She instinctively loosened her grip on him and put her own hand up to her
Cheek, for he had hurt her. She burst out crying.
"You brute. You rotten hound to hit a woman."
"You put that where the monkey put the nuts, dearie. Didn't you know that
when a woman hits me I always hit back?"
"I didn't hit you."
"You damned near throttled me."
"You deserved it. Oh, my God, I'd like to kill you."
"Now sit down, duckie (-, , : ), and I'll give you
a drop of Scotch ( : ; Scotch
; , ) to pull you together (
/ /: = ). And then you
can tell me all about it ( / /)."
Julia looked round ( ) for a big chair (
) into which she could conveniently sink (
).
"Christ, the place is like a pigsty (, ; pig
). Why the hell (, ) don't you get a charwoman in (
)?"
With an angry gesture ( ) she swept the books on to the floor
( ; to sweep (swept) , , )
from an armchair ( ), threw herself in it ( ), and
began to cry in earnest ( ; in earnest ,
). He poured her out a stiff dose of whisky (
; stiff , , / /,
/ /), added a drop of soda (
), and made her drink it ( //).
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"Now what's all this Tosca stuff about ( , -
)?"
Scotch [skPtS] conveniently [kqn'vi:nIqntlI] charwoman ['tSQ:"wVmqn]
"Now sit down, duckie, and I'll give you a drop of Scotch to pull you together.
And then you can tell me all about it."
Julia looked round for a big chair into which she could conveniently sink.
"Christ, the place is like a pigsty. Why the hell don't you get a charwoman
in?"
With an angry gesture she swept the books on to the floor from an armchair,
Threw herself in it, and began to cry in earnest. He poured her out a stiff dose
Of whisky, added a drop of soda, and made her drink it.
"Now what's all this Tosca stuff about?"
"Michael's going to America ( )."
"Is he ( )?"
She wrenched herself away from the arm ( :
- ) he had round her shoulder (
: ).
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"How could you ( )? How could you?"
"I had nothing to do with it ( ; to have
nothing to do with )."
"That's a lie ( ). I suppose ( ) you didn't even know (
) that filthy American manager (
) was in Middlepool ( ). Of course () it's your
doing ( ; doing , , , ,
). You did it deliberately ( ) to separate us
( )."
"Oh, dearie (, ), you're doing me an injustice (
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; to do smb. an injustice -
). In point of fact ( - ) I don't mind telling you (
) that I said to him ( ) he could have anyone
in the company ( ) he liked (
) with the one exception of Michael Gosselyn (
// )."
America [q'merIkq] wrench [rentS] filthy ['fIlTI] injustice [In'dZAstIs]
"Michael's going to America."
"Is he?"
