I walked in on them one night, expecting it to be a picture book of some
kind, but it was Great Expectations (a novel by
Charles Dickens).' The memory caused her to smile, creasing (count
a line on someone skin, especially on the face)
her face.
Although more than half her cigarette remained, she flicked (to
move or hit something with short sudden movement) it on to the roadway. 'Sally and a bunch (a group of people)
of her friends had rented some sort of chalet not far from Aviemore (a
town in northern Scotland which is popular for skiing and other winter sports).
Our Christmas present had been her share of the outlay (an amount of
money spent for a particular purpose, especially as a first investment in
something).
…but Sally just wanted to hang out (to spend a lot of time in a
place).
Hazlitt buttoned her thin jacket against the chill.
Next morning her friends guessed she'd hooked up (to begin
a romantic or sexual relationship with someone) with someone and was sleeping
it off (if you sleep off something you go to sleep so that you will feel
better when you wake up) elsewhere.
They'd split up (an occasion when two people end their
relationship) that autumn.
He'd taken
it for granted (to believe something to be the truth without even
thinking about it) that though her accent was English, she lived in the city.
'London,' she informed him. 'Crouch End
(is an affluent area of north London) - do you know it?'
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