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THE FAT AND THE THIN

by Emile Zola - A french Novel



1.Elms: a large deciduous tree with serrated leaves and winged fruits, found throughout northern temperate regions.


2.Plodding:Slow,poky


3.Cloaks: clothes a loose sleeveless outer garment that fastens at the neck


4.Hobnails: a short nail with a broad head that is used to protect the soles of boots


5.Peering: to look very carefully or hard, especially at somebody or something that is difficult to see, often with narrowed eyes


6.Contingents: dependent on or resulting from a future and as yet unknown event or circumstance


7.Gloom: Darkness


8.Matutinal: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day


9.Lulling: transitive verb to soothe or calm a person or animal, especially by using gentle sounds or motions


10.Repose: Relax


11.Balthazar: one of the three wise men who, according to the Bible, brought gifts to Bethlehem to honor the birth of Jesus


12.Quivered: to shake rapidly with small movements


13.Turnips: the white rounded fleshy root of the turnip that is eaten as a vegetable


14.Withered:shrunken,ill,thin

15.Anxious: nervous , worried

16.Espy : Notice

17.Countenance : approve of

18.Famished : Hungry

19.Yonder : over there

20.Grumpy : irritable

21.Stout : fat

22.Scorcher : somebody or something that scorches, a severely critical remark

23.Pondering : Thinking

24.Ardently : Passionately

25.Gendarme: a police officer in France and French-speaking countries.

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