William Somerset Maugham
Theatre
THE door opened ( ) and Michael Gosselyn looked up (
; to look up , ).
Julia came in ( ).
"Hulloa ()! I won't keep you a minute ( ; to
keep , , ). I was just signing some letters (
; to sign , )."
"No hurry ( ; no hurry /./ , ). I only
came to see ( ) what seats had been sent to the
Dennorants (/ / ; seat
, , ). What's that young man doing here (
)?"
With the experienced actress's instinct ( :
; experienced , ) to fit the gesture to the
word ( : ; gesture
, , , to fit , ,
), by a movement of her neat head (
; neat , ) she indicated the room (
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) through which she had just passed (
).
"He's the accountant ( : , ). He comes from
Lawrence and Hamphreys ( ; to come from
, , ). He's been here three days (
)."
"He looks very young ( ; to look ,
, )."
"He's an articled clerk ( -; clerk ,
). He seems to know his job (, , ; to seem
, ). He can't get over the way our accounts are kept (
, ; way , ,
, to keep accounts , ). He
told me ( , //) he never expected a theatre to be run on such
businesslike lines ( : , //
-; to expect , , ;
to run , ; , ). He says ( ) the
way some of those firms in the city keep their accounts ( ,
// ; the City ,
; ) is enough
to turn your hair grey (, ; grey hair ,
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|
|
; to turn grey )."
Julia smiled at the complacency on her husband's handsome face (
).
"He's a young man of tact ( :
)."
sign [saIn] hurry ['hArI] experienced [Ik'spI(q)rIqnst] gesture ['dZestSq]
articled clerk ['Q:tIk(q)ld'klQ:k] complacency [kqm'pleIs(q)nsI] theatre ['TIqtq]
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THE door opened and Michael Gosselyn looked up. Julia came in.
"Hulloa! I won't keep you a minute. I was just signing some letters."
"No hurry. I only came to see what seats had been sent to the Dennorants.
What's that young man doing here?"
With the experienced actress's instinct to fit the gesture to the word, by a
