on shorts and a sweater and have a run round Regent's Park.
"The secretary told me (// ) you were rehearsing this
morning, Miss Lambert ( , ; to
rehearse , )," the young man remarked (
). "Does that mean ( , //) you're putting on a new
play ( )?"
"Not a bit of it ( )," answered Michael ( ). "We're
playing to capacity ( ; capacity ,
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; , )."
"Michael thought we were getting a bit ragged ( :
: ; ragged
, , ), so he called a rehearsal (
/ / )."
"I'm very glad I did ( , ). I found little bits of
business had crept in ( , :
; to creep , , to creep
in ) that I hadn't given them ( ) and a good
many liberties were being taken with the text ( //
:
; to take liberties with smth.
-). I'm a great stickler ( ; stickler ,
; to stick ; /-/) for saying
the author's exact words (: ),
though, God knows (, ), the words authors write nowadays aren't
much (, // ,
)."
"If you'd like to come and see our play (
)," Julia said graciously ( ), "I'm
sure Michael will be delighted ( , ) to give you
some seats ( : )."
capacity [kq'pxsItI] author ['O:Tq] delighted [dI'laItId]
"The secretary told me you were rehearsing this morning, Miss Lambert,"
the young man remarked. "Does that mean you're putting on a new play?"
"Not a bit of it," answered Michael. "We're playing to capacity."
"Michael thought we were getting a bit ragged, so he called a rehearsal."
"I'm very glad I did. I found little bits of business had crept in that I hadn't
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given them and a good many liberties were being taken with the text. I'm a
great stickler for saying the author's exact words, though, God knows, the
words authors write nowadays aren't much."
"If you'd like to come and see our play," Julia said graciously, "I'm sure
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Michael will be delighted to give you some seats."
"I'd love to come again ( )," the young man
answered eagerly ( ; eager
, , ). "I've seen it three times already (
)."
"You haven't ()?" cried Julia ( ; to cry ,
), with surprise ( / /), though she remembered
perfectly ( ) that Michael had already told her so (
: ). "Of course it's not a bad little play
(, ), it's served our purpose very well (
: ; to serve
one's purpose , ), but I can't
imagine anyone wanting to see it three times ( , //
- )."
"It's not so much the play I went to see ( :
, ), it was your performance
( //: )."
"I dragged that out of him all right ( , /
/; to drag , , )," thought Julia
( ), and then aloud ( : ): "When
we read the play ( ) Michael was rather doubtful about it
( ; to doubt ,
). He didn't think ( , ) my part was very good (
). You know, it's not really a star part (, ,
/ / ). But I thought I could make
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something out of it ( , // -). Of
course we had (, ) to cut the other woman a lot in
rehearsals (
: ; to cut
, , )."
eager ['i:gq] serve [sq:v] purpose ['pq:pqs] doubtful ['daVtf(q)l]
"I'd love to come again," the young man answered eagerly. "I've seen it three
times already."
"You haven't?" cried Julia, with surprise, though she remembered perfectly
that Michael had already told her so. "Of course it's not a bad little play, it's
served our purpose very well, but I can't imagine anyone wanting to see it
three times."
"It's not so much the play I went to see, it was your performance."
"I dragged that out of him all right," thought Julia, and then aloud: "When
we read the play Michael was rather doubtful about it. He didn't think my
part was very good. You know, it's not really a star part. But I thought I could
