Analysis -  Are there any words you are unsure of their meaning?

Which were my difficulties with Jane Austen’s style of writing.

Austen’s style of writing is a little bit difficult to me. There are a lot of words I didn’t know before – I don’t want to complain, that was the reason, why I chose this book. But there were also a lot of words, I knew before, but were used in this book with a completely other meaning than I knew them. For instance, was there the sentences “At five o’clock the two ladies retired to dress, and at half past six Elizabeth was summoned to dinner.” First I was completely confused about the “retired” in this coherence. Because I knew this word as the word for the moment, when you are getting old and end up working. So, then you get retired. But after I looked the word up again, I understood: it’s the word for pull back oneself. Now I think, it’s a nice word for the moment, when you are getting old and end up working. You pull yourself back, out of the stressful working day and you are able to do what you want. You just retire yourself and enjoy your twilight years.

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