1) "Upon my word" -to make a promise to someone. (You have my word that I will be there this weekend) 2) "became friends at once" -To become friends with someone immediately. For example: "Rachel and Patty met yesterday at the party, and they had many interests in common. They couldn't stop talking and became friends at once. They're meeting for lunch on Saturday." 3) "to think of" (Original sentence: It is a sad thing to think of? but genius lasts longer than beauty) -The sentence doesn't quite make sense, but I will assume it should say "Genius lasts longer than beauty. Is that sad to think of?" In this sentence, "think of" means to think about something, so it's sad to imagine that beauty doesn't last forever. Usually, "to think of" means to to take something into consideration or imagine something (Think of what this world would be without war.) or, it means to select something from your mind (Think of a number between 1 and 10) 4) "You don't really mind? do you?" "You don't really mind, do you?" In English, we use these conformation questions to make sure we understand the speaker. To mind something means that it bothers you, if you don't mind something, then it doesn't bother you. (You don't really mind if I leave early, do you?) 5) "some afternoon" (Original sentence: Come and se me some afternoon in Curzon Street) -"Come and see me some afternoon in Cruzon Street." Some afternoon means any afternoon in the future. 6) "went on" -Generally, this means "to continue," and is used in different ways ~The party went on until 5 o'clock in the morning. ~After she received her degree, she went on to work in New York City for a great company. ~He could not stop talking last night. He went on and on about Game of Thrones. 7) "It lasted foe hours" "It lasted for hours" means some event continued for several hours. 8) "at last" (Original sentence: At last he heard a step outside) This means "finally," usually after waiting for a long time. Hope that helps!

1) when someone swears, like a promise 2) Became friends in that moment 3) If it's a question, you're supposed to say "Is it a sad... ", to think of means just that: thinking about something. 4) Asking someone if they care, or if an action bothers them. 5) meaning any afternoon, not specific 6)kept doing something 7) ? 8) finally