I. Vocabulary and grammar list

I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR LIST

NO	LANGUAGE UNITS	NOTES
1.	I do it exceptionally well. I guess you could say I have a call.	a strong inner urge or prompting; a vocation: a call to the priesthood
2.	There’s a launch party tonight.	when a new product, book etc is made available or made known: he launch of a new women's magazine a new product launch
3.	Great blowing winds on steel girders.	a strong beam, made of iron or steel, that supports a floor, roof, or bridge
4.	I am the one whose poems you tore to shreds.	tear/rip something to shreds to criticize someone very severely: Within a year, other researchers had torn the theory to shreds.
5.	Black marauder.	marauding written a marauding person or animal moves around looking for something to destroy or kill: marauding street gangs
6.	She’s not here, so just bugger off.	to go away or leave a place: Tim buggered off to Australia years ago. 'Bugger off!' she screamed.
7.	He was here, legless, chucking clods at my window.	legless British English informal very drunk chuck informal especially British English to throw something in a careless or relaxed way Tania chucked her bag down on the sofa. I chucked a few things into a suitcase and left.
8.	It’s not conjuring tricks of pulling rabbits out of bloody hats. It’s real magic.	to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by magic: The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
9.	You buggers!	1 British English not polite an offensive word for someone who is very annoying or unpleasant 2 not polite someone that you pretend to be annoyed with, although you actually like or love them: The poor little bugger got an awful shock.
10.	Incantations, spells… what are they?	special words that someone uses in magic, or the act of saying these words: a book of spells and incantations
11.	A good poem is like a popgun.
12.	“No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both…”	old-fashioned an ugly or unpleasant woman, especially one who is old or looks like a witch
13.	“This heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, or ere I’ll weep…”	flaw obsolete a burst of passion ere old use or literary before
14.	''I know you all, and will awhile uphold the unyok'd humor of your idleness…”	uphold to defend or support a law, system, or principle so that it continues to exist: a committee that aims to uphold educational standards yoke
15.	“…the sun who doth permit the base contagious clouds to smother up its beauty from the world…”	contagious 1. a disease that is contagious can be passed from person to person by touch 2. a person who is contagious has a disease that can be passed to another person by touch: The patient is still highly contagious. smother to completely cover the whole surface of something with something else, often in a way that seems unnecessary or unpleasant noodles smothered in garlic sauce
16.	“…when he please again to be himself, being wanted, he may be more wondered at... …by breaking through the foul and ugly mists of vapors that did seem to strangle him…”	foul a foul smell or taste is very unpleasant [= disgusting]: He woke up with a foul taste in his mouth. He put down his mug of foul-tasting coffee. vapor a mass of very small drops of a liquid which float in the air, for example because the liquid has been heated: water vapour strangle to kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope etc[↪ choke]: The victim had been strangled with a belt.
17.	“I'll so offend to make offense a skill…”	offend formal to commit a crime or crimes: Many of the young men here are likely to offend again.
18.	“… redeeming time when men think least I will.”	to free someone from the power of evil, especially in the Christian religion to buy back something which you left with someone you borrowed money from: He finally redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker.
19.	“Ah, dear Juliet, why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe that unsubstantial death is amorous, and that the lean abhorred monster keeps thee here in dark to be his paramour? For fear of that I still will stay with thee, and never from this palace of dim night depart again. Here will I remain with worms that are thy chambermaids. O you... the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss... a dateless bargain to engrossing death!”	Джульетта, отчего ты так прекрасна До сей поры? Не должен ли я думать, Что смерть, бесплотный призрак, влюблена; Что гнусное чудовище тебя Здесь в этой тьме могильной заключила, Чтоб ты была любовницей ее? Но я с тобой останусь здесь, - не выйду Из этого чертога мрачной ночи Я никогда; здесь, здесь останусь я С могильными червями; здесь найду Я вечное себе успокоенье… Вы, губы, дверь дыханья моего, Запечатлейте честным поцелуем Со смертью мой бессрочный договор.
20.	How did you get this scar?
21.	I went into the basement, into the crawl space underneath the house.	a low or narrow space, such as one beneath the upper or lower story of a building, that gives workers access to plumbing or wiring equipment
22.	I took too many of the damned things and I puked them up.	to bring food back up from your stomach through your mouth [= vomit]: He puked all over the carpet.
23.	I ripped my cheek on the concrete.	rip to tear something or be torn quickly and violently: Her clothes had all been ripped. Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open. concrete a substance used for building that is made by mixing sand, small stones, cement, and water
24.	Lady Lazarus, that’s me.	Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days, is the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death.
25.	Very intelligent cows. Not many people give them credit.	approval or praise that you give to someone for something they have done: Credit for this win goes to everybody in the team. They never give Gene any credit for all the extra work he does.
26.	-What do you think? -Still too runny.	food that is runny is not as solid or thick as normal or as desired: The butter had gone runny in the heat.
27.	Your hem ’s up in the front.	the edge of a piece of cloth that is turned under and stitched down, especially the lower edge of a skirt, trousers etc
28.	My, aren’t you the catch of the day?	a (good) catch someone who is a good person to have a relationship with or to marry because they are rich, attractive etc - often used humorously
29.	Bumblebees were his specialty.
30.	You’ve already got a subject. And you keep skirting round the issue. You keep flowering it up.	skirt to avoid talking about an important subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing - used to show disapproval: a disappointing speech that skirted around all the main issues flower literary to develop in a very successful way: the economic and social conditions that will allow democracy to flower
31.	The sea spat me out like a cork.	spit – Perhaps you know? cork
32.	‘“Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!” hums the underconsciousness…’	to make a low continuous sound: Machines hummed on the factory floor.
33.	“The world here’s only the love and produce cackle. ”	a loud high sound that a chicken makes [↪ cluck]
34.	This place is really getting to you, isn’t it?	to make someone feel annoyed or upset: I'm under a lot of pressure at work, and sometimes it gets to me a bit. Don't let things get to you.
35.	They thought your next book would be an anticlimax. But I’m pleased to say you’ve confounded them and outdone yourself.	to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected: His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists.
36.	It’s a good turnout, you know.	the number of people who go to a party, meeting, or other organized event: I was disappointed by the turn-out for our home match.
37.	They’re all bloody servants moonlighting as journalists. It’s their job to protect the status quo.	informal to have a second job in addition to your main job, especially without the knowledge of the government tax department: She's been moonlighting as a waitress in the evenings.
38.	I don’t think I’ll be reviewing this. There’s an e. e. cummingspipeline.	e. e. cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings (in the style of some of his poems—see name and capitalization, below), was anAmerican poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as an eminent voice of 20th century poetry. (See his sample poetry at the end of the handout). be in the pipeline if a plan, idea, or event is in the pipeline, it is being prepared and it will happen or be completed soon: More job losses are in the pipeline.
39.	-She wants to have lunch. -A bit short notice, isn’t it?	Perhaps you know?
40.	“She would drag me, cruelly, being barren …”	1 land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert. 2 old-fashioned unable to produce children or baby animals - used of a woman or of female animals [= infertile; ≠ fertile] 3 a tree or plant that is barren does not produce fruit or seeds
41.	“Whose is that long white box on the grove?”	a piece of land with trees growing on it a small grove of beech trees olive/lemon/palm etc grove He owns an orange grove near Tel Aviv.
42.	“I sizzled in his blue -…”	to make a sound like water falling on hot metal: The bacon began to sizzle in the pan.
43.	“Our cheeseclothgauntlets, neat and sweet…”	cheesecloth thin cotton cloth used for putting around some kinds of cheeses, and sometimes for making clothes gauntlet a long glove that covers someone's wrist and protects their hand, for example in a factory
44.	“Some god got hold of me - Lightly, through their white swaddlings, like an awful baby…”	swaddling clothes old use large pieces of cloth that people used to wrap around babies to keep them warm and protect them
45.	“…A world of bald white days in a shadeless socket. ”	1 a place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity [= power point BrE; = outlet AmE ] 2 the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into: a headphone socket 3 a hollow part of a structure into which something fits: the eye sockets
46.	That ''Daddy'' poem, the use of metaphor, the way it builds at the end... out of the blackness into an explosion of fury, it's just stunning.	fury extreme, often uncontrolled anger [= rage]: I was shaking with fury. The report was leaked to the press, much to the president's fury. stunning very surprising or shocking: stunning news
47.	The moment you need heat and light to sustain life itself, the government cuts electricity.	to make something continue to exist or happen for a period of time [= maintain]: She found it difficult to sustain the children's interest. He was incapable of sustaining close relationships with women. the policies necessary to sustain economic growth
48.	Leave your stove on for heat.	Perhaps you know?
49.	The poem is about… the overpowering sense of foreboding, and yet without a trace of anger or hysteria…	a strong feeling that something bad is going to happen soon: She waited for news with a grim sense of foreboding.
50.	The novel is a potboiler.	a book or film that is produced quickly to make money and which is not of very high quality, especially one that is exciting or romantic
51.	Sometimes I feel like I am not solid. I am hollow.	solid having no holes or spaces inside [≠ hollow]: a solid rubber ball a shrine carved out of solid rock hollow having an empty space inside: a hollow tree
52.	Death is not a reunion or homecoming.	when people are brought together again after a period of being separated Joseph's eventual reunion with his brother.
53.	Don’t you know what doctors do? They hook you up to the eastern grid and fill you full of sparks.	grid a metal frame with bars across it spark a flash of light caused by electricity passing across a space: electric sparks from a broken wire
54.	I’m so on edge.	on edge nervous, especially because you are expecting something unpleasant to happen: Paul felt on edge about meeting Lisa.
55.	That woman. I conjured her. I invented her.	to make something appear or happen in a way which is not expected: He has conjured victories from worse situations than this.
56.	Alvarez said you’d tried to make a pass at him.	informal to try to kiss or touch another person with the intention of starting a sexual relationship with them
57.	The whole thing will fade by the time leaves come out.	1. to gradually disappear: Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade. Over the years her beauty had faded a little. 2. to lose colour and brightness, or to make something do this: the fading evening light a pair of faded jeans The sun had faded the curtains.

SOURCES:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.thefreedictionary.com
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

II. DISCUSSION

1) Why were Sylvia and Ted attracted to each other at first sight?

2) Who was to blame for their frustration while living in the US?

3) Does happiness prevent an artist from creation? Must there always be a tragedy in an artist’s life for them to be able find a subject for their work?

4) Would you call Ted Hughes a selfish man who ruined other people’s lives?

5) Did Sylvia “conjure up” the woman for Ted because of her own fears? Why do you think so?

6) How would you account for Ted’s choice out of the two women?

7) “Suicide is not a reunion or homecoming… There is nothing there. So, when your life gets as bad as it can…, you just keep going.” Would you agree with it? Why (not)?

8) Why did Alvarez turn Sylvia’s proposition down? Why did he tell Ted about it?

9) Can you justify Sylvia’s actions? Was she mentally ill or was she being hysterical? Can you think of other reasons for what she did?

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