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The Landlady
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Foreshadowing | hinting of what will happen in the future.] |
| Predicting | guessing what will happen later in the story |
| Porter | person hired to carry luggage |
| Trilby hat | soft hat with the top deeply indented |
| Facades | fronts of buildings |
| Congenial | pleasant |
| Conjured | 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 |
| Biscuit | British meaning of cookie |
| Tantalizing | teasing by remaining unavailable |
| Emanate | come fourth |