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THE GOOSE-GIRL by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
betroth | |
v. give to in marriage |
trinket | |
n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing |
brook | |
n. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) |
yonder | |
a. distant but within sight |
meek | |
a. quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive |
scorching | |
a. hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface |
haughtily | |
ad. in an unfriendly way and seeming to consider yourself better than other people |
treacherous | |
a. tending to betray |
unruly | |
a. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline |
plague | |
v. cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time |
sulky | |
a. depressingly dark |
cask | |
n. a cylindrical container that holds liquids |
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