" Heartless tried to protest, but the man hit her, so there she was now lying helplessly on the floor. Suddenly, someone else knocked on the door and two other girls and an older boy came in. They saw Heartless, yet knew that they had no allowance to help her. The man asked them what had they brought and after taking all the money they showed away, he said, "Well, Heartless, you should've done as well as Loveless' s team. Then you'd still be one of us!" But the little girl grinned and said proudly, "I prefer keeping my honor rather than stealing from the old and sick like all your puppets do!" 1 The man got irritated and shouted her out of his house. The girl turned and walked out as if nothing had happened, the other children staring enviously at her. Just before the door she stopped and asked them without turning, "And for how long are you planning to be the Devil's dolls?"
61. preventive medicine n - medical treatment, advice, and improve [= depressing]: The report paints a gloomy health education that is designed to prevent disease picture of the economy. sünge happening rather than cure it 38.grin (at) v - to smile widely: She grinned at me, her 62. ragged adj - torn and in bad condition: the ragged blankets eyes sparkling. laialt naeratama on the bed. närune, narmendav 39.harsh adj - harsh conditions are difficult to live in and 63. refer sb to sb v to send someone or something to a person very uncomfortable [= severe]: the harsh Estonian or organization to be helped or dealt with: My doctor is winters
queen, she was forced to sign it with a new name. "What could it be?" she wondered, "Hey, Mystery, may I take your name?" But the kitten seemed disappointed, so she decided not to do so. "Well, but I can't sign it as the-nameless-one! Oh, I do have an idea! My name will be Misery after all, so many years have passed with that feeling only... What do you think, Mystery?" The cat smiled and brought a marzipan candy. "Is it for me? Thank you so much!" Mystery grinned again and flew out to catch some pigeons. The little girl wrote: Dear Queen, I am very sorry for not showing up in your court and on your coronation ceremony; however, I do have a considerable reason: my deep feelings for the last Queen and my mother hadn't fully calmed as you probably know, there was a disastrous illness in the kingdom that took many dear ones to me. And I am truly sorry for not writing this letter sooner, but, to be
of the tale as the materialization of Ger- mann's repressed guilt for the death of the old lady.42 This psychological interpretation becomes even more. Thus, throughout the story, the "queen" clearly dominates over the vulnerable "ace." them. When he selected "his card" (Pushkin does not say ace, but "svoiu kartu"), the alleged ace must have been before Ger- mann's very eyes. Yet, when he turned the card over, the "queen of spades screwed up her eyes and grinned. At one point Pushkin confides to the reader that "the Countess had by no means a bad heart." Trusting Pushkin, I would like to suggest that Germann was ruined not because of the Countess's ill will but rather in spite of her goodwill. During her nocturnal visit, the Countess made it clear that she came to Germann against her will ("ia prishla k tebe protiv svoei voli"). She also reveals the three cards to him against her will: "mne veleno ispolnit' tvoiu pros'bu
passenger side window. I looked over; it was Tyler. I glanced back in my rearview mirror, confused. His car was still running, the door left open. I leaned across the cab to crank the window down. It was stiff. I got it halfway down, then gave up. "I'm sorry, Tyler, I'm stuck behind Cullen." I was annoyed -- obviously the holdup wasn't my fault. "Oh, I know -- I just wanted to ask you something while we're trapped here." He grinned. This could not be happening. "Will you ask me to the spring dance?" he continued. "I'm not going to be in town, Tyler." My voice sounded a little sharp. I had to remember it wasn't his fault that Mike and Eric had already used up my quota of patience for the day. "Yeah, Mike said that," he admitted. "Then why --" He shrugged. "I was hoping you were just letting him down easy." Okay, it was completely his fault. "Sorry, Tyler," I said, working to hide my irritation
I fully expected his million-dollar face to appear on billboards and fashion magazines all over the world one day. No matter his expression, he was a knockout. "How about tomorrow after work?" I offered as a substitute. "If I make it through the day, that'll be worth celebrating." "Deal. I'm breaking in the new kitchen for dinner." "Uh..." Cooking was one of Cary's joys, but it wasn't one of his talents. "Great." Blowing a wayward strand of hair off his face, he grinned at me. "We've got a kitchen most restaurants would kill for. There's no way to screw up a meal in there." Dubious, I headed out with a wave, choosing to avoid a conversation about cooking. Taking the elevator down to the first floor, I smiled at the doorman when he let me out to the street with a flourish. The moment I stepped outside, the smells and sounds of Manhattan embraced me and invited me to explore
background: Hemingway render the speeech of a spanyard (spanish) by using thou in his dialogue to imply his non-english nationality. Strangely, he doesn't make speaker use spanish words, in fact. Third person singular he/she may be used in personification (The moon smiled her faint smile.). It, when used about people, turns them into a class of objects. The result is usually irony, humor, contempt or negative attitude. e.g The woman went a longer road. Then it (ought to be she) stopped and grinned. The pronoun ,,we", according to the english norm, may imply only the speaker. We have 2 kinds of uses: 1 The Majestic Plural (kings, queens, manifestos) 2 The Modest Plural (author, speaker writes we out of modesty, as if in involving the audience as well). E.g Lost time we were discussing. The Modest Plural in prose evokes or creates association with scientific prose and creates the true to life effect. E.g Walter Scott, in historical novels used we