"I should have liked to get my blue. It would have been useful to me on the
stage. I'd have got a lot of advertisement out of it."
Julia could not tell ( ) if he knew ( ) that
she was in love with him ( ). He never made love to
her ( ). He liked her society (
) and when they found themselves with other people (
: ; to find oneself somewhere
, -) scarcely left her side (
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; side , -). Sometimes they were asked to
parties on Sunday ( ), dinner at
midday ( ) or a cold, sumptuous supper ( ,
), and he seemed to think it natural ( ,
, : ) that they should go
together ( ) and come away together (
). He kissed her ( ) when he left her at her door (
: ), but he kissed her as he might have
kissed ( , ) the middle-aged woman (//
) with whom he had played Candida (
). He was friendly ( ), good-humoured
() and kind ( ), but it was distressingly clear (
) that she was no more to him than a comrade (
: , ).
society [sq'saIqtI] sumptuous ['sAm(p)tSVqs] distressingly [dIs'tresINlI]
comrade ['kOmr(e)Id]
Julia could not tell if he knew that she was in love with him. He never made
Love to her. He liked her society and when they found themselves with other
People scarcely left her side. Sometimes they were asked to parties on Sunday,
Dinner at midday or a cold, sumptuous supper, and he seemed to think it
Natural that they should go together and come away together. He kissed her
When he left her at her door, but he kissed her as he might have kissed the
Middle-aged woman with whom he had played Candida. He was friendly,
Good-humoured and kind, but it was distressingly clear that she was no more
To him than a comrade.
Yet she knew ( ) that he was not in love with anybody else
( ). The love-letters that women wrote to
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him ( , ) he read out to Julia with a
chuckle ( ), and when they sent him
flowers ( ) he immediately gave them to her (
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: ).
"What blasted fools they are ( ; blasted
, , )," he said. "What the devil do they think
(, , ; what the devil , )
they're going to get out of it ( )?"
"I shouldn't have thought ( , ) it very hard to guess that (
; to guess , )," said Julia dryly
( ).
Although she knew ( , ) he took these attentions so lightly (
; attention , ,
) she could not help feeling angry and jealous (
; cannot help doing smth.
-).
"I should be a damned fool ( ) if I got myself mixed
up ( ; to get mixed up , ) with some
woman in Middlepool ( - ). After all
( ), they're mostly flappers (
; flapper -, /. ,
, /). Before I knew where I was (
: , , ) I'd have some irate
father coming along ( - :
) and saying, now you must marry the girl
( , )."
chuckle ['tSAk(q)l] guess [ges] jealous ['dZelqs]
