| A | B |
| appropriated | took possession of |
| glutton | greedy eater |
| palpitation | a strong rapid beat |
| pedigree | a register of recording a line of ancestors |
| usurp | to take possession of without legal right |
| protagonist | the main character in a fiction or drama |
| antagonist | the character of force that blocks the main character |
| conflict | a struggle or clash |
| foreshadowing | a hint of upcoming events |
| mood | a feeling the reader gets from a literary work |
| Chubokov | father |
| Natalya | daughter |
| Lomov | neighbor |
| Meadows ownership | argument |
| Guess | dog |