Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: Glossary (Rešitve)

1 bedsit

a studio apartment that includes a bedroom, a sitting area, and a kitchenette

2 Gallery

the __________ was created by a group of activists, including Madame, to demonstrate to the public that the clones are human beings with souls

3 Culture Briefing

a class where older Hailsham students role-play situations they will encounter in the outside world, such as ordering in a restaurant or talking to a police officer

4 rounders

a British game similar to baseball

5 guardians

the adults who run Hailsham and act as both teachers and parent-figures to the children there

6 Courses

the training that donors must undergo to become carers

7 Juniors and Seniors

the children at Hailsham are divided into three classes: Infants, __________; Kathy is “thirteen or fourteen” in her Senior 3 year

8 bonhomie

friendliness and camaraderie

9 snogging

British slang for heavy kissing

10 complete

a euphemism that the clones use for death; most clones __________ after their third or fourth organ donation.

11 donors

most of the characters in Never Let Me Go are clones designed to become __________––that is, organ __________

12 Sales

at these events, students at Hailsham can use tokens earned for good artwork to buy toys, clothes, and knickknacks; the items are second hand, which suggests that they are charitable donations from non-clones

13 carer

a clone who acts as a nurse and companion to other clones who are undergoing their donations

14 possible

the clones use this slang term to refer to “normal” people who could potentially be the “originals” from which they were modeled

15 recovery centre

the buildings where clones are held between donations; Some of them, like Kingsfield, are repurposed hotels or “holiday camps,” while others, like the one in Dover, seem to have been built intentionally for the recovery of donors

16 collection

students at Hailsham have few possessions, so they put great care into their _________––artwork that they buy from other students at the quarterly Exchanges

17 Exchange

the students at Hailsham are encouraged to create art; each quarter, they bring their artwork to a special event called an __________ where they can trade their pieces for those done by other students

18 Cottages

after graduating from Hailsham around age 16, the students are sent to live in the __________, where young adult clones are allowed to live freely until their donations are scheduled to begin