2022_심화영어독해와작문

Figurative Language Q2 Identify a sentence with figurative language where Ikey takes a bold action. magnificent overshadow charge keep the ball rolling shabby rebuke Find words which mean: • very confident and daring: • an amount of money that a worker is paid based on the number of hours, days, etc.: How magnificent was Billy McMahan, with his great, smooth, laughing face; his gray eyes, clever as a chicken hawk’s; his diamond ring, his voice like a trumpet call, his prince’s air, his thick and active roll of money, his rousing speech to friends and associates — oh, what a king of men he was! How he overshadowed his subordinates, though they themselves were distinguished, large and serious, blue of chin and important of manner, with hands buried deep in the pockets of their short overcoats! But Billy—oh, what small use are words to paint for you his glory as seen by Ikey Snigglefritz! The Cafe Maginnis rang to the note of victory. The white-coated bartenders threw themselves skillfully upon bottles, corks and glasses. The loyal and the hopeful shook Billy McMahan’s hand. And there was born suddenly in the worshipful soul of Ikey Snigglefritz an audacious, thrilling impulse. He stepped forward into the little cleared space in which majesty moved and held out his hand. Billy McMahan grasped it unhesitatingly, shook it and smiled. Made mad now by the gods who were about to destroy him, Ikey threw away his scabbard * and charged upon Olympus. “Have a drink with me, Billy,” he said familiarly, “you and your friends?” “Don’t mind if I do, old man,” said the great leader, “just to keep the ball rolling.” The last spark of Ikey’s reason fled. “Wine,” he called to the bartender, waving a trembling hand. The corks of three bottles were drawn; the champagne bubbled in the long row of glasses set upon the bar. Billy McMahan took his and nodded, with his beaming smile, at Ikey. The subordinates and satellites took theirs and growled “Here’s to you.” Ikey took his nectar * in delirium * . All drank. Ikey threw his week’s wages in a wrinkled roll upon the bar. “Correct,” said the bartender, smoothing the twelve one-dollar notes. The crowd gathered around Billy McMahan again. Ikey leaned against the bar a while, and then went out. He went down Hester Street and up Chrystie, and down Delancey to where he lived. And there his women folk, a drunken mother and three shabby sisters, jumped on him for his wages. And at his confession they howled and rebuked him in the short rhetoric of the locality. But even as they plucked at him and struck him, Ikey remained in his ecstatic joy. His head was in the clouds; the star was drawing his wagon. Compared with what he had achieved, the loss of wages and the whining of women’s tongues were slight affairs. He had shaken the hand of Billy McMahan. Note * scabbard : a cover for a sword that is made of leather or metal * nectar : the drink that the Greek and Roman gods drank * in delirium : in a state of wild excitement or ecstasy, often characterized by a lack of clear thinking or rational decision- making 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 92 I Unit 4