| The Fellowship of the Ring: Book One A Long Expected Party: Page 2 |
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| Page 28 Bringing up hobbits took a lot of provender. Provender-noun-food, victuals They disliked Bilbo and detested Frodo, but so magnificent was the invitation card, written in golden ink, that they had felt it impossible to refuse. Detested-transitive verb-to feel intense and often violent antipathy toward; loathe All the one hundred and forty-four guests expected a pleasent feast; though they rather dreaded the after-dinner speech of their host (an inevitable item). Inevitable-adjective-incapable of being avoided or evaded He was liable to drag in bits of what he called poetry; and sometimes, after a glass or two, would allude to the absurd adventures of his mysterious journey. Allude-intransitive verb-to make indirect preference; broadly |
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