unit 3 voc

a scholar

someone who has studied a subject for a long time & knows a lot about it

a commoner

someone who is not from nobel rank

a pseudonym

a fictitious name 

scarce

very small in amount or number

a contender

a competitor for a championship or high honer

lowly

having or being a low rank in some hierarchy 

cunning

 characterized by wiliness & trichery 

to pen

to write

an earl

a British nobleman ranking above viscount and below marquess

a will

a legal declaration of a person’s wishes regarding their property after death

notorious

berucht

to coin

to invent

the till

kassa

hunchbacked

bochel

shrewd

sluw

it’s all greek to me

I don’t understand any of it 

an eyesore

something that is very ugly, especially when surrounded by other (nice) things

salad days

youthful time 

a laughing stock

someone who has done something so silly that people have no respect  

to stand on ceremony

to worry about formal rules of polite behaviour 

By Jove!

 to express or to stress something

to be tongue-tied

unable to talk in a relaxed way because you feel nervous or embarrassed

a tower of strength

someone who gives you a lot of help, support,... when you’re in trouble

hoodwinked

to trick someone in a clever way so that you can get an advantage yourself 

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to be in a pickle

to be in a very difficult situation and not know what to do  

good riddance

a declaration of relief 

eavesdropping

act in which a character strategically overhears others on stage

monologue

a long speech by one person is addressed to other characters on stage 

foreshadowing

the author gives clues about events that will happen later in the story 

aside

a brief remark by a character revealing his thoughts / feelings to the audience a speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud on stage alone

soliloquy

a speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud on stage alone

dramatic irony

a situation in which the audience has a better understanding of events