Suit her.
Julia, who was entirely without self-consciousness (,
: ; self-consciousness
, ; ), found the elder woman's deprecating
attitude (: ;
attitude , , ) rather touching (
). She had never known an actress to speak to (
: / /) and did
not quite know ( ) how to deal with the predicament (
; to deal with
-, -, -) in which she now
found herself ( ; to find oneself in a state ,
- ). The house was not at all grand (
), a small detached stucco house (
; to detach , ,
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) in a garden with a laurel hedge ( //
; hedge , , ), and since the Gosselyns
had been for some years in India (, :
) there were great trays of brass ware (/ /
; ware ,
) and brass bowls ( ), pieces of Indian embroidery
( ) and highly-carved Indian tables (
; to carve , ,
). It was cheap bazaar stuff (
; stuff , , , ), and you wondered (
/ / : ) how anyone had thought it
worth bringing home ( - , ,
).
consciousness ['kPnSqsnIs] attitude ['xtItju:d] predicament [prI'dIkqmqnt]
embroidery [Im'brOId(q)rI]
Julia, who was entirely without self-consciousness, found the elder woman's
Deprecating attitude rather touching. She had never known an actress to
Speak to and did not quite know how to deal with the predicament in which
She now found herself. The house was not at all grand, a small detached stucco
House in a garden with a laurel hedge, and since the Gosselyns had been for
Some years in India there were great trays of brass ware and brass bowls,
Pieces of Indian embroidery and highly-carved Indian tables. It was cheap
