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T£XT 1    .'y;

" These are grand words; we must make surę we deserve them. Listen to them again " W    Subject, verb, object: the unadorned,

impregriable sentence. The subject is a short word, implying the self-effacement of the lover. The verb is longer but unambigrtous, a demonstrative moment as the tongue flicks anxiously away from the pal a te to release the vowel. The object, like the subject, has no consonants, and is attained by pushing the lips forward as if for a

kiss. "____y*u    How serious, how weighted, how freighted it

sounds." ;

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TEXT 2 " I imagine a phonic conśpiracy between the worlds languages. They make a conference decision that the phrase must always sound like something to be earned, to be striven for, to be worthy of.

a late-night, cigarette-voiced whisper, with that happy rhyme of subject and object.    a difrerent

procedurę, with the subject and object being got out of the way first, so that the long vowel of adoration can be savoured to the fuli. (The grammar is also one of reasśu rance: with the object positióned second, the beloyed isn't suddenly going to turn out to be someone difrerent.) UUG&W-the object once morę in consoling second position, but this time- despite the hinting rhyme of subject and object - an implication of difficulty, obstacles to be overcome.

_|___it sounds perhaps a bit too much like an aperitif, but is

fuli of structurai conviction with subject and verb, the doer ancj the deed, enclosed in the same word.”

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Match the words with their meaning

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1.    pliomą

2.    conp)lmgh

3.    weighted

4.    unadomed cv

5.    savour l

6.    flick    &

7.    freighted

8.    impregnable ^

9.    self-effacement

'afwithout any ornament or decoration b^move with a short sudden movement c) transported as part of a larger group or amount 'd) connected with sounds

^fso strong that it cannot be broken into or taken by for

~f) modesty, not trying to draw attention

^carefully considered

'fi) comforting

tfcnjoy something slowly