Amusement by seeing how much he could swallow. She laid it on with a trowel.
But now she looked more often at his straight thin-lipped mouth. It grew
Meaner as he grew older, and by the time he was an old man it would be no
More than a cold hard line. His thrift, which in the early days had seemed an
Amusing, rather touching trait, now revolted her.
When people were in trouble ( : ), and on
the stage they too often are ( : ),
they got sympathy and kind friendly words from Michael (
), but very little cash (
220
//). He looked upon himself as devilish generous (
: , , ) when he parted
with a guinea ( ), and a five-pound note was to him
the extreme of lavishness (
). He had soon discovered ( ) that Julia
ran the house extravagantly (
: ; to run the house ), and
insisting that he wanted to save her trouble (, ,
; to save smb. the trouble of doing smth. -
-) took the matter in his own hands
( ). After that ( ) nothing was
wasted ( ). Every penny was accounted for (
: ). Julia wondered (
) why servants stayed with them ( :
). They did because Michael was so nice to them (
, ). With his hearty, jolly, affable manner
(: , , ) he made them
anxious to please him (
; to please , , ),
and the cook shared his satisfaction (
) when she had found a butcher ( )
from whom they could get meat a penny a pound cheaper than elsewhere (
,
).
sympathy ['sImpqTI] generous ['dZen(q)rqs] guinea ['gInI] affable ['xfqb(q)l]
When people were in trouble, and on the stage they too often are, they got
Sympathy and kind friendly words from Michael, but very little cash. He
