and which afterwards was one of her greatest gifts. "Never pause unless you
have a reason for it," she thundered, banging with her clenched fist on the
table at which she sat, "but when you pause, pause as long as you can."
When Julia was sixteen ( : )
and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Gower Street (
:
-) she knew already much that they could teach her there (
, ). She had to get rid of
a certain number of tricks (
; trick , , ) that were out of date
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( ; date , , , , out of
date , ) and she had to acquire a more
conversational style ( ;
conversation , ). But she won every prize (
; to win a prize , ) that was open to her
( : ), and when she was finished with the
school ( : ) her good
French got her almost immediately ( ,
:
) a small part in London as a French maid (
). It looked for a while (-
: ) as though her knowledge of French (
) would specialize her (/ /, :
) in parts needing a foreign accent (// ,
), for after this (
) she was engaged ( / /) to play an Austrian waitress
( ).
certain ['sq:tn] immediately [I'mi:dIqtlI] accent ['xks(q)nt]
When Julia was sixteen and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
Gower Street she knew already much that they could teach her there. She had
To get rid of a certain number of tricks that were out of date and she had to
Acquire a more conversational style. But she won every prize that was open to
Her, and when she was finished with the school her good French got her
Almost immediately a small part in London as a French maid. It looked for a
While as though her knowledge of French would specialize her in parts
Needing a foreign accent, for after this she was engaged to play an Austrian
Waitress.
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It was two years later ( : , )
that Jimmie Langton discovered her ( ). She was on
tour ( ) in a melodrama that had been successful in London
( , ); in the part of an
Italian adventuress ( :
; adventure , , ),
whose machinations were eventually exposed ( :
), she was trying somewhat inadequately (
: ) to represent a woman of forty
( ). Since the heroine (
), a blonde person of mature years (
; mature , , ), was playing a
young girl ( ), the performance lacked
verisimilitude (/ / ;
verisimilitude , , ). Jimmie was
taking a short holiday ( ; to take a holiday
, ), which he spent in going every night to the
theatre ( , ) in one town after
another ( ). At the end of the piece he went round to see
Julia ( , ). He was
well enough known in the theatrical world (
) for her to be flattered by the compliments he paid her
( , ; to
flatter , ; to pay compliments ,
), and when he asked her to lunch with him next day (
) she accepted (
: //).
melodrama ['melqdrQ:mq] adventuress [qd'ventS(q)rIs]
machination ["mxkI'neIS(q)n] verisimilitude ["verIsI'mIlItju:d]
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