When her birthday came along ( : )
he gave her half a dozen pairs of silk stockings (
; dozen ). She noticed at once (
: ) that they were not of very good quality (
), poor lamb ( ), he had not been able
( ; to be able to do smth -
) to bring himself ( ) to spring to that (
/ /; to spring , , .
, ), but she was so touched ( )
that he should give her anything ( // -)
that she could not help crying ( :
; can not help doing smth.
-).
"What an emotional little thing you are ( )," he
said, but he was pleased ( ) and touched to see her tears (
, ).
She found his thrift ( : ) rather an
engaging trait ( : ; trait
, ). He could not bear ( :
) to throw his money about ( ; to throw one's money
about : , ). He was not exactly
mean ( ; mean , ,
), but he was not generous ( ). Once or twice at
restaurants ( : ) she thought he
undertipped the waiter ( ,
; to tip ), but he paid no attention to her (
) when she ventured to remonstrate
( ). He gave the exact ten per cent (
//), and when he could not make the exact sum to
a penny ( ) asked the waiter for
change ( // ; change , ,
, ).
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be ( , ;
to borrow , ; to lend ,
)," he quoted from Polonius ( // ).
silk [sIlk] quality ['kwOlItI] thrift [TrIft] generous ['dZen(q)rqs]
borrowed ['bOrqVd] quote [kwqVt]
When her birthday came along he gave her half a dozen pairs of silk
Stockings. She noticed at once that they were not of very good quality, poor
