Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
regiment
/ˈredʒɪmənt/a large military group of soldiers
cunning
/ˈkʌnɪŋ/clever at getting what you want, often by tricking people
in pursuit of
/ɪn pəˈsjuːt əv/the act of trying to catch or achieve something
trifling
/ˈtraɪflɪŋ/small, minor, or not serious
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Mr. Bennet's property was worth two thousand pounds a year. Unfortunately for his daughters, the estate was entailed, which meant it would pass to a distant male relative after his death. Their mother had only four thousand pounds of her own, which was not enough to provide for five girls. Mrs. Bennet had a sister married to Mr. Philips, a lawyer in the nearby village of Meryton, and a brother in trade in London. Meryton was only one mile from Longbourn, so the young Bennet ladies often walked there. The two youngest daughters, Catherine and Lydia, went there constantly. Recently,...
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