This is a work of fiction.

Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

 

incidents/an instance of something happening

fictitiously/ invites and not true or not existing

resemblance/the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some other way

 

 

landscape/ Everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills, rivers, buildings, trees, and plants.

inherently/ The inherent qualities of something are the necessary and natural parts of it.

immense/extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree

fathon/understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought

likewise/in the same way

namely/that is to say; to be specific

reputable/having a good reputation

integrity/the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles

bendwidth/a measurement of the amount of information that can be sent between computers, through a phone line

peace of mind/a feeling of calm or not being worried

 

 

 

 

 

 

courteous / polite respectful

bluff/An attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it

immoral/ If you describe someone or their behaviour as immoral, you believe that their behaviour is morally wrong

backfire/If a plan or project backfire, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended

testify/When someone testifies in a court of law, they give a statement of what they saw someone do or what they know 

of a situation, after having promised to tell the truth

rattle/When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds 

because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard

formality/A formal action ,statement, or request is an official one.

incompetence/If you refer to someone's incompetence, you are criticizing them because they are unable to do their job or task properly

initiation/The initiation of something is the starting of it

obsessive/If someone's behaviour is obsessive, they cannot stop doing a particular thing or behaving in a particular way

advancement/progress in your job or in your social position

gratified/If you are gratified by something, it gives you pleasure or satisfaction

juvenile/A juvenile is a child or young person who is not yet old enough to be regarded as an adult

detonate/ If someone detonate a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes

rational/Rational decisions and thoughts are based on reason rather than on emotion

 

 

"I wish there had been a schoolmaster like that around when I was born, then.

Oh, here we are at the bridge. I'm going to shut my eyes tight.

I'm always afraid going over bridge.

I can't help imagining that parhaps just as we get to the middle, 

they'll crumple up like a jack-knife and nip us.

So I shut my eyes.

But I always have to open them for all when I think we're getting near the middle.

 

 

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crumple up/to fold up or crush someone or something

fold up/ you make it into a smaller, neater shape by folding it, usually several times

nip/bite or pinch sharply

 

"Well now, I dunno. There's something dreadful heathenish about it, seems to me.

I'd ruther Jane or Mary or some sensible name like that.

But when Diana was born there was a schoolmaster bording there and he called her Diana."

 

 

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dreadful/causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious

heathnish/resembling or characteristic of heathnes

heathne/a follower of a polytheistic religion; a pagan