Chapter 2: What Lucy Found There

Vocabulary

tea - an English

custom – a light meal in the late afternoon

sardines - small fish

Silenus -  a figure in Greek myth having the body of a man, with the ears and tail of a horse

 

Nymphs - beautiful female figures in Greek myth who lived in wells or bodies of water

 

Dryads - beautiful female figures in Greek myth who lived inside trees

 

stag - a male deer

Bacchus - the god of wine in Greek myth

 

jollification - joyful celebration

merely - simply

lulling - giving a sense of security, causing sleep or relaxation

 

Expressions: “on my account” “because of me”