Podcast 60 - The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 10)

Vocabulary listening test answers - the words to listen out for in context

Chapter 10 starts at 3:31

English guest house

Breeze n.

Philip slowed down his rowing then he stopped altogether, but the boat drifted along by itself carried by the current and the breeze. Philip was sitting opposite Isabel and looking straight at her.
‘How are you?’ he asked.
‘I’m ok, thanks,’ Isabel answered, but her voice was quiet and she was shaking slightly.

Broad adj.

‘Yes, that. Fugitives!’ said Isabel, correcting herself. Despite the tension, she also saw the humour, and Philip saw her trying to hide a smile.
‘Like Bonnie and Clyde, eh?’ he said. His smile was broader now – pleased with his analogy. ‘And now we’ve stolen a boat too!’ he added.

Furnish v.

The large hall was furnished with a large oak table and a few rustic-looking chairs of the same colour. Heavy, wooden beams crossed the ceiling. There was a pleasant smell of wood polish and the only sound was the ticking of a large grandfather clock that stood in the corner.

Fear (be gripped by) n.

She was about to add the surname ‘Tudor’ when the only other entry in the book for the same day caught her eye. She stared at the name and a sensation of fear such as she had experienced in the church that afternoon gripped her. Isabel paused and then wrote in the surname – Smith.

What did Philip give Isabel in the hall of the guest house?

‘Well,’ continued the woman cheerfully. ‘That’d be 40 pounds per room with breakfast. Does that sound ok?’
‘Yes, fine!’ answered Philip. Isabel remembered the fifty-pound note she had left in the restaurant and suddenly regretted being in such a hurry. Philip must have read her thoughts. He opened his wallet and took out a fifty-pound note.
‘Oh, you don’t have to pay now,’ said the woman quickly. ‘Tomorrow morning will be fine.’
‘Tomorrow? Yes… right,’ said Philip. ‘Actually, this belongs to my associate. I’m just returning it to her.’ He winked at Isabel as he handed her the note, ‘you left this on the restaurant table.’

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