SHORT STORY THE LAST LEAF

 SHORT STORY

THE LAST LEAF


SUMMARY


  • The story revolves around 2 young sisters Sue and Johnson living in a small studio in Greenwich village New York. Johnsy is bedridden with pneumonia and her condition is worsening. Sur tries to take care of Johnsy but the latter is convinced that she will die when the last leaf Falls from the ivy vine outside their window. Johnsy is fixated on the idea that her fate is tied to the leaves. Old Be hrman, a struggling Artist and the friend of two women tries to help. One night he braves a storm to paint a leaf on the wall to make it seem like the wine still has one leaf left. The next morning Johnsy sees “the last leaf” and feels a surge of hope. She begins to recover and eventually She regains her health. However, the story takes a poignant turn when it's revealed that old Behrman got pneumonia while painting the leaf and dies. His sacrifice gives Johnsy new lease on life. The Story explores themes of hope, sacrifice and the power to transform


Words and meanings with their Synonyms


  1. Quaint

  • Meaning: attractively unusual and fashioned

  • Synonym:   charming and attractive

          2. Prowl

  • Meaning :  move around a person or animal restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of or as if in search of Prey.

  • Synonym: Roam, Creep

        3. Gable

  •   Meaning : the part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof     

  • Synonym: Roof, Peak       

         4. Pewter     

  • Meaning: a grey alloy of tin with copper and antimony (formerly tin and lead)

  • Synonym:  Tin or silverware

         5. Chafing dish

  • Meaning:  a metal pain with an outer pain of hot water, used for keeping food warm   

  • Synonym: Food warmer

          6. Table d'hote

  •  Meaning: menu where multi course meals with only a few choices are offered for a fixed total price

  • Synonym: Fixed menu

           7. Chicory

  • Meaning: an edible Mediterranean plant whose bitterly leave maybe blanched and used in salads also known as endive

  • Synonym: Lettuce

            8. Smite

  • Meaning: strike with a firm blow;defeat or conquer       

  • Synonym: Attack, Hit

           9.Chivalric

  • Meaning: displaying courteous behavior, as would be expected of an ideal knight

  • Synonym: Courteous, Noble

            10. Zephyrs

  •  Meaning: a soft gentle breeze

  • Synonym: Wind

           11. Pneumonia                                                                                    

  • Meaning: love inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid    

  • Synonym: Lung infection

            12. Pharmacopoeia

  • Meaning: a book, especially an official Publication containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for their use; a stock of medicinal drugs   

  • Synonym: Medicinal guide

            13. Jew’s harp  

  • Meaning:  a small lyre-shaped musical instrument held between the teeth and struck with a finger. it can produce only one not, but harmonics are sounded by the player altering the shape of the mouth cavity

  • Synonym: Mouth harp        

           14. Curative

  • Meaning: A medicine or remedy

  • Synonym: Healy, Therapeutic

           15. Solicitous

  • Meaning: Characterized by or showing interest or concern

  • Synonym: Concerned or Worried 

                           

 Put the verb into the correct form (Past Perfect Tense)

                             

  1. The children collected the chestnut that (fall) from the tree.

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  1. He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.

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     3. When she went out to play, she (do already) her homework.

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      4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make).

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Use the given Phrasal Verbs in Sentence

  • Shop around

  • Show off

  • Sleep Over

  • Sort out

  • Stick to

  • Switch off

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