The Landlady: Vocabulary

a bit of all right enjoyable

alas sadly

baby-grand piano three legged piano

big shot important person

bitter almonds unsweetened taste of essence of amêndoa

blotchy uneven marks

brisk quick, efficient

choosy not easily pleased

Churchill and Roosevelt British Prime Minister and US President during Second World War

congenial sociable, sympathetic

dainty delicate

Dempsey and Tunney boxers who competed in a famous match in 1926

dither unable to decide what to do

dotty crazy

Eton exclusive private school

five and sixpence old British money

frisky lively

fuss paying a lot of attention to

glow giving off a warm light

hearth place in a room where a fire is put

jack-in-the-box children’s toy where head on a spring jumps out of box

kippers a smoked fish (herring)

landing place where stairs meet in a house

off her rocker crazy

on the off-chance by luck

pane single piece of glass in a window

peeling layer coming away from the wall

plump soft

pop jump out suddenly

pop in enter quickly, without ceremony

porch covered entrance of exterior door

queer odd

rapacious greedy; living by killing prey

rim edge, side

rings a bell sounds familiar

sip drink delicately

swamp overwhelm

swanky expensive and snobbish

tantalising tempting, inviting

teeny weeny extremely little

tiny very little

tray flat receptacle for carrying cups, plates

trilby hat a narrow-brimmed type of hat

trot walk quickly

undergraduate University student studying for first degree

whiff slight smell

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