Re: Weekly Vocab 9

Woah!! is this the ultra advanced version, or what?
No, way Carrajena's ready for pittance or constance or
culpable or . . . I may give some of the easier
sentences a whirl.

Adam

--- Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:
> I've been translating "As You Like It". Does it
> show?
> 1. to bequeath
> My father bequeathed me an education.
>
> 2. pittance
> He also left me a pittance: (insert proper sum in
> proper currency/rodent
> parts here).
>
> 3. to usurp / steal / connive to get
> My brother usurped my estates.
>
> 4. stable
> I am forced to sleep in the stable.
>
> 5. horse (or conculturally appropriate beast of
> burden)
> He [my brother] values the horses more than me.
>
> 6. worth
> Technically, humans aren't worth anything, but a
> horse is worth a good
> deal.
>
> 7. to run away
> Perhaps I'll run away with his prized stallion.
>
> 8. courage
> I lack courage, though, or constance, so I will
> relinquish my plans.
>
> 9. to suffer
> I shall continue to suffer under my brother's
> culpable disinterest.
>
> 10. depressed
> I'm so depressed.
>
> ~Wright

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