Galsworthy. You've got magnetism and you don't seem to have an idea how to
use it." He chuckled. "By God, if you had, that old hag would have had you
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out of the play you're in now before you could say knife.
You've got to take an audience by the throat (
) and say, now, you dogs ( , , ), you pay attention to me
( ). You've got to dominate them (
; to dominate , ,
). If you haven't got the gift ( ) no one can
give it you ( ), but if you have ( //
) you can be taught ( ) how to use it (
). I tell you (// ), you've got the makings of a great
actress ( : ). I've never
been so sure of anything in my life ( -
; to be sure )."
"I know I want experience ( , ). I'd have to think it over
of course ( , ). I wouldn't mind coming to
you for a season ( , / / ; to
mind , , ).
"Go to hell ( ; hell ). Do you think ( ) I can
make an actress of you ( ) in a season (
)? Do you think ( ) I'm going to work my guts out (
; work ones guts out ,
, , , guts , , ) to make
you give a few decent performances (
) and then have you go away ( )
to play some twopenny-halfpenny part ( - :
黠 ) in a commercial play in London (⠠
)? What sort of a bloody fool do you take me for (
; bloody , )? I'll give you a
three years' contract ( ), I'll give you eight pounds
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a week ( ) and you'll have to work like a horse
( , )."
throat [TrqVt] gut [gAt] twopenny-halfpenny ["tAp(q)nI'heIp(q)nI]
horse [hO:s]
You've got to take an audience by the throat and say, now, you dogs, you pay
attention to me. You've got to dominate them. If you haven't got the gift no
