- •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
Indifferent acting was little noticed, and in this he finished the season. There
was no talk of renewing his contract. Indeed the manager who had engaged
him was caustic in his comments.
"Gee (вот это да), I'd give something (я бы отдал все, что угодно) to get even
(/лишь бы/ поквитаться; to get even with smb — свести счеты; even — ровный,
гладкий, уравновешенный, расквитавшийся) with that fellow Langton (с тем
проходимцем: «типом» Лэнгтоном), the son of a bitch (сукин сын)," he said.
"He knew (он знал) what he was doing all right (что он делает, совершенно
отлично /знал/) when he landed me with that stick (когда подсунул мне этого
истукана: «бревно»; to be landed with smth. — получить что-либо
нежелательное в подарок, на хранение; to land — приземлиться, высадиться
на землю; stick — палка, подпорка, разг. человек, тупица, бревно)." Julia wrote
to Michael constantly (Джулия писала Майклу регулярно: «постоянно»), pages
and pages of love and gossip (страницы и страницы /полные/ любви и сплетен),
while he answered once a week (тогда как он отвечал раз в неделю), four pages
exactly (ровно четыре страницы) in a neat, precise hand (аккуратным, ровным
почерком). He always ended up (он всегда заканчивал /письмо/) by sending her
his best love (тем, что посылал ей сердечный привет; to send one's love to smb.
— посылать кому-либо сердечный привет) and signing himself hers very
affectionately (и /фразой/ «очень любящий тебя»; affectionately yours — фраза
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в конце письма — с любовью), but the rest of his letter (но остальное
/содержание/ его письма) was more informative (было более информативным)
than passionate (чем страстным). Yet she awaited its coming (и все же она
ожидала его /письма/ прибытия) in an agony of impatience (с нетерпеливой
агонией; (im)patience — (не)терпение, (не)терпеливость) and read it over and
over again (и перечитывала его снова и снова; over and over again — опять,
снова, много раз подряд). Though he wrote cheerfully (хотя он и писал бодро),
saying little about the theatre (мало упоминая: «говоря» о театре) except that the
parts they gave him were rotten (за исключением того, что роли, которые ему
давали, были ужасными) and the plays in which he was expected to act (и пьесы,
в которых он должен был играть) beneath contempt (/были/ гнусными; to be
beneath contempt — низко пасть, быть смехотворным: «быть ниже
презрения»), news travels in the theatrical world (новости быстро разносятся в
мире театра; to travel — путешествовать, ездить, распространяться), and
Julia knew (и Джулия знала) that he had not made good (что он провалился; to
make good — преуспеть, делать успехи).
bitch [bItS] precise [prI'saIs] agony ['xgqnI] beneath [bI'ni:T]
"Gee, I'd give something to get even with that fellow Langton, the son of a
bitch," he said. "He knew what he was doing all right when he landed me with
that stick." Julia wrote to Michael constantly, pages and pages of love and
gossip, while he answered once a week, four pages exactly in a neat, precise
hand. He always ended up by sending her his best love and signing himself
hers very affectionately, but the rest of his letter was more informative than
passionate. Yet she awaited its coming in an agony of impatience and read it
over and over again. Though he wrote cheerfully, saying little about the
theatre except that the parts they gave him were rotten and the plays in which
he was expected to act beneath contempt, news travels in the theatrical world,
and Julia knew that he had not made good.
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"I suppose (полагаю) it's beastly of me (это ужасно гадко с моей стороны;
beastly — скотски)," she thought (думала она), "but thank God (но, слава Богу),
thank God (слава Богу; to thank — благодарить)."
When he announced the date of his sailing (когда он сообщил: «объявил» ей
дату своего отплытия) she could not contain her joy (она не могла сдержать
своей радости). She got Jimmie so to arrange his programme (она заставила
Джимми составить /его театральную/ программу таким образом) that she
might go and meet him at Liverpool (чтобы она могла отправиться и встретить
его в Ливерпуле).
"If the boat comes in late (если корабль опоздает: «прибудет поздно»; to come
in — приходить, прибывать) I shall probably stay the night (я, возможно,
останусь на ночь)," she told Jimmie (сказала она Джимми).
He smiled ironically (он иронично улыбнулся).
"I suppose (я полагаю) you think (ты надеешься = ты думаешь) that in the
excitement of homecoming (что благодаря возбуждению от возвращения
домой; homecoming = come home — возвращение домой после отлучки,
возвращение на родину) you may work the trick (ты сможешь добиться своего:
«хитрость сработает»)."
"What a beastly little man you are (какой ты все-таки хам: «скотский
человечек»)."
"Come off it, dear (да брось ты, дорогая; come off it — груб. амер. — брось
трепаться! перестань!). My advice to you is (мой совет тебе таков:), get him a
bit tight (подпоить его; to get tight — нализаться, надраться; tight —
плотный, тугой) and then lock yourself in a room with him (а затем закрыться с
ним в комнате; to lock — запирать на замок) and tell him you won't let him out
(и сказать ему, что не выпустишь его; to let out — выпускать, освобождать)
till he's made a dishonest woman of you (до тех пор, пока он не обесчестит тебя;
to make an honest woman of smb. — жениться на соблазненной девушке,
прикрыть грех браком; dishonest — непорядочный, бесчестный, позорный)."
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sailing ['seIlIN] ironically [aI'rOnIk(q)lI] homecoming ['hqVm"kAmIN]
"I suppose it's beastly of me," she thought, "but thank God, thank God."
When he announced the date of his sailing she could not contain her joy. She
got Jimmie so to arrange his programme that she might go and meet him at
Liverpool.
"If the boat comes in late I shall probably stay the night," she told Jimmie.
He smiled ironically.
"I suppose you think that in the excitement of homecoming you may work the
trick."
"What a beastly little man you are."
"Come off it, dear. My advice to you is, get him a bit tight and then lock
yourself in a room with him and tell him you won't let him out till he's made a
dishonest woman of you."
But when she was starting (но, когда она уже отправлялась в путь) he came to
the station with her (он отправился с ней на вокзал). As she was getting into the
carriage (когда она заходила в вагон) he took her hand (он взял ее за руку) and
patted it (и погладил ее).
"Feeling nervous (нервничаешь: «чувствуешь нервно»), dear (дорогая)?"
"Oh, Jimmie dear (о, Джимми, дорогой), wild with happiness (без ума от
счастья; wild — дикий, необузданный, обуреваемый страстями) and sick with
anxiety (и извожусь от беспокойства; to be sick with — изводиться,
терзаться, anxiety — тревога, беспокойство, страх)."
"Well, good luck to you (ну, удачи тебе). And don't forget (и не забывай) you're
much too good for him (ты заслуживаешь большего: «слишком хороша для
него»). You're young (ты молода) and pretty (и красива) and you're the greatest
actress in England (и ты величайшая актриса в Англии)."
When the train steamed out (когда поезд отошел /от платформы/; to steam out —
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двигаться, идти о поезде (при помощи пара), a steam — /водяной/ пар).
Jimmie went to the station bar (Джимми отправился в бар на вокзале) and had a
whisky and soda (и выпил виски с содовой).
"Lord, what fools these mortals be (Боже, какие дураки, эти смертные; mortal —
смертный, шутл. человек)," he sighed (вздохнул он). But Julia stood up in the
empty carriage (/но/ Джулия /тем временем/ встала в пустом купе: «вагоне»)
and looked at herself in the glass (и посмотрела на себя в зеркало; glass —
стекло, зеркало).
carriage ['kxrIdZ] nervous ['nq:vqs] anxiety [xN'zaIqtI] mortal [mO:tl]
But when she was starting he came to the station with her. As she was getting