Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
disagreeable
/ˌdɪs.əˈɡriː.ə.bəl/unpleasant, unfriendly, or bad-tempered
intimately
/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət.li/in a very close, personal, or detailed way
bequeath
/bɪˈkwiːð/to officially give money or property to someone in a will after death
forfeit
/ˈfɔː.fɪt/to lose the right to have something because of a mistake or bad behavior
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Mr. Collins and his five cousins traveled to Meryton for an evening at their aunt, Mrs. Philips’s house. When they entered the drawing room, the Bennet girls were delighted to hear that Mr. Wickham had accepted the invitation and was already there. While waiting for the gentlemen to join them, Mr. Collins admired the room and compared it to the grand mansion of Lady Catherine de Bourgh at Rosings. Mrs. Philips was deeply impressed by Lady Catherine’s wealth, especially when Collins told her how expensive the chimney-piece alone had been. Soon, the officers joined the party. Although they were all...
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