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
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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