The Little Girl - Katherine Mansfield (Beehive excerpt)

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms from the Beehive excerpt 'The Little Girl' by Katherine Mansfield.

slip down

to come down quietly and unwillingly.

wretched

unhappy.

on the brink of suicide

about to commit suicide.

laboriously

with a lot of effort or difficulty.

wandered into

went into, by chance.

scraps

small pieces of cloth or paper, etc.

hue and cry

angry protest.

tag

a children’s game of catching one another.

nightmare

a bad dream.

butcher

a man who kills animals for meat; in the story, a threatening figure in the nightmare.

Grannie

grandmother.

snuggled

moved into a warm, comfortable position, close to another person.

pin-cushion

a small cushion used to hold pins.

spectacles

eyeglasses.

stutter

to speak with involuntary repetition of sounds or syllables.

hanky

a handkerchief; a small cloth carried for blowing the nose.