GLOSSARY "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" CHAPTER 2

-SQUEAL: To make a loud shrill cry or sound.

-STARTLING: To alarm, frighten or surprise suddenly.

-CLOAK: A loose outer garment, such as a cape or a coat.

-NEATLY: Orderly and clean, tidy.

-TRIMMED: To make neat or tidy by clipping or smoothing.

-SUPERB: Majestic or magnificent.

-CREEP: To move with the body close to the ground, like a snake.

-AWFUL: Extremely bad or unpleasant.

-" PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER": "Mantener la calma o compostura".

-HIP: The laterally projecting prominence of the pelvis.

-LEAN: To bend or slant away from the vertical.

-MERE: Being nothing more than what is specified.

-PLUMP: Well-rounded and full in form.

-LACK: Deficiency or absence.