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Reading 4

Reading 4. No Witchcraft for Sale. The author 1. Doris May Lessing (nee Tayler; born 22 Oct. 1919) Interview: Portrait of Doris Lessing - Media Player at Nobelprize.org. The author 2. On Contemporary writers: Doris Lessing Interview: Doris Lessing Q and A - TIME Whites in Zimbabwe.

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Reading 4

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  1. Reading 4 No Witchcraft for Sale

  2. The author 1 • Doris May Lessing (nee Tayler; born 22 Oct. 1919) • Interview: Portrait of Doris Lessing - Media Player at Nobelprize.org

  3. The author 2 • On Contemporary writers: Doris Lessing • Interview: Doris Lessing Q and A - TIME • Whites in Zimbabwe

  4. Vocabulary 1 • kraal: (n) South African1. A rural village, typically consisting of huts surrounded by a stockade. • 2. An enclosure for livestock. • baas: S African a boss • kaffir: (n) used especially in southern Africa as a disparaging term for a Black person. • piccaninny: (n) (offensive) a small Black or Aboriginal child [perhaps from Portuguese pequenino tiny one]

  5. Vocabulary 2 • downy: (adj.) covered in with very soft, especially hair or feathers • crouch: (v.) to lower your body close to the ground by bending your legs under you • cluck: (v.) when a chicken clucks, it makes a series of short low sounds • grave: (adj.) dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. Snonym: serious. • commotion: (n) sudden noisy confusion or excitement (The crowd waiting outside was causing a commotion.)

  6. Vocabulary 3 • permanganate: (n) any of the salts of permanganic acid, all of which are strong oxidizing agents. • spittle: (n) (old-fashioned; spit, saliva) the liquid that forms in the mouth veld (veldt): (n) (in South Africa) flat open land with grass and no trees

  7. Vocabulary 4 • puff-adder: (n) a venomous African viper (Bitis arietans) having crescent-shaped yellowish markings. • groggy: (adj.) weak and unable to think or move well because you are ill/sick or very tired • exasperation: (n) 1. The act or an instance of exasperating. 2. The state of being exasperated; frustrated annoyance. • sundowner: (n) 1. Australian A vagrant; a tramp.2. Chiefly British A drink taken at sundown.

  8. Vocabulary 5 • draw a blank: to get no response or result • fluster: (v.) to make sb nervous and/or confused, especially by giving them a lot to do or by making them hurry • trifle: (n) (a trifle) (formal) slightly. She seemed a trifle anxious. • perfunctory: (adj.) (formal) (of an action) done as a duty or habit, without real interest, attention or feeling • salt: (v.) 1. To add zest or liveliness to: salt a lecture with anecdotes. 2. To give an appearance of value to by fraudulent means, especially to place valuable minerals in (a mine) for the purpose of deceiving.

  9. Vocabulary 6 • grudgingly: (adv.) reluctantly; unwillingly. • pucker: (v) to form or to make sth form small folds or lines • chip in: (v) (informal) to join in or interrupt a conversation; to add sth to a conversation or discussion • sullen: (disapproving) silent and bad-tempered, either on a particular occasion or because it is part of your character • annul: (v.) to state officially that sth is no longer legally valid • spring into life: (of a person, machine, etc.) to suddenly start working or doing sth

  10. Vocabulary 7 • municipality: (n) a town, city or district with its own local government; the group of officials who govern it • hereditary: (adj.) that is legally given to sb’s child when that person dies • uncouth: (adj.) (of a person or their behaviour) rude or socially unacceptable • mealie: (n) maize; corn on the cob • obstinate: (adj.) (often disapproving) refusing to change your opinions, way of behaving, etc. when other people try to persuade you to • file: (n) a line of people or things, one behind the other • Idiom: (in) Indian/single file (in one line, one behind the other)

  11. Vocabulary 8 • blazing: (adj.) extremely hot • shimmer: (v) to shine with a soft lignt that seems to move slightly • gritty: (adj.) containing or like grit • recline • veranadah (=veranda): (n) (especially BrE) (AmE usually porch) a platform with an open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floor • veranda porch deck

  12. Vocabulary 9 • trickle: (v) to flow, or to make sth flow, slowly in a thin stream • sulk (v) (disapproving) to look angry and refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that you are upset about sth • rascal: (humorous) a person, especially a child or man, who shows a lack of respect for other people and enjoys playing tricks on them • double up (on sth/with wb) (informal) to form a pair in order to do sth or to share sth • mischievous: (adj.) 1. enjoying playing tricks and annoying people 2. (formal) (of an action or a statement) causing troubles, such as damaging sb’s reputation

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