"Michael and I never eat bread ( ). It was stupid
of Jevons ( ) not to realize that you might
want some ( , //)."
"Of course bread is only a habit ( ),"
said Michael ( ). 'It's wonderful () how soon you can
break yourself of it ( :
) if you set your mind to it (
; to set one's mind on smth. -,
-, )."
"The poor lamb's as thin as a rail, Michael ( , ,
, ; rail ; )."
"I don't not eat bread because I'm afraid of getting fat ( ,
: ). I don't eat it ( ) because I
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see no point in it (, ; point , ,
, ). After all ( ), with the exercise I take (
, ) I can eat anything I like ( ,
)."
He still had at fifty-two a very good figure ( ,
:
). As a young man ( : ),
with a great mass of curling chestnut hair ( :
; curling , ), with a
wonderful skin ( ) and large deep blue eyes (
), a straight nose ( ) and small ears (
), he had been the best-looking actor on the English stage (
).
break [breIk] exercise ['eksqsaIz] figure ['fIgq]
"Michael and I never eat bread. It was stupid of Jevons not to realize that you
might want some."
"Of course bread is only a habit," said Michael. "It's wonderful how soon you
can break yourself of it if you set your mind to it."
"The poor lamb's as thin as a rail, Michael."
"I don't not eat bread because I'm afraid of getting fat. I don't eat it because I
see no point in it. After all, with the exercise I take I can eat anything I like."
He still had at fifty-two a very good figure. As a young man, with a great mass
Of curling chestnut hair, with a wonderful skin and large deep blue eyes, a
Straight nose and small ears, he had been the best-looking actor on the English
Stage.
The only thing that slightly spoiled him (: ,
; to spoil ) was the thinness of his
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mouth ( // : ). He was just six foot tall
( ; foot . ,
30,48 ) and he had a gallant bearing ( ;
bearing , , , ). It was his
obvious beauty ( ) that had engaged him to go on
the stage ( : ; to engage .
. , , ) rather than to become a soldier (
, : ) like his father ( ). Now his
chestnut hair was very grey ( :
; grey , , ), and he wore it much
shorter ( ); his face had broadened (
= ) and was a good deal lined (
); his skin no longer had the soft bloom of a peach
( ; bloom ,
, ; ) and his colour was high (
; high color , ). But with his
splendid eyes (, ) and his fine figure (
) he was still a very handsome man (
). Since his five years at the war ( //
// ) he had adopted a military bearing (
; to adopt , ;
, ), so that if you had not known who he was (,
, : ) (which was scarcely possible ( //
), for in one way and another (
: ) his photograph was always appearing in the
illustrated papers (
: ; to appear , )) you might have
taken him ( ; to take smb. for smb -
-) for an officer of high rank ( ). He
boasted ( //) that his weight ( ) had not changed since
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he was twenty ( , //),
and for years ( ), wet or fine (//,
//), he had got up every morning at eight (
) to put on shorts and a sweater ( ) and
have a run round Regent's Park ( ).
gallant ['gxlqnt] obvious ['ObvIqs] scarcely ['skεqslI] weight [weIt]
sweater ['swetq]
