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  1. METAMORPHOSIS AND THE TRIAL
  2. History of Collins
  3. Life & Times
  4. METAMORPHOSIS
  5. CHAPTER 1
  6. CHAPTER 2
  7. CHAPTER 3
  8. THE TRIAL
  9. CHAPTER 1
  10. CHAPTER 2
  11. CHAPTER 3
  12. CHAPTER 4
  13. CHAPTER 5
  14. CHAPTER 6
  15. CHAPTER 7
  16. CHAPTER 8
  17. CHAPTER 9
  18. CHAPTER 10
  19. CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASESadapted from the Collins English Dictionary
  20. About the Publisher

vamp VERB vamp means to walk or tramp to somewhere Image Missing Well, vamp on to Marlott, will ’ee (Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy)

vapours NOUN the vapours is an old term which means unpleasant and strange thoughts, which make the person feel nervous and unhappy Image Missing and my head was full of vapours (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

vegetables NOUN here vegetables means plants Image Missing the other vegetables are in the same proportion (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

venturesome ADJ if you are venturesome you are willing to take risks Image Missing he must be either hopelessly stupid or a venturesome fool (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)

verily ADV verily means really or truly Image Missing though I believe verily (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

vicinage NOUN vicinage is an area or the residents of an area Image Missing and to his thought the whole vicinage was haunted by her. (Silas Marner by George Eliot)

victuals NOUN victuals means food Image Missing grumble a little over the victuals (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

vintage NOUN vintage in this context means wine Image Missing Oh, for a draught of vintage! (Ode on a Nightingale by John Keats)

virtual ADJ here virtual means powerful or strong Image Missing had virtual faith (The Prelude by William Wordsworth)

vittles NOUN vittles is a slang word which means food Image Missing There never was such a woman for givin’ away vittles and drink (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)

voided straight PHRASE voided straight is an old expression which means emptied immediately Image Missing see the rooms be voided straight (Doctor Faustus 4.1 by Christopher Marlowe)

wainscot NOUN wainscot is wood panel lining in a room so wainscoted means a room lined with wooden panels Image Missing in the dark wainscoted parlor (Silas Marner by George Eliot)

walking the plank PHRASE walking the plank was a punishment in which a prisoner would be made to walk along a plank on the side of the ship and fall into the sea, where they would be abandoned Image Missing about hanging, and walking the plank (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

want VERB want means to be lacking or short of Image Missing The next thing wanted was to get the picture framed (Emma by Jane Austen)

wanting ADJ wanting means lacking or missing Image Missing wanting two fingers of the left hand (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

wanting, I was not PHRASE I was not wanting means I did not fail Image Missing I was not wanting to lay a foundation of religious knowledge in his mind (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

ward NOUN a ward is, usually, a child who has been put under the protection of the court or a guardian for his or her protection Image Missing I call the Wards in Jarndcye. They are caged up with all the others. (Bleak House by Charles Dickens)

waylay VERB to waylay someone is to lie in wait for them or to intercept them Image Missing I must go up the road and waylay him (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)