Читаем и переводим: Somerset Maugham "The Luncheon". Part III.

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Part I. (см. слова ранее)

The Luncheon

 I caught sight of her at the play and in answer to her beckoning I went over during the interval and sat down beside her. It was long since I had last seen her and if someone had not mentioned her name I hardly think I would have recognised her. She addressed me brightly.

"Well, it's many years since we first met. How time does fly! We're none of us getting any younger. Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon."

Did I remember?

Part II. (см. слова ранее)

 It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together. She had read a book of mine and had written to me about it.

Part III.

I answered, thanking her, and presently I received from her another letter saying she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me; but her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday; she was spending the morning at the Luxembourg and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot's afterwards?

I answered, thanking her, and presently I received from her another letter saying she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me;

1. answer ['ɑːnsə] - ответ, отвечать;

2. presently ['prezntlɪ] - некоторое время спустя;

3. receive [rɪ'siːv] - получать, приобретать;

4. another [ə'nʌðə] - другой, ещё один (такой же);

5. pass [pɑːs] through [θruː] - пересекать, переходить, миновать;

6. would [wud] likе [laɪk] - хотела бы;

7. chat [ʧæt] - дружеский разговор; беседа.

but her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday; she was spending the morning at the Luxembourg and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot's afterwards?

 1. limited ['lɪmɪtɪd] - ограниченный, лимитированный;

2. only ['əunlɪ] - единственный;

3. free [friː] - свободный, вольный;

4. following ['fɔləuɪŋ] - следующее;

5. Thursday ['θɜːzdɪ] - четверг;

6. spend [spend] - проводить;

7. morning ['mɔːnɪŋ] - утро; первая половина дня;

8. give [gɪv] - дарить, давать;

9. little ['lɪtl] - маленький, небольшой;

10. afterwards ['ɑːftəwədz] - впоследствии, позднее, позже.

Читаем и переводим: Somerset Maugham "The Luncheon". Part 4.

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