- •Immensely solid. On it stood in a massive silver frame a photograph of herself
- •In which he kept his private paper in case he wanted to write a letter in his
- •In point of fact there was grilled sole, grilled cutlets and spinach, and stewed
- •Italian chairs, and the young man in the middle on a chair that was not at all
- •Very different play we produced from the one the author submitted to us."
- •Very well play young lovers, and authors don't seem to write the parts they
- •In the same cupboard.
- •Very beginning pasted in a series of large books.
- •In the papers.
- •It was a pity she had never had a chance of playing Rosalind, she would have
- •Verse. Her voice, her rather low rich voice, with that effective hoarseness,
- •Very different matter when he rehearsed his cast; then he would suffer
- •It happened that when Michael kept the appointment he had asked for,
- •In love with her. Feel as if your bones were melting inside you and if an
- •It was two years later that Jimmie Langton discovered her. She was on tour in
- •In my life."
- •Information.
- •It was a well-known fact that it was one of the best houses of its period, one
- •Insisted on this.
- •It gave Julia a good deal of satisfaction to discover that Michael's father was a
- •In Benson's company, and golf when he got the chance, and that sort of thing
- •I wrote poetry."
- •Views on marriage.
- •Inspiration.
- •It was getting on for Easter, and Jimmie Langton always closed his theatre
- •Ingenuous girl who had lived a quiet country life.
- •In a moment the Colonel and Mrs. Gosselyn came in. They bore a look of
- •Indeed, that she was quite willing to become his mistress, but this he refused.
- •It was quite clear that he had accepted with alacrity. The thought of refusing
- •I'd go and live at home so as not to spend any money."
- •Very clever little trick.
- •Indifferent acting was little noticed, and in this he finished the season. There
- •Into the carriage he took her hand and patted it.
- •In the empty carriage and looked at herself in the glass.
- •It took Julia a second or two to understand what he meant.
- •It infuriated her that when she worked herself up into a passion of tears he
- •Italian organ-grinder."
- •Illustrated papers.
- •It was just before the end of the war that she fell out of love with him.
- •Very small, but taken altogether they amounted, in her shrewd, calculating
- •It were rather a joke, or a declaration as though he were laughing at himself,
- •In a manner that the audience found engaging. He never attempted to play
- •Inherited nearly four thousand pounds, and this with his own savings and
- •It was a warm beautiful night. Michael had bought options, though it wrung
- •It was disconcerting the way Julia knew what he was thinking. You couldn't
- •Vernon. And we can get him. I'll play George."
- •Ingenuity in disguising old sets so that they looked new, and by ringing the
- •Very profitable discoveries.
- •Interested in management.
- •Intolerable. He could describe nothing without circumstantial detail. Nor was
- •Into it.
- •It made Julia a little sad to think how much she had loved him. Because her
- •In a vase.
- •It. The only foundation for it was that Charles had been madly in love with
- •It was a large party and she was being made much of Lady Charles, a woman
- •Very good-looking but of distinguished appearance. He looked very well-bred,
- •Vitality which were outside his experience. He went to see her act several times
- •In love with Michael. When Charles realized that he loved her his manner
- •It's only common sense that we shouldn't see one another any more."
- •Into the bathroom to wash her face and eyes. She felt wonderfully exhilarated.
- •Idea of appearing as intervener. For two or three weeks she was very jittery.
- •It was a little more difficult when Charles, with his fine sensitiveness, saw that
- •In some hole in Italy!"
- •It had been long agreed, with all the delicacy that might be expected from his
- •It was nice of him to have suggested that. He might so easily have mentioned
- •In her life. She was so taken aback that she never thought of doing anything.
- •Incident would have no sequel.
- •I'm forty and I don't care who knows it."
- •Into her dressing-room.
- •Inquiry the whole story and gave him her opinion of the travel agency, the
- •It gave him a curious look. With his black hair, drooping eyelids and rather
- •In a quarter of an hour with a conductor and told her that he had got her a
In love with her. Feel as if your bones were melting inside you and if an
earthquake were going to swallow you up next minute, to hell with the
earthquake."
But it was no good (но все было бесполезно; no good — никудышный,
бесполезно, ни к чему не ведет, без толку). Notwithstanding his beauty
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приятную манеру /держаться/), Michael remained a cold lover (Майкл
оставался холодным /героем/-любовником). This did not prevent Julia from
(это не помешало Джулии) falling madly in love with him (без ума влюбиться в
него; to fall in love — влюбиться, to fall — падать, упасть). For it was when he
joined Langton's repertory company (так как /это было именно тогда/, когда он
присоединился к репертуарной труппе Лэнгтона) that they met (/что/ они
встретились).
Her own career (ее собственная карьера) had been singularly lacking in hardship
(была необыкновенно лишена трудностей; lacking — недостающий,
отсутствующий,
лишенный
чего-либо; hardship
— трудности,
неприятности, тяготы). She was born in Jersey (она родилась на /острове/
Джерси), where her father, a native of that island (где ее отец, урожденный
этого острова), practised as a veterinary surgeon (имел практику: «практиковал
как» ветеринара-хирурга). Her mother's sister (сестра ее матери) was married to
a Frenchman (была замужем за французом), a coal merchant (торговцем
углем), who lived at St. Malo (который жил в Сен-Мало; Сен-Мало —
портовый город в Бретани в северной Франции у пролива Ла-Манш), and
Julia had been sent to live with her (и Джулию отправили: «послали» жить с
ней) while she attended classes at the local lycee (пока она посещала занятия:
«классы» в местном лицее). She learnt to speak French like a Frenchwoman (она
научилась говорить по-французски, как француженка).
notwithstanding ["nOtwIT'stxndIN] singularly ['sINgjVlqlI]
veterinary ['vet(q)rIn(q)rI] merchant ['mq:tS(q)nt]
But it was no good. Notwithstanding his beauty, his grace and his ease of
manner, Michael remained a cold lover. This did not prevent Julia from
falling madly in love with him. For it was when he joined Langton's repertory
company that they met.
Her own career had been singularly lacking in hardship. She was born in
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Jersey, where her father, a native of that island, practised as a veterinary
surgeon. Her mother's sister was married to a Frenchman, a coal merchant,
who lived at St. Malo, and Julia had been sent to live with her while she
attended classes at the local lycee. She learnt to speak French like a
Frenchwoman.
She was a born actress (она была прирожденная актриса) and it was an
understood thing (и это было делом решенным: «понятной вещью») for as long
as she could remember (сколько она /себя могла/ помнить) that she was to go on
the stage (что она должна пойти в актрисы: «на сцену»). Her aunt, Madame
Falloux (ее тетя, мадам Фаллу), was "en relations" (была «в хороших
отношениях» /фр./) with an old actress (со старой актрисой) who had been a
societaire of the Comedie Franзaise (которая была социетарием = «членом,
пайщиком» театра Комедии Франсез) and who had retired to St. Malo (и
которая удалилась: «отошла от дел» в Сен-Мало; to retire — удаляться;
выходить на пенсию) to live on the small pension (чтобы жить на маленькую
пенсию) that one of her lovers had settled on her (которую назначил для нее
один из любовников; to settle — решать, договариваться, устраивать) when
after many years of faithful concubinage (когда после многих лет верной
любовной связи: «внебрачного сожительства») they had parted (они
расстались). When Julia was a child of twelve (когда Джулия была девочкой:
«ребенком» двенадцати лет) this actress was a boisterous (эта актриса была
громогласной), fat old woman (толстой старой женщиной), of more than sixty
(старше шестидесяти лет), but of great vitality (но с огромной жизненной
энергией), who loved food (которая любила еду) more than anything else in the
world (больше, чем что-либо еще в этом мире). She had a great, ringing laugh (у
нее был громкий, звенящий смех), like a man's (как у мужчины), and she talked
in a deep, loud voice (и она говорила глубоким, громким голосом). It was she
who (именно она: «это была она, кто») gave Julia her first lessons (дала
Джулии ее первые уроки).
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pension ['penS(q)n] concubinage [kOn'kju:bInIdZ] boisterous ['bOIst(q)rqs]
vitality [vaI'txlItI]
She was a born actress and it was an understood thing for as long as she could
remember that she was to go on the stage. Her aunt, Madame Falloux, was
"en relations" with an old actress who had been a societaire of the Comedie
Franзaise and who had retired to St. Malo to live on the small pension that
one of her lovers had settled on her when after many years of faithful
concubinage they had parted. When Julia was a child of twelve this actress
was a boisterous, fat old woman of more than sixty, but of great vitality, who
loved food more than anything else in the world. She had a great, ringing
laugh, like a man's, and she talked in a deep, loud voice. It was she who gave
Julia her first lessons.
She taught her all the arts (она преподала ей все умения: «хитрости
мастерства») that she had herself learnt at the Conservatoire (которым она сама
обучилась в музыкальном училище: «консерватории») and she talked to her of
Reichenberg (и она разговаривала с ней о Райхенберг) who had played ingenues
till she was seventy (которая играла инженю до семидесяти лет), of Sarah
Bernhardt and her golden voice (о Саре Бернар и ее золотистом голосе), of
Mounet-Sully and his majesty (о Муне-Сюлли и его величавости), and of
Coquelin the greatest actor of them all (и о Коклене, величайшем актере из них
всех). She recited to her the great tirades of Corneille and Racine (она
декламировала ей величайшие тирады Корнеля и Расина; to recite —
декламировать, повторять наизусть) as she had learnt to say them at the
Franзaise (как она научилась произносить их в Комедии Франсез) and taught
her to say them in the same way (и научила ее произносить их так же; in the
same way — точно так же, таким же образом). It was charming to hear Julia
(было очаровательно слышать, как Джулия) in her childish voice (своим
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детским голоском) recite those languorous (декламирует те томные), passionate
speeches of Phedre (страстные речи Федры), emphasizing the beat of the
Alexandrines (выделяя ритм александрийского стиха) and mouthing her words
(и торжественно изрекающая /ее/ слова) in that manner (в той манере) which is
so artificial (которая такая притворная; artificial — искусственный,
синтетический, фальшивый) and yet so wonderfully dramatic (и в то же время
такая удивительно драматичная).
ingenue ['xnZeInju:] majesty ['mxdZIstI] tirade [t(a)I'reId]
languorous ['lxNgqrqs]
She taught her all the arts that she had herself learnt at the Conservatoire and
she talked to her of Reichenberg who had played ingenues till she was seventy,
of Sarah Bernhardt and her golden voice, of Mounet-Sully and his majesty,
and of Coquelin the greatest actor of them all. She recited to her the great
tirades of Corneille and Racine as she had learnt to say them at the Franзoise
and taught her to say them in the same way. It was charming to hear Julia in
her childish voice recite those languorous, passionate speeches of Phedre,
emphasizing the beat of the Alexandrines and mouthing her words in that
manner which is so artificial and yet so wonderfully dramatic.
Jane Taitbout must always have been a very stagy actress (Жанна Тэбу должно
быть всегда была очень показной: «театральной» актрисой), but she taught
Julia to articulate (но она научила Джулию произносить /слова/; to teach
(taught, taught) — учить, обучать) with extreme distinctness (с /такой/
чрезвычайной четкостью; extreme — крайность, противоположность), she
taught her how to walk (она научила ее, как ходить) and how to hold herself (и
как держать себя), she taught her not to be afraid of her own voice (она научила
ее не бояться собственного голоса), and she made deliberate (и она сделала
нарочитым: «умышленным») that wonderful sense of timing (то самое
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удивительное чувство ритма) which Julia had by instinct (которое было у
Джулии врожденным; by instinct — прирожденный, инстинктивный) and
which afterwards was one of her greatest gifts (и которое в последствии стало:
«было» одним из ее величайших талантов; gift — подарок, дар, талант,
способность). "Never pause unless you have a reason for it (никогда не делай
паузу, если у тебя нет на то причины: «если только ты не имеешь причины
для нее»; to pause — делать паузу, останавливаться, находиться в
нерешительности)," she thundered (грохотала она), banging with her clenched
fist on the table (ударяя с размаху сжатым кулаком по столу) at which she sat
(за которым она сидела), "but when you pause (но уж если ты сделала паузу),
pause as long as you can (тяни ее так долго, как только можешь)."
stagy ['steIdZI] distinctness [dIs'tIN(k)tnIs] deliberate [dI'lIb(q)rIt]
thunder ['TAndq]
Jane Taitbout must always have been a very stagy actress, but she taught
Julia to articulate with extreme distinctness, she taught her how to walk and
how to hold herself, she taught her not to be afraid of her own voice, and she
made deliberate that wonderful sense of timing which Julia had by instinct
and which afterwards was one of her greatest gifts. "Never pause unless you
have a reason for it," she thundered, banging with her clenched fist on the
table at which she sat, "but when you pause, pause as long as you can."
When Julia was sixteen (когда Джулии исполнилось: «было» шестнадцать лет)
and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Gower Street (и она
отправилась: «пошла» в Королевскую Академию драматического искусства
на Говер-стрит) she knew already much that they could teach her there (она знала
уже достаточно из того, чему они могли научить ее там). She had to get rid of
a certain number of tricks (ей пришлось избавиться от определенного
количества уловок; trick — хитрость, обман, прием) that were out of date
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(которые были уже несовременными; date — дата, число, время, эпоха, out of
date — устарелый, отживший свой век) and she had to acquire a more
conversational style (и ей пришлось приобрести более разговорный стиль;
conversation — разговор, беседа). But she won every prize (но она получала
каждый приз; to win a prize — получить приз, награду) that was open to her
(который был ей доступен: «открыт»), and when she was finished with the
school (и когда она закончила академию: «покончила со школой») her good
French got her almost immediately (благодаря французскому языку, она
получила почти немедленно: «ее хороший французский получил ей почти
немедленно») a small part in London as a French maid (небольшую роль
французской служанки в Лондоне). It looked for a while (какое-то время
казалось: «выглядело так») as though her knowledge of French (что ее знание
французского) would specialize her (/приведет к тому/, что она будет играть:
«специализироваться на») in parts needing a foreign accent (/только/ те роли,
где требуется иностранный акцент), for after this (так как сразу после этой
роли) she was engaged (ее приняли /на роль/) to play an Austrian waitress
(играть австрийскую официантку).
certain ['sq:tn] immediately [I'mi:dIqtlI] accent ['xks(q)nt]
When Julia was sixteen and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
Gower Street she knew already much that they could teach her there. She had
to get rid of a certain number of tricks that were out of date and she had to
acquire a more conversational style. But she won every prize that was open to
her, and when she was finished with the school her good French got her
almost immediately a small part in London as a French maid. It looked for a
while as though her knowledge of French would specialize her in parts
needing a foreign accent, for after this she was engaged to play an Austrian
waitress.
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It was two years later (два года спустя: «это было двумя годами позже, когда»)
that Jimmie Langton discovered her (Джимми Лэнгтон открыл ее). She was on
tour (она была на гастролях) in a melodrama that had been successful in London
(в мелодраме, которая была достаточно успешной в Лондоне); in the part of an
Italian adventuress (в роли итальянской авантюристки: «искательницы
приключений»; adventure — приключение, смелое предприятие, авантюра),
whose machinations were eventually exposed (чьи интриги: «махинации» в
конечном итоге разоблачались), she was trying somewhat inadequately (она
пыталась немного непохоже: «неадекватно») to represent a woman of forty
(изобразить женщину лет сорока). Since the heroine (в то время как главное
действующее лицо), a blonde person of mature years (играла блондинистая
особа зрелых лет; mature — зрелый, спелый, выдержанный), was playing a
young girl (и играла роль молодой девушки), the performance lacked
verisimilitude (/так что в целом/ спектаклю не хватало жизненности;
verisimilitude — вероятность, правдоподобие, достоверность). Jimmie was
taking a short holiday (у Джимми был короткий отпуск; to take a holiday —
быть в отпуске, взять выходной), which he spent in going every night to the
theatre (который он проводил, посещая каждый вечер театр) in one town after
another (в одном городе за другим). At the end of the piece he went round to see
Julia (в конце концов он отправился, чтобы посмотреть на Джулию). He was
well enough known in the theatrical world (он был достаточно хорошо известен
в театральном мире) for her to be flattered by the compliments he paid her
(чтобы она была польщена комплиментами, которыми он наградил ее; to
flatter — льстить, чрезвычайно хвалить; to pay compliments — сделать,
сказать комплимент), and when he asked her to lunch with him next day (и
когда он пригласил ее на ланч с ним на следующий день) she accepted (она
согласилась: «приняла /приглашение/»).
melodrama ['melqdrQ:mq] adventuress [qd'ventS(q)rIs]
machination ["mxkI'neIS(q)n] verisimilitude ["verIsI'mIlItju:d]
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