Meanwhile ( ) it was convenient ( ) to have the
house near Guildford ( ) to go to whenever they
wished (/ / , ). It saved the expense (
) of having a country house of their own (
; country ,
). The third play was a winner (
: ), and Michael did not hesitate ( :
) to point out how right he had been ( ,
). He spoke as though ( , ) he was directly responsible
for its success ( // :
). Julia could almost have wished
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( ) that it had failed like the others ( //
: ) in order to take him down a peg or
two ( ; to take smb. down a peg or two
-, , peg , ). For his
conceit was outrageous (
). Of course you had to admit ( )
that he had a sort of cleverness, shrewdness rather ( ,
), but he was not nearly so clever as he thought himself
( , ). There was
nothing ( ) in which he did not think ( ) that
he knew better than anybody else ( , ).
As time went on ( ; to go on , / /)
he began to act less frequently ( : ). He
found himself much more interested in management ( ,
; to be interested in smth.
-, ).
"I want to run my theatre ( ) in as business-like
way as a city office (-, , , //
)," he said.
hesitate ['hezIteIt] conceit [kqn'si:t] cleverness ['klevqnIs]
Meanwhile it was convenient to have the house near Guildford to go to
Whenever they wished. It saved the expense of having a country house of their
Own. The third play was a winner, and Michael did not hesitate to point out
How right he had been. He spoke as though he was directly responsible for its
Success. Julia could almost have wished that it had failed like the others in
Order to take him down a peg or two. For his conceit was outrageous. Of
Course you had to admit that he had a sort of cleverness, shrewdness rather,
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But he was not nearly so clever as he thought himself. There was nothing in
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Which he did not think that he knew better than anybody else.
As time went on he began to act less frequently. He found himself much more
Interested in management.
"I want to run my theatre in as business-like way as a city office," he said.
And he felt ( ) that he could more profitably spend his evenings
( ), when Julia was
acting ( / /), by going to outlying theatres
( ; outlying ,
, ) and trying to find talent (
: ). He kept a little book (
) in which he made a note (
) of every actor who seemed to show promise ( ,
, , ; promise , ,
). Then he had taken to directing ( ; to
direct , , ). It had always grizzled him
( ) that directors should ask so much money (
) for rehearsing a play (
: ), and of late ( ) some of them
( ) had even insisted on a percentage on the gross (
// :
). At last an occasion came ( , )
when the two directors Julia liked best ( ,
) were engaged ( // ) and the only other
one she trusted ( : ,
) was acting ( ) and thus could not give them all his
time (, , :
).
profitably ['prOfItqblI] grizzle ['grIz(q)l] insist [In'sIst] percentage [pq'sentIdZ]
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