Touched that he should give her anything that she could not help crying.
"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. He could not bear to throw his
Money about. He was not exactly mean, but he was not generous. Once or
Twice at restaurants she thought he undertipped the waiter, 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.
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be," he quoted from Polonius.
When some member of the company ( - ),
momentarily hard up ( ;
hard up , ), tried to borrow
from him ( //) it was in vain (
; in vain , ). But he refused so frankly (
), with so much heartiness ( ),
that he did not affront ( //).
"My dear old boy ( // : , ), I'd love to
lend you a quid ( ), but I'm
absolutely stony ( ; stony ,
, , ). I don't know how I'm
going to pay my rent (// , : //
) at the end of the week ( )."
For some months ( ) Michael was so much occupied (
: ; to occupy ,
) with his own parts ( ) that he failed to
notice ( ; to fail to do smth.
-, -) how good an actress Julia
was ( ). Of course he read the reviews
( ), and their praise of Julia (
), but he read summarily ( : ),
without paying much attention ( ) till he came to
the remarks ( : ) the critics made
about him ( // ). He was pleased by their
approval ( ; to approve ,
), but not cast down by their censure ( -
: ; to cast down ,
: ). He was too modest ( ,
) to resent an unfavourable criticism (
; to resent , ).
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momentarily ['mqVmqnt(q)rIlI] heartiness ['hQ:tInIs] censure ['senSq]
