The third showed Ashiban and the Sovereign where they could wash. The three young women finished eating in silence, and two went up, at an order from the older woman, to make the bed. If we could wash, and maybe take you up on the offer of that bed.”Īshiban and the Sovereign each had another bowl of pottage, and Ashiban turned her bagful of grubs over to the man with the chicken.
The food was delicious, but we’ve walked for days and we’re so very tired. But this was not her daughter, and the situation was a dangerous one-and moreover, it was far more potentially dangerous for the Sovereign, sitting silent beside her, face still covered.Īnd Ashiban hadn’t reached her age without learning a thing or two. If this woman had been one of her own daughters, Ashiban would have had sharp words for her. But I think we’re done taking orders from the Assembly, who can’t even bother to speak for us when we need it.” You’re welcome to food and drink, and there’s a spare bed upstairs you and her ladyship there can rest in. Your pardon, Elder, but I honestly don’t know what they sent you here for. “I think,” said the woman, folding her arms and leaning once more against the cabinet, “that we’ll make our own decisions about what to do next, and not take orders from the sainted Ciwril Xidyla’s daughter, who doesn’t even speak Gidantan. Though she wondered what sort of reception she herself might meet, in a Gidanta town where people were behaving that way toward Raksamat settlers. “It sounds like the Sovereign and I need to get into town as soon as possible,” suggested Ashiban.
They said the constable had been standing right there.” When they protested to the constable, she said it was no good complaining about trouble they’d brought on themselves, and wouldn’t do anything. “They said a few people in the street shouted at them to get off the planet, and someone spit on them and called them stinking weevils. More unfriendly than usual, I mean.” She sat down across the table with her bowl, cast a troubled glance at the Sovereign, though her tone of voice stayed matter-of-fact. “But Lyek stopped on their way home from town, they said they went in to take their little one to the doctor. “We didn’t see anything amiss,” said one of the young women. “Any news?” Directed at the three young women, who had come in and begun to dish themselves out some pottage. The man at the end of the table spoke up. I lost my handheld in the crash, so there’s no way to translate.” And the Sovereign was just a girl, with no more power in this situation than Ashiban herself. And the Sovereign doesn’t have much Raksamat. Elbowed the others, who fell silent.Īshiban said, “I don’t speak much Gidantan, child. One of them glanced inside, saw Ashiban and the Sovereign, the other woman, presumably a relative of theirs, standing straight and angry by the cabinet. The front door opened on three young women talking, pulling off their boots. It’s short and plain enough.” She gestured at the Sovereign. “All respect, Elder, but your mother might have told them to hold to the agreement she worked out and the Gidanta consented to, in front of their ancestors. “Your mother!” cried the woman, their host. In the end my mother convinced everyone to leave the farmsteads alone while the issues were worked out.” They wanted the Assembly to send help to enforce that.
“When the Raksamat farmsteads were first discovered, the Gidanta wanted to find you all and expel you. “I’m not sure that’s entirely fair, child,” replied Ashiban. Maybe if my family had an elder with a seat in the Assembly it would be different, but if we did, we wouldn’t be here. We aren’t Xidylas or Ontrils or Lajuds or anybody important.
And does your mother back us up? Does the Assembly? No, of course not. That’s what the agreement your mother made said, isn’t it? But then when we’re actually here, oh, no, that won’t do, we’re breaking the law. “It’s always us who get sold out, in the agreements and the settlements,” said the woman. Coxhead, A 1998, ‘An Academic Word List’, ELI Occasional Publications no.18, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.“No, of course, child,” replied Ashiban. ResourcesĬoxhead, A 2000, ‘A new academic word list.’ TESOL Quarterly, vol. The Using English for Academic Purposes website has a great resource on the Academic Word List with links to definitions as well as other practice activities. You’ll be surprised what a difference 10 minutes a day can make! Links The games and quizzes will help you check that you really know these words and can use them effectively.
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