clear or a round of golf for which he needed a steady eye. Julia made him
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frantic scenes.
She was jealous of his friends at the Green Room Club (она ревновала его к
друзьям из «Клуба Грин Рум» (Зеленая комната = Артистическое фойе);
took him away from her (ревновала к играм, которые забирали его от нее), and
jealous of the men's luncheons (/и/ ревновала к ланчам в мужской компании: «к
мужским ланчам») he went to under the pretext (на которые он ходил под тем
предлогом) that he must cultivate people (что он должен поддерживать дружбу
с людьми;
might be useful to them (которые могли бы быть полезными им). It infuriated
her (/это/ приводило ее в ярость) that when she worked herself up (что когда
она доводила себя;
he should sit there quite calmly (он /обычно/ сидел /там/ совершенно
спокойно), with his hands crossed (со скрещенными руками: «с его руками
скрещенными») and a good-humoured smile on his handsome face (и
добродушной улыбкой на его красивом лице), as though she were merely
making herself ridiculous (как если бы она просто вела себя глупо;
pretext ['pri:tekst] cultivate ['kAltIveIt] ridiculous [rI'dIkjVlqs]
She was jealous of his friends at the Green Room Club, jealous of the games
that took him away from her, and jealous of the men's luncheons he went to
under the pretext that he must cultivate people who might be useful to them.
It infuriated her that when she worked herself up into a passion of tears he
should sit there quite calmly, with his hands crossed and a good-humoured
smile on his handsome face, as though she were merely making herself
ridiculous.
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"You don't think (ты же не думаешь) I'm running after any other woman (что я
бегаю за другой женщиной), do you (так ведь)?" he asked (спросил он).
"How do I know (откуда мне знать)? It's quite obvious (/это/ совершенно
очевидно) that you don't care two straws for me (что я тебе совершенно
безразлична: «что ты совершенно не интересуешься мной»;
"You know (ты /же/ знаешь) you're the only woman in the world for me (/что/ ты
единственная женщина в мире для меня)."
"My God (Боже мой)!"
"I don't know what you want (я не знаю, что ты хочешь)."
"I want love (я хочу любви). I thought I'd married the handsomest man in England
(я думала, что я вышла замуж за самого красивого мужчину в Англии) and
I've married a tailor's dummy (а я вышла замуж за манекена;
"Don't be so silly (не будь такой глупой). I'm just the ordinary normal
Englishman (я просто обычный нормальный англичанин). I'm not an Italian
organ-grinder (я не /какой-нибудь/ итальянский шарманщик;
obvious ['ObvIqs] straw [strO:] dummy ['dAmI] organ-grinder ['O:gqn"graIndq]
"You don't think I'm running after any other woman, do you?" he asked.
"How do I know? It's quite obvious that you don't care two straws for me."
"You know you're the only woman in the world for me."
"My God!"
"I don't know what you want."
"I want love. I thought I'd married the handsomest man in England and I've
married a tailor's dummy."