Question

15 word meanings of the chapter: The Browning Version

Answer 1

The Browning Version is a play by Terence Rattigan, seen by many as his best work, and first performed on 8 September 1948 at the Phoenix Theatre, London.[1][2] It was originally one of two short plays, jointly titled "Playbill"; the companion piece being Harlequinade, which forms the second half of the evening.[3]The Browning Version is set in a boys public school and the Classics teacher in the play, Crocker-Harris, is believed to have been based on Rattigan's Classics tutor at Harrow School, J.W. Coke Norris (1874–1961).[4]

Answer 2

The Browning Version

1. Word: Dub

Meaning: Nickname

2. Word: Rapport

Meaning: Harmonious bond of relationship

3. Word: Mimicking

Meaning: Imitate

4. Word: Errand

Meaning: Task or work

5. Word: Audacity

Meaning: Boldness or Bravery

6. Word: Amends

Meaning: Wrong doing

7. Word: Rhymed

Meaning: Verse or poetry with the same last sound

8. Word: Repressed

Meaning: Oppressed or restrained

9. Word: Annoyed

Meaning: Angry

10. Word: Inception

Meaning: Starting

11. Word: Insisting

Meaning: Demanding

12. Word: Tentative

Meaning: Most likely

13. Word: Commencement

Meaning: Beginning

14. Word: Anticlimax

Meaning: Less dramatic than expected

15. Word: Materialistic

Meaning: Concern about worldly things