Weekly Vocab 9

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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