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On this occasion ( : ) Julia had much enjoyed

lunching at Hill Street ( -

). The party had been very grand ( ). Julia

had never encouraged Charles ( ) to

entertain any of the actors or authors (

) he sometimes came across ( :

), and she was the only person there (

: ) who had ever had to

earn a living ( ; to earn one's

living ). She had sat between an old, fat, bald and

loquacious Cabinet Minister ( , , ,

) who took a great deal of trouble to

entertain her ( ; to take trouble

, , ), and a young Duke of Westreys (

) who looked like a stable-boy (

; stable , ) and who flattered himself (

) that he knew French slang better than a Frenchman

( , ). When he

discovered that Julia spoke French ( ,

) he insisted on conversing with her in that language (


 

 


 



 

 

, ).

 

loquacious [lq(V)'kweISqs] stableboy ['steIb(q)lbOI]

 

On this occasion Julia had much enjoyed lunching at Hill Street. The party

Had been very grand. Julia had never encouraged Charles to entertain any of

The actors or authors he sometimes came across, and she was the only person

There who had ever had to earn a living. She had sat between an old, fat, bald

And loquacious Cabinet Minister who took a great deal of trouble to entertain

Her, and a young Duke of Westreys who looked like a stable-boy and who

Flattered himself that he knew French slang better than a Frenchman. When

He discovered that Julia spoke French he insisted on conversing with her in

That language.

 

After luncheon ( ) she was persuaded to recite a tirade from Phdre (

/ /

) as it was done at the Comedie Franaise (

) and the same tirade ( ), as an

English student, at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art would deliver it (

). She made the company laugh very much (

: ) and came away from the

party ( ) flushed with success ( ; to flush

, , ). It was a fine

bright day ( ) and she made up her mind (

) to walk from Hill Street to Stanhope Place ( -

-). A good many people recognized her (:

) as she threaded her way through the

crowd in Oxford Street ( -;

to thread one's way ), and though she looked straight


 

 


 



 

 

ahead of her ( ) she was conscious of

their glances ( ; to be conscious of ,

).

"What a hell of a nuisance it is ( ; nuisance

, , ) that one can't go anywhere (

) without people staring at one ( / / )."

 

tirade [t(a)I'reId] flush [flAS] thread [Tred]

 

After luncheon she was persuaded to recite a tirade from Phdre as it was





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