Podcast 66 - The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 12)

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

Chapter 12 starts at 3:36

Mary Tudor

Swiftly
When Isabel stood up, the first thing she noticed was that the quarto was no longer in the room and neither was the Anglia Nostra booklet. She crossed the room swiftly and went out onto the balcony.

Threaten
‘Anyway, back to the phone conversation. She then said she’d forced me to hand over the quarto by threatening me – with the gun, I suppose, and then we had run away.

Affair
‘Because nobody knows that that woman was mixed up in this affair,’ said Isabel. Philip listened. Isabel was getting excited but seemed to be very sure of what she was saying.

Alibi
‘An alibo?’ repeated Philip.
‘Exactly!’ said Isabel with a knowing look on her face, ‘an alibo’. A pause.
‘Oh, you mean an alibi!’ said Philip at last.

Get cold feet
Anyway, it sounds like a good plan, but does that mean I have to be a hero again? Last time was different – it just happened. But if I have to plan this thing… I’m getting cold feet already.’

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