governess
US /ˈɡʌvənɪs/
・UK /ˈgʌvənəs/
B2
n. (c.)Countable NounWoman who is paid to teach children in private
We hired a governess to care for the children
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Reader, it's Jane Eyre - Crash Course Literature 207
- Course viewers: If any of you decide to embark on a career as a governess and you end up,
Course viewers: If any of you decide to embark on a career as a governess and you end up,
- but here's an important lesson, all you Crash Course viewers: if any of you decide to embark on a career as a governess and you end up, like, working for a mysterious stranger in an isolated house tutoring his sexually precocious illegitimate daughter,
but here's an important lesson, all you Crash Course viewers: if any of you decide to embark on a career as a governess and you end up, like, working for a mysterious stranger in an isolated house tutoring his sexually precocious illegitimate daughter,
The Secret Garden 1: There Is No One Left | Level 6 | By Little Fox
- years old, she was very selfish and stubborn. A young English governess came to teach her
years old, she was very selfish and stubborn. A young English governess came to teach her
- A young English governess came to teach her to read and write.
A young English governess came to teach her to read and write.
Coco by Karl - Inside CHANEL
- almost like a governess.
almost like a governess.
Horror Movie Daycare
- After that burned down I was a governess in an old orphanage.
After that burned down I was a governess in an old orphanage.
- After that burned down, I was a governess in an old orphanage.
After that burned down, I was a governess in an old orphanage.
Pride & Prejudice (5/10) Movie CLIP - Offending Lady Catherine (2005) HD
- Has your governess left you? We never had a governess.
Has your governess left you? We never had a governess.
- No governess?
No governess?
Part 2 - Jane Eyre Audiobook by Charlotte Bronte (Chs 07-11)
- Miss Temple, through all changes, had thus far continued superintended of the seminary: to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements: her friendship and society had been my continual solace: she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and
Miss Temple, through all changes, had thus far continued superintended of the seminary: to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements: her friendship and society had been my continual solace: she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and
- and fixing that day fortnight as the period for my assuming the post of governess in her house.
and fixing that day fortnight as the period for my assuming the post of governess in her house.
Part 3 - Jane Eyre Audiobook by Charlotte Bronte (Chs 12-16)
- "I am the governess." "Ah!
"I am the governess." "Ah!
- "I am the governess." "Ah!
"I am the governess." "Ah!
Part 3 - Pride and Prejudice Audiobook by Jane Austen (Chs 26-40)
- but my father hates London." "Has your governess left you?" "We never had any governess." "No governess!
but my father hates London." "Has your governess left you?" "We never had any governess." "No governess!
- Five daughters brought up at home without a governess!
Five daughters brought up at home without a governess!
Part 5 - Jane Eyre Audiobook by Charlotte Bronte (Chs 21-24)
- I am your plain, quakerish governess." "You are a beauty in my eyes, and
I am your plain, quakerish governess." "You are a beauty in my eyes, and
- am your plain, Quakerish governess."
am your plain, Quakerish governess."
Part 1 - The Secret Garden Audiobook by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Chs 01-10)
- The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months,
The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months,
- The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so
The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so