Vocabulary related with the story "The Bridal Party" by Scott Fitzgerald. Did you already know these words? Surely you read a story in English many times and you do not know many words. On this occasion, we bring you a few words that you may not have known. Let's start with:

 

1.Moreover

Speech: Adverb

Pronunciation: (US) môrˈōvər / "maw + ROH + vuh"

Moreover: is used to transition into additional information or to connect a sentence to a related one that has already been said. Like additionally and besides, moreover is often used to begin a sentence.

Part from the story: “which, moreover, was to be held, not in New York, decently and far away”

Sentences:

1.The house is small; moreover, very expensive.

       2. My mother is optimist to everyone moreover me.

       3. My brother si tall; moreover, he is youger.

       4. She is si beautiful; moreover, very funny.

 

 

 

2. Battlefields

Speech: Noun

 Pronunciation: (US) bah-duhl-fild / ˈbætlˌfildz

Battlefields: The term can also have legal significance, and battlefields have substantial historical and cultural value—the battlefield has been described as "a place where ideals and loyalties are put to the test".Various acts and treaties restrict certain belligerent conduct to an identified battlefield. Other legal regimes promote the preservation of certain battlefields as sites of historic importance.

Part from the story: “he sympathetically stared for a while at a faded panorama of the battlefields in a tourist-office window”

Sentences:

1. The battlefield looks terrifying.

       2. Those men are headed for the battlefield.

       3. Last night I dreamed I was on a battlefield.

       4. My neighborhood is a battlefield.

 

 

 3. Innocuous

 Speech: Adjective

Pronunciation: (US) iˈnäkyo͞oəs / ih-na-kyu-ihs

 Innocuous: That does not injure or harm; harmless. An innocuous insect. The definition of innocuous is not harmful or not likely to offend.

Part from the story:“the battlefields in a tourist-office window and cursed a Greek tout who followed him with a half-displayed packet of innocuous post cards warranted to be very dirty indeed”

 

Sentences:

     1.Look at those insects so innocuous and noisy.

     2.Those puppies are very innocuous and small.

    3.That butterly looks so innocuous.

    4.Thouse little cats look so innocuous.

 

 

 4.Weakly  

Speech: Adverb

 Pronunciation: (US) ˈwēklē / wik-li

Weakly: in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree.

Part from the story:“Since his only support was that she loved him, he leaned weakly on that”

Sentences:

1.The girl smiled weakly at the sad scene.

       2.She spoke so weakly when she cried.

       3.He sing so weakly, because he is shy.

       4.The boy cried weakly in the night.

       

 

 

 

5. Rendezvous

Speech: Verb

Pronunciation: (US) ˈrändəˌvo͞o / RON + di + vooz

Rendezvous: is a very French way to say "meeting" or "date." So go ahead and call your next dentist appointment or lunch date with friends a rendezvous.

Part from the story:“but she insisted that it was physically impossible for her to see him until the day before the wedding, for which day she granted him a tentative rendezvous”

Sentences:

 1.We'll rendezvous at the park tomorrow afternoon.

       2. I have a rendezvous with Alex at the restaurant in the park.

       3.She was a rendezvous the last Monday.

       4.The rendezvous was very funny. 

6.Insincere

      Speech: Adjective

Pronunciation: (US) /insencir/

Insincere: Pretending to feel something that you do not really feel, or not meaning what you say

Part from the story:“There was the visual insincere little note sayingil…”

Sentences:

1.You are very insincere with me.

2.That letter you sent was insincere.

3.When he said "marry me" he was insincere.

4.That newspaper does not publish with transparency, it is insincere.

         7. Futile

     Speech: Adjective

Pronunciation: (US)/fiudol/

Futile: Incapable of producing any useful result;pointles

Part from the story:“Caroline had lost faith and begun to see him as something pathetic, futile  and shabby…”

Sentences:

1.Jennifer tried to lie to her parents and it was futile.

 2.I no longer want to live in this unpleasant and futile neighborhood.

3.Prisoners live in a futile place.

 4.Leo can't stop thinking about his futile job.

     8. Upward

Speech: Adverb

Upward: It´s from a lower place or level to a higher place or level

Pronunciation: (US)/opword/

Part from the story:“Patrons were on the sidewalk gazing upward.”

Sentences: 

 1.When Ana fell she looked upward.

 2.That hill path will take us all the way upward.

 3.We were looking upward when a UFO passed by.

 4.Sales go upward every day.

9. Astonish

Speech: Verb

Pronunciation: (US)/estonish/

Antonish: To strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise.

Part from the story:“He heard a woman say in French that it would not her astonish...”

Sentences:

 1.When I first saw you I was astonished.

 2.The prison food did not astonished.

 3.I think that seeing you here again would not astonish.

 4.His voice is so beautiful that it would astonish you.

    

10. Courtship

Speech: Noun

Pronunciation: (US)/curshep/

Courtship: A period during which a couple develop a romantic relationship before getting married.

Part from the story:“Always discouraged his courtship...”

Sentences:

 1. I don't want to get married quickly before I prefer a courtship.

 2. In the old days, before getting married there was a respective courtship.

 3. After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal.

 4. Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by phone.