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The Landlady
Short Story
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| porter | soft hat with the top deeply indented |
| facades | fronts of buildings |
| congenial | agreeable; pleasant |
| conjured up | called to mind |
| rapacious | greedy |
| kippers | fish that have been salted and smoked |
| dithering about | acting nervous and confused |
| dotty | crazy |
| cricketers | people who play cricket, a game that is popular in Great Britain. |
| Dempsey and Tunney | American boxers who competed for the workd heavyweight championship in 1926 |
| Churchill | Winston Churchill was prime minister of Great Britain |
| Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt was president of the United States during WWII. |
| biscuit | British term meaning cookie. |
| Tantalizing | teasing by remaining unavailable or by withholding something desired by someone; tempting. |
| Eton | boys' prep school near London |
| Cambridge | famous unitversity in England |
| emanate | come forth |