Julia's brought up their joint capital to seven thousand.
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But the rent of theatres had gone up enormously (
), the salaries of actors ( ; salary
, ) and the wages of stagehands had
increased ( ; wages
), so that the expense of running a theatre (, ,
) was very much greater ( )
than it had been before the war ( ). A sum that would then
have been amply sufficient to start management on (,
) was now inadequate
( //; inadequate ,
). The only thing was to find some rich man ( /
/ ) to go in with them
(// / /) so that a failure or two to begin with (,
) would not drive them from the field (
: ). It was said () that you could
always find a mug in the city ( ) to
write a fat cheque (// ; fat ,
, ) for the production of a play ( ), but
when you came down to business ( ) you discovered
that the main condition was (, )
that the leading part should be played by some pretty lady (
- ) in whom he was interested (
).
enormously [I'nO:mqslI] stagehand ['steIdZhxnd] inadequate [In'xdIkwIt]
cheque [tSek]
But the rent of theatres had gone up enormously, the salaries of actors and the
Wages of stagehands had increased, so that the expense of running a theatre
Was very much greater than it had been before the war. A sum that would
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Then have been amply sufficient to start management on was now inadequate.
The only thing was to find some rich man to go in with them so that a failure
Or two to begin with would not drive them from the field. It was said that you
Could always find a mug in the city to write a fat cheque for the production of
A play, but when you came down to business you discovered that the main
Condition was that the leading part should be played by some pretty lady in
Whom he was interested.
Years before ( ), Michael and Julia had often joked about the rich
old woman ( ) who
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would fall in love with him ( ) and set him up in
management ( ; to set smb. up in business
- , ). He had long since learnt (
: ) that no rich old woman was to be found (
) to set up in management a young
actor (// ) whose wife was an
actress ( ) to whom he was perfectly faithful (
). In the end ( ) the money was
found by a rich woman ( ), and not an
old one either ( ), but who was interested not in him but in Julia
( , ).
joke [dZqVk] faithful ['feITf(q)l] either ['aIDq]
Years before, Michael and Julia had often joked about the rich old woman
Who would fall in love with him and set him up in management. He had long
Since learnt that no rich old woman was to be found to set up in management
A young actor whose wife was an actress to whom he was perfectly faithful. In
