Of a party where he had drunk several glasses of champagne, to turn his
Practical mind to thoughts of love. No flattery, no allurements, could tempt
Him when he had an engagement next day for which he had to keep his brain
Clear or a round of golf for which he needed a steady eye. Julia made him
Frantic scenes.
She was jealous of his friends at the Green Room Club (
( = ); to be
jealous of smb. - -), jealous of the games that
took him away from her ( , ), and
jealous of the men's luncheons (// :
) he went to under the pretext (
) that he must cultivate people (
; to cultivate smb.'s /friendship/ , ) who
might be useful to them ( ). It infuriated
her (// ) that when she worked herself up (
; to work oneself up ,
, ) into a passion of tears ( : // )
he should sit there quite calmly ( // //
), with his hands crossed ( :
) and a good-humoured smile on his handsome face (
), as though she were merely
making herself ridiculous ( ; ridiculous
, , ).
pretext ['pri:tekst] cultivate ['kAltIveIt] ridiculous [rI'dIkjVlqs]
She was jealous of his friends at the Green Room Club, jealous of the games
that took him away from her, and jealous of the men's luncheons he went to
Under the pretext that he must cultivate people who might be useful to them.
It infuriated her that when she worked herself up into a passion of tears he
Should sit there quite calmly, with his hands crossed and a good-humoured
Smile on his handsome face, as though she were merely making herself
Ridiculous.
"You don't think ( ) I'm running after any other woman (
), do you ( )?" he asked ( ).
"How do I know ( )? It's quite obvious (//
) that you don't care two straws for me (
: ; not to care two
straws , straw ; )."
"You know ( // ) you're the only woman in the world for me (//
)."
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"My God ( )!"
"I don't know what you want ( , )."
"I want love ( ). I thought I'd married the handsomest man in England
( , ) and
I've married a tailor's dummy ( ; tailor ;
dummy , )."
"Don't be so silly ( ). I'm just the ordinary normal
Englishman ( ). I'm not an Italian
organ-grinder ( /-/ ; organ ,
grinder , . , )."
obvious ['ObvIqs] straw [strO:] dummy ['dAmI] organ-grinder ['O:gqn"graIndq]
"You don't think I'm running after any other woman, do you?" he asked.
"How do I know? It's quite obvious that you don't care two straws for me."
"You know you're the only woman in the world for me."
"My God!"
"I don't know what you want."
"I want love. I thought I'd married the handsomest man in England and I've
married a tailor's dummy."
"Don't be so silly. I'm just the ordinary normal Englishman. I'm not an
Italian organ-grinder."
She swept up and down the room ( ).
They had a small flat at Buckingham Gate (
-; gate , ) and there was not much space (
), but she did her best (
; to do ones best , ). She
threw up her hands to heaven ( ).
"I might be squint-eyed ( ) and hump-backed (
). I might be fifty ( ). Am I so unattractive
as all that ( , / /)? It's so humiliating (
) to have to beg for love (
). Misery (// ), misery."
"That was a good movement, dear ( , ). As if
you were throwing a cricket ball ( ).
Remember that ( : )."
She gave him a look of scorn ( ).
"That's all you can think of ( , ). My heart is
breaking ( ), and you can talk of a movement (
) that I made quite accidentally (
)."
squint-eyed ["skwInt'aId] humpbacked ['hAmpbxkt] misery ['mIz(q)rI]
accidentally ["xksI'dent(q)lI]
