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The Bet by Anton Chekov

Miss Julie

This is a crossword with 35 words from the short story The Bet by Anton Pavlovick Chekov. All the words have been selected for being unknown to the majority of the students. The puzzle was used in a class of English as a second language, B1 level.

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Across
1.(v) formal word for 'to happen'
5.(v) to wake up and take action, to move slightly
8.(av) -latin- in a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation
9.(n) a poor person who lives by asking others for money or food
12.(n) an unpleasant and annoying sound
14.(n) a long, loud, sad sound, such as the ones dogs and wolfs make, or people in pain
15.(v) to speak in a low voice which is hard to hear, usually when one is worried or complaining
17.(a) something boring that makes on feel unhappy
19.(a) very thin and weak, usually because of an illness or extreme hunger
20.(n) a formal piece if writing that examines a specific subject
23.(av) to do something in an enthusiastic and eager way
26.(a) strange in a mysterious, sometimes frightening kind of way
28.(n) a badly damaged object or the pieces left of a badly damaged object
29.(a) troubled, difficult, something ruined by problems
31.(v) to pull something with a sudden movement in order to remove it
32.(n) a pole used to hold sails on a ship
35.(v) to -cause something- turn in circules
36.(v) to feel with your hands in order to move forward when one cannot see clearly
Down
2.(a) covered with long, rough, untidy hair
3.(n/v) the sound made by wood or a floorboard when it moves
4.(v) to cry tears
6.(n) something that seems to have no limits or a situation that will never end
7.(v) to support something by leaning it against something else
10.(a) to be serious and determined, to speak honestly
11.(n) an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really exist; a hope or wish that has no chance of being achieved
13.(n) the floor of an entrance to a building or a room
16.(v) informal word for 'think' or 'believe'
17.(a) slightly wet, especially in a way that is not comfortable nor pleasant
18.(a) neither good nor bad; average
21.(n) useful or valuable object, person, skill or quality
22.(a) someone who has been given special treatment, making them used to having whatever they want
24.(v) to take or try to hold on to something tightly, usually in fear, worry or pain
25.(n) a matter or object of little value or importance
27.(n) the sound that paper or leaves make when they move
29.(v) to -cause to- be unable to breath because you have no air
30.(a) covered with rust - metal decay-
33.(a) not having or giving much light
34.(n) an enemy

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