It was then that he began very quietly to edge himself under the curtain which hung over the door.
Word/ edge
Definition/ the outside limit of an object, a surface or an area; the part furthest from the centre
Example/ He stood on the edge of the cliff.
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Just as Mr Beaver had been repeating the rhyme about Adam's flesh and Adam's bone Edmund
had been very quietly turning the door-handle
Word/ rhyme
Definition/ a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word
Example/ Can you think of a rhyme for "beauty"?
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She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are.
Word/ jolly
Definition/ happy and cheerful
Example/ a jolly crowd/face/ mood
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I expect she is the rightful Queen really.
Word/ rightful
Definition/ that is correct, right or legal
Example/ The stolen car was returned to its rightful owner.
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However for deep down inside him he really knew that the WhiteWitch was bad and cruel.
Word/ deep down
Definition/ If you know something deep down, you know your true feelings about something,
although you may not admit them to yourself
Example/ Deep down I still loved him.
Word/ Cruel
Definition/ Having a desire to cause pain and suffering
Example/ I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
I had read about 1400 words today.
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Please write a little bit about the story, too. I'll talk with you about the meaning of "edge" in this context.
Yeah I also have some comments. (I'll leave the exaplanation of 'to edge' to Masden-sensei)
'jolly' in this context doesn't mean happy or cheerful, but 'really or very' (It's British English)
Both the mistakes of 'jolly' and 'to edge' are made because you didn't check which word class the word is.
For example: 'A jolly good show.' is not the same as: 'A jolly, good show' (if you have two adjectives you usually add a comma) This means that jolly is telling something about good and not about show.(it is an adverb)
It is the same as the difference between (in an easy example):
-A very good student
-A good, Japanese student
The same goes for 'to edge' (it is in the place of a verb in the sentence, so you should use the translation of the verb (it almost means the same, though)
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