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The Cask of Amontillado Montresor believes his old friend Fortunato has insulted him, and he plans a terrible revenge. A famous story by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted for learners.
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What you’ll practise Hear “used to” and reported beliefs.
Words to know cask A wooden barrel for wine. judge Here, a person who can decide how good something is. palace A very large and grand house. Words at this lesson’s level (B2) At B2, you probably know about 100% of the words in this lesson.
The other words of this lesson are at B2 or below.
Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.
Source “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted for VOA Learning English American Stories. Public domain.
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Five sentences selected from the opening and cut into clips. Explanations and vocabulary are original.
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