VII. (I don't much like to confess this last item, but I will (мне не очень хочется признаваться в этом последнем пункте, но я призн'aюсь;
leather ['leDq], recitation ["resI'teIS(q)n], manuscript ['mxnjVskrIpt], synonym ['sInqnIm]
Do you want to know what I bought with my money?
I. A silver watch in a leather case to wear on my wrist and get me to recitations in time.
II. Matthew Arnold's poems.
III. A hot water bottle.
IV. A steamer rug. (My tower is cold.)
V. Five hundred sheets of yellow manuscript paper. (I'm going to commence being an author pretty soon.)
VI. A dictionary of synonyms. (To enlarge the author's vocabulary.)
VII. (I don't much like to confess this last item, but I will.) A pair of silk stockings.
And now, Daddy, never say I don't tell all (так вот, Папочка, никогда не говорите, что я не рассказываю вам обо всем/что я не все говорю)!
It was a very low motive (это был очень низменный мотив;
To recapitulate (подводя итог;
cross-legged ["krOs'legd], couch [kaVtS], creature ['kri:tSq], recapitulate ["ri:kq'pItjVleIt]
And now, Daddy, never say I don't tell all!
It was a very low motive, if you must know it, that prompted the silk stockings. Julia Pendleton comes into my room to do geometry, and she sits cross-legged on the couch and wears silk stockings every night. But just wait — as soon as she gets back from vacation I shall go in and sit on her couch in my silk stockings. You see, Daddy, the miserable creature that I am but at least I'm honest; and you knew already, from my asylum record, that I wasn't perfect, didn't you?
To recapitulate (that's the way the English instructor begins every other sentence), I am very much obliged for my seven presents.