23 Apr 2014

Belfast centre remembers Titanic 100 years on


Some vocab: 

  • dungeon: A dark, often underground chamber or cell used to confine prisoners.
  • poignant: sharply distressing or painful to the feelings 
  • destitute: Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. 
  • shilling: a former British and Australian silver or cupronickel coin worth one twentieth of a pound, not minted in Britain since 1970
  • dinner suit: formal suit for evening events and social functions.

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