was spiteful. She was inordinately ... related to an angel. Sara went on talking. Perhaps some people might think that what she said was rather like a fairy story, but it was all so real to her own imagination that Lottie b...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 21:15

... slack up on the mazuma, and the man with the portable tin banqueting canister isn't exactly ready to join the Bible class. You can bet your variegated socks that the situation is all ... various mean- ings of the word. The experience certainly warrants the supposition that I have at least a passing acquaintance with a few phases of Bowery life. I will be pleased to place whatev...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 12:15

... operer. An' there was one everyone stared at most. They ses to each other, `That's the princess. ' She was a growed-up young lady, but she was pink all over gownd an' cloak, an' ... understand in the least. Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 07:16

... "pretend" about being a princess was very near to her heart, and she was shy and sensitive about it. She had meant it to be rather a secret, and here was Lavinia deriding it before nearly all the ... deeply absorbed in the book about the Bastille, and she had had to recall several things rapidly when she realized that she must go and take care of her adopted child. She was...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 07:16