The legacy

In Virginia Woolf's short story "The

Legacy," Gilbert Clandon is a widower
whose wife left him the collection of
diaries she has kept since their marriage. It
represents an evidence of Angela's
thoughts, detailed events. Mr. Clandon is a
busy man, worried about political issues.
He also discovers a little box with some
letters on it "For Sissy Miller" who is
Angela's secretary, which contains a
dolphin brooch. In this way, Angela, before
and as she knew she would die, leaves
different little boxes with special objects
inside them for each of her friends.

As Mr. Clandon reads on Angela's diary, he

realizes many details about her intimate
life, yet he does not pay attention to them
and thinks of them as insignificant and
pointless facts, just until he finds a
particular name: "B.M.", who is a lower
class representative with critical views on
the upper class. Gilbert instinctively
disapproves of him and is shocked to learn
that she had invited BM to dinner on an
occasion when Gilbert himself was not at
home. Mr. Clandon gets more and more
desperate, incensed /ɪnˈsenst/ with jealousy
and wanted to know the identity of those
initials, as this man had become an
essential and permanent part of Angela's
life, meanwhile he becomes even more
insignificant and invisible to her.
Finally, the diary records BM pressing
Angela to make a sort of decision, and
threatens her. Anxious to know the
identity of BM, Gilbert telephones Sissy
Miller and demands to know who it is.
Sissy reveals that it was her brother, who
committed suicide and Gilbert realizes his
wife did not die by accident but instead
killed herself to be with her lover. This
analysis will show Angela commits suicide
because she is so completely unhappy in
her own marriage but cannot end it.

she committed suicide because she fell in

love with Sissy Miller's brother, with the
initials B.M. who committed suicide so
Angela killed herself to be with her lover.
Besides she was not happy in her marriage,
her husband was busy with his work and
political issues, they had no children, she
was mostly alone at home and so on. All of
this pushed her to commit suicide.

Her diary entries and gifts left for friends

indicate that this was not an accident.
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PHRASES USED IN THE STORY
to avert one’s eyes turn one’s eyes away from sth you do
not want to see; Tvalis arideba
wet matrons married women who breastfeed their
babies; meZuZuri
hold court to entertain people; gamaspinZleba
brace of bottles a pair of bottles of liquor such as
Scottish gin; boTlebis nakrebi
sue for everything be required by a court of law to pay a
large sum of money in compensation
for damages; yvelaferze sasamrTlos
winaSe agebdnen pasuxs
lavender-haired a hair colour, a very pale tint of bluish
purple; mkrTali moiasamnisfro
toddling infants children who have only recently learnt
to walk; axalfexadgmuli, mobajbaje
bavSvebi
lawn furniture folding chairs with aluminium frames;
baRis magida da skamebi (SesaZloa
dasakeci)
honor system a system of trust where each person
stakes his good name on the
fulfilment of his promise, here: to pay
for what he ate and drank; ndobaze
damyarebuli (nebismieri
wamowyeba)

PHRSAL VERBS USED IN THE STORY:

give off to produce sth such as smell, heat,

light; gamocema (sunis, da sxv.)
make out a) here: manage to come and look
after the pool; b) manage with
difficulty to see or hear; moxerxeba;
garCeva (TvaliT); mixvedra,
gagoneba
wear off to gradually disappear and stop;
mineleba, ganeleba, Sesusteba;
gacveTa
show up to become visible, appear, arrive;
gamoCena, mosvla
pin sb/sth in make sb/sth unable to come out;
gamoketva
draw in (of successive days) become shorter
because of the changing seasons;

sneak out
The Legacy
PHRASES FOUND IN THE TEXT
token of consideration
take sth for granted
questioning it
pull up
halt
no (or little or small) wonder
made an effort
attempt
uniform of her profession
fall to the lot of a…
entertained a passion for sb/sth
miwurva, mileva
go somewhere secretly; gaparva,
gaZurwva
as a sign of thoughtfulness and
sensitivity towards others
yuradRebis
niSani/gamoxatuleba
assume that something is true without
TavisTavad cxadad/ueWvelad
miCneva
(phrasal verb) (of a vehicle) come to a
SeCereba, damuxruWeba
it is not surprising
ra gasakviria, arcaa gasakviri
made a vigorous or determined
Zalixmeva Aar daiSura
the distinctive clothing worn by
members of the same
organization/profession/schools
etc
profesiuli uniforma
become a person’s luck or
condition in life, particularly as
determined by fate or destiny
(misi) xvedri, bediswera
give much attention or
consideration to a passion for sb
(an idea or feeling)
 aq: Zalian itacebda/uyvarda
at random without any plan or system
usistemod, SemTxveviT,
alalbedze
I was quite overcome (of a feeling or emotion) I was
overpowered or overwhelmed
aman Cemze Zlier imoqmeda
cast a glance at direct one's eyes or a look at
something
mzera styorcna
made a conquest of won the heart of, made an
impression on
guli daipyro/moinadira
he had become more and more absorbed in his work
he had become more and more engrossed in his work
sul ufro da ufro gaitaca
saqmem
he paused to speculate upon he stopped for a while to think
more carefully about
Seyovnda rom dafiqrebuliyo …
I let the chance slip again allowed an opportunity get lost
again
Sansi isev gavuSvi xelidan

I plucked up courage make an effort to do something

that frightens one
mxneoba movikribe
made no objection did not object
ar usayvedura, ar iyo
winaaRmdegi
she had taken it seriously she had considered it
seriously
 gulisyuriT/seriozulad moekida
he skipped on he omitted (part of a book that
one is reading, or a stage in a
sequence that one is following)
gamotova/gadaaxta (sakiTxavs)
gave another twist to gave a new treatment or
outlook; a variation
sxva TvaliT daanaxa
mental picture imaginary picture
gonebis TvaliT danaxuli
suraTi, warmosaxva
bound to come destined to come, due to come
aucileblad mova
had the sense to see through him had the ability not to be
deceived by; detect the true
nature of
Wkua hyofnida, rom ar
motyuebuliyo
scratched out scraped off, scraped out,
overwrote, deleted
amoSala
she’d been the soul of candour she’d been extremely frank,
open and honest

gulwrfeli/spetaki sulis
adamiani iyo
every reference to B.M. every mention of…
yvelaferi, rac b. m.-Tan iyo
dakavSirebuli
puzzling her head about thinking very hard about
something difficult to understand
or explain
Tavs imtvrevda (fiqriT)
 page was scored over page was scratched
gverdi mTlad gadafxaWnili iyo

a. have two strikes against one (him/her, etc.) (also: AE baseball) -

to be in a difficult, grave situation

rTul/mZime mdgomareobaSi
aRmoCena

e.g. With his age and lack of education, I'm afraid

he has two strikes against him in his search for a job.

b. strike it rich – to acquire a great deal of

money, typically in a sudden or
unexpected way

uecrad gamdidreba

e.g. ..he cherished in his heart the highly romantic

ideal that when he would some day strike it rich, it
would be by dignified means.

c. strike me blind/deaf… if... – (col.) let me go blind/deaf if

(asking to believe oneself)

miwa gamiskdes, Tu...

e.g. Strike me ugly, if I won't go to Market

Harborough.

d. strike out for oneself – to fight having no hope

that anyone might help, fight all
alone

Tavis gatana, sirTuleebTan marto

SeWideba...

e.g. You’ve been relying on your father up till now.

It’s time you’ve struck out for yourself.

e. strike sb. dumb/speechless/ugly, etc. - to amaze; astound;

astonish –metyvelebis unaris
 dakargva/damunjeba, TvalT
dabneleba (gaocebisgan)

e.g. Isaac: “Her beauty will certainly strike me

dumb.”

f. strike twelve all at once/the first time – reveal all one’s

abilities at once

saukeTeso monacemebis/niWis
Tavidanve gamovlena

e.g. Their best parts were slowly revealed... they did

not strike twelve the first time.

g. strike an attitude – hold one's body in a particular position to

create an impression

STabeWdilebis mosaxdenad pozis

miReba/daWera e.g. ...striking a
dramatic pose, Antonia announced that she
was leaving.

h. strike a balance – to find a satisfactory

compromise between two extremes.

kompromisis/oqros Sualedis povna

e.g. The political party must strike a balance between

the right wing and the left wing.

i. strike a blow for – do something to help (or hinder) a cause,

belief, or principle

wvlilis Setana, daxmareba

e.g. ...just by finishing the race, she hopes to strike a

blow for womankind.

j. strike a chord – cause someone to feel sympathy,

emotion, or enthusiasm

gulze moxvedra, gulis aCqroleba

e.g. The issue of food safety strikes a chord with

almost everyone.
k. strike at the root of – affect in a vital area with potentially
destructive results

safuZvlis Seryeva

e.g. The proposals struck at the roots of community

life

l. strike home (= hit home) – (of a blow or a missile) reach an

intended target

mizanSi moxvedra

– (of words) have the intended, especially

unsettling or painful, effect on their
audience

gulze moxvedra

e.g. She could see that her remark had hit home.

– (of the significance or true nature of a

situation) become fully realized by someone

bolomde gacnobiereba

e.g. The full impact of life as a celebrity began to hit

home.

m. strike while the iron is hot – make use of an opportunity

immediately

andaza: “sanam Torne cxelia, puri

manamde Caakario” (an: gamoWede, manam rkina
cxelia)

e.g. ‘Let’s go to-morrow, eh?’ ‘Why not to-night?’

said Norman... ‘Strike while the iron's hot!’ exulted
Billy...

n. strike up (strike sth up) – begin a friendship or conversation

with someone, typically in a casual way
 gabma/wamowyeba (saubris),
damegobreba

e.g. James struck up a friendship with a small boy

who owned a pony on the island.