Robinson Crusoe for Children(４)for 20/07/10

Today's introducing sentences

1. path
   meaning
   　cases)〔踏み固められてできた〕小道、細道
   　　
   context: It was no easy thing to carry all my goods up the steep path to this level plain. I worked hard for many days; but, then, there was nothing else to do, and I must needs keep busy.
   
   Definition;a track that has been made deliberately or made by many people walking over the same ground:
   ex1.)I walked nervously up the garden path towards the front door.
   ex2.)a well-worn path across the grass
   ex3.)Follow the path along the river to the bridge.
   ex4.)a path leading to the summer house



2. hatchet
   meaning; 手おの[noun]
   
   context; So I set to work. I had never handled a tool in my life. But I had a saw, an ax, and several, hatchets; and I soon learned to use them all.
   
   
   Definition : [countable]a small axe with a short handle




3. fearful
   meaning;〔嵐などが〕恐ろしい、ものすごい
   
   context;I was busy behind my tent when I heard a fearful noise above my head. Before I could look up, a great load of earth and stones came tumbling down.


Definition;[ frightened that something might happen]:a shy and fearful child



4. cluster(s)
   meaning; 〔果実・花などの〕房、塊[noun]
   
   context; Here I found several different kinds of fruits. There were grapevines covering the trees, and huge clusters of ripe grapes were hanging from them.
   
   
   Definition :a group of things of the same kind that are very close together:
   ex.1)a cluster of low farm buildings
   ex.2) a cluster of red berries
   ex.3) a diamond cluster ring
   

(Comment)
These words and phrases including "Robinson Crusoe for Children" . It is in Web site.
When I was looking up "Robinson Crusoe for Children" on Longman English Dictionary Online and "英辞郎",It was difficult to choose meaning and just fit choose meaning (case by case)

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