📣📣 Vocabulary in short stories 📣📣 ARABY by James Joyce 🌟 Part 5 🌟 What innumerable follies laid waste my waking and sleeping thoughts after that evening! I wished to annihilate the tedious intervening days. I chafed against the work of school. At night…📣📣 Vocabulary in short stories 📣📣ARABY by James Joyce 🌟 Part 6 🌟When I came home to dinner my uncle had not yet been home. Still it was early. I sat staring at the clock for some time and, when its ticking began to irritate me, I left the room. I mounted the staircase and gained the upper part of the house. The high cold empty gloomy rooms liberated me and I went from room to room singing. From the front window I saw my companions playing below in the street. Their cries reached me weakened and indistinct and, leaning my forehead against the cool glass, I looked over at the dark house where she lived. I may have stood there for an hour, seeing nothing but the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination, touched discreetly by the lamplight at the curved neck, at the hand upon the railings and at the border below the dress.When I came downstairs again I found Mrs Mercer sitting at the fire. She was an old garrulous woman, a pawnbroker’s widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose. I had to endure the gossip of the tea-table. The meal was prolonged beyond an hour and still my uncle did not come. Mrs Mercer stood up to go: she was sorry she couldn’t wait any longer, but it was after eight o’clock and she did not like to be out late, as the night air was bad for her. When she had gone I began to walk up and down the room, clenching my fists. My aunt said:—I’m afraid you may put off your bazaar for this night of Our Lord.To be continued...@AdvancedEng💎 Definitions 🗝 :🌟 mount (v): to go up a step or stairs🌟 gloomy (adj): making you feel that things will not improve Synonym: depressing- dark, especially in a way that makes you feel sad🌟 liberate (v): to free someone from feelings or conditions that make their life unhappy or difficult🌟 companion (n): someone you spend a lot of time with, especially a friend🌟 indistinct (adj): an indistinct sound, image, or memory cannot be seen, heard, or remembered clearly🌟 lean (v): to support yourself in a sloping position against a wall or other surface🌟 clad (adj): wearing a particular kind of clothing🌟 discreetly(adv): Discreet(adj): tactful, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, diplomatic, guarded, judicious, prudent, wary🌟 garrulous (adj): always talking a lot Synonym: talkative🌟 pawnbroker (n): someone whose business is to lend people money in exchange for valuable objects. If the money is not paid back, the pawnbroker can sell the object.🌟 pious (adj): having strong religious beliefs, and showing this in the way you behave🌟 endure (v): to be in a difficult or painful situation for a long time without complaining-  bear, cope with, experience, stand, suffer, sustain, undergo, withstand🌟 prolong (v): to deliberately make something such as a feeling or an activity last longer Synonym : lengthen🌟 clench (v): to hold your hands together tightly, usually because you feel angry or determined🌟 fist (n): the hand when it is tightly closed, so that the fingers are curled in towards the palm. @AdvancedEng‌