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[English]

I'm so looking forward to seeing your

mother again when I'm with her I'm

reminded of the virtues of the English

but isn't she American

exactly are you saying he's justified in

stealing my possessions or do you not

believe he took them I'm saying you put

too much importance and material objects

and not enough on Justice oh

really I wonder you don't just set fire

to the Abby and dance around it painted

with wood and Howling would you think I

might have a drink oh say S I thought

you were a

waiter I don't understand no if you wish

to understand things you must come out

from behind your Prejudice and listen

why must she be so Savage it's my broken

heart and it was her advice that wrecked

it in the first place classic Ros and

she's never more righteous than when

she's in the wrong why the lamentation

you don't have to see him if you don't

want what you make it sound so easy

there's nothing simpler than avoiding

people you don't like avoiding one's

friends that's the real test have you

come for dinner oh no I'm dressed quite

wrongly and I know you have a guest I

doubt Mr Travis as much of a eye for

fashion what did you keep up with them

oh I'm afraid not no an unlucky friend

is charome enough an unlucky

acquaintance is

intolerable you're all

heart if she's fighting for her causes

again that seems a good sign a sign of

what that we should close the shutters

and Bar the Door what do you mean a

man's opened to Colony in Essex not that

sort of colony mamama it's for people

who want to take all their clothes off

in

Essex isn't it terribly damn would that

make a difference oh yes if you had no

clothes well I think it's a mad

idea oh really it's like living in a

second rate hotel where the guests keep

arriving and no one seems to

leave do you think Robert has thrown in

the towel prematurely

good Heavens what am I sitting on uh

swivel chair oh another modern brain

wave not very modern they were invented

by Thomas Jefferson why does every day

involve a fight with an American I'll

fetch a different one no no no no I'm a

good sailor Mary won't take Matthew

Crawley so we'd better get her settled

before the bloom is quite gone off the

roads is the family an old

one older than yours I imagine if I'm

going to the theer then I ought to

change yes I

should Sprat I have told you before I do

not appreciate a man of mystery if you

have something to say say it there's no

logic in it oh no but if I were to

search for logic I should not look for

it among the English upper cloths I was

only going to say that cibil is entitled

to her opinions no she isn't until she

is married than her husband usband will

tell her what her opinions are oh cranny

you see I have no wish to be a great

lady no a decision that must be

reinforced whenever you look in the

glass how did they survive as servants

and taxi drivers Millers and prostitutes

anything they could lay their hand to I

will not suggest which of those callings

the princess kuragan was most sued well

it is very hard you're addressing your

mother not the committee of the woman's

Institute I can take you for a walk if

you like why would I want to

walk poor Dr Clarkson oh what has he

done to deserve that

termagant well shall I'll pretend it I

told her to take him your quarrel is

with my daughter rosand not me so put

that in your pipe and smoke

it would happen to a foreign was typical

don't be

ridiculous I'm not being ridiculous no

Englishman would dream of dying in

someone else's house sorry but if Dr

Clarkson needs Free Labor I'd prefer him

not to find it in my Nursery but cibil

isn't in the nursery no in case you had

noticed she hasn't been there for some

time you know what I mean well no not

really you can't pretend it's not

respectable when every day we're treated

to pictures of queens and princesses in

red cross uniform ladling soup down the

throat of some unfortunate but CA won't

be ladling soup she'll have to witness

unimaginable Horrors when she's an

innocent her innocence will protect her

yeah for once I agree with cousin

Isabelle what's this Edith has had an

invitation to write a newspaper

column when may she expect an offer to

appear on the London stage I'm studying

my lady These Days A working woman must

have a skill but you you seem to have so

many think of the child you cannot want

your only granddaughter to grow up in a

garage with that drunken

gorilla she looks like a oh heavens

that's not a word you often hear among

the Heather shall I change no don't

bother it's only us and who are we to

Warrant any courtesy I really think you

should go to bed no bride wants to look

tired at her wedding either means she's

anxious or been up to no good I won't

sleep a wink tonight or tomorrow civil

vulgarity is no substitute for wit well

you started

it we'd better go in without her or it's

not fair on Mrs patmore oh is her

cooking so precisely timed you couldn't

tell this room is so pretty has the

house always been the painswick London

home there's no always about the pain

wigs my dear they were invented from

scratch by my son-in-law's grandfather

father we bought the house when we were

married you make Mr painswick sound

rather a rough diamond lady Grom maduk

wasn't a rough diamond was he mama no he

was just cut and Polished comparatively

recently why don't I drive you she's

taking enough chance with her life as it

is oh granny well I'm going up to London

to stay with Rosman for a day or two I

think we'll have levinia for tea you

sound as if you're going to gobble her

up if any we could

I've left space at the front for Jewels

I know lvia is getting something from

Papa and for me though she's so slight a

real necklace would flatten

her what should we call each

other well we could always start with

Mrs Crawley and Lady Grandam I thought

you didn't like

him so what I have plenty of friends I

don't like well prepare yourself for the

worst not the first page

my poor niece never uses one word when

20 will

do sorry about the vase oh don't be

don't be it was a wedding present from a

frightful Aunt I have hated it for half

a

century I suppose you agree with Robert

then not for the first time you suppose

wrongly oh dear I'm afraid the war has

made old women of us both oh I wouldn't

say that but then I always keep out of

the sun yeah how' you find D on your

return much the same really probably too

much the same but then I don't want to

cast a PA over all the happiness how

could you ever do

that oh you two are dressed for a

barbecue and I feel like a Chicago

Bootlegger I don't even know what that

means but it sounds almost as peculiar

as you look what about me where am I to

go we still own most of the village oh

perhaps I could open a shop what you

like but I know you care about these

things as much as I do nobody cares

about anything as much as you do is this

your first experience of jazz lady

Granton oh is that what it

is do you think any of them know what

the others are

playing you'll be rewarded in

heaven the sooner the better I feel

rather guilty about leaving Isabelle

behind why she brought a book with her

that should keep her occupied how about

some House Parties she's been asked to

one next month by Lady an mcna was a

terrible idea she doesn't know anyone

under a 100 I might send her over to

visit my aunt she could get to know New

York oh I don't think things are quite

that desperate no don't worry about that

I can handle her

really well if you can you must have

learned to very recently please don't

think we're ungrateful for your

enthusiasm Mrs Crawley but

there comes a time when things are best

left of the

professionals is it an Irish tradition

what she means not changing of course it

isn't granny it might have been you

didn't change on the first night of a

voyage are you going up to the house to

welcome the Queen of Sheba oh I think so

rosand has no interest in French if she

wishes to be understood by a foreigner

she shouts that's not fair I think she's

splendid

I think she's

cracked oh what on Earth the matter I'm

leaving in the morning lady Grom I doubt

we'll meet again do you

promise can I do it if you wish my lady

of course I don't know are you are you

ready that all yes my

lady thought you might have been walking

on stills

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
justified /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪd/ B2	adjective - having a reasonable basis or justification
possessions /pəˈzeʃənz/ A2	noun - items owned by someone
importance /ɪmˈpɔːrtəns/ A2	noun - the state or quality of being significant
material /məˈtɪəriəl/ A2	adjective - relating to physical substances
Justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/ A1	noun - fairness and moral rightness
Prejudice /ˈpredʒʊdɪs/ B1	noun - preconceived opinion not based on reason
Savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/ A2	adjective - fierce, violent, or uncivilized
righteous /ˈraɪtʃəs/ B1	adjective - morally right or justifiable
lamentation /ˌlæmənˈteɪʃən/ B2	noun - expression of grief or sorrow
intolerable /ɪnˈtɒlərəbl/ B2	adjective - unbearable or impossible to tolerate
shutters /ˈʃʌtərz/ A2	noun - covers for windows or doors
Bar /bɑːr/ A1	verb - to prevent or block entry
Colony /ˈkɒləni/ A2	noun - a group of people living in a new territory
prematurely /prɪˈmætʃəˌrɪli/ B2	adverb - before the usual or expected time
swivel /ˈswɪvəl/ B1	noun - a pivot allowing rotational movement
bloom /bluːm/ A2	noun - a flower, especially when flourishing
Sprat /spræt/ B1	noun - a small silvery fish
cibil /ˈsɪbɪl/ C1	noun - a character or person in the context of the lyrics (specific to the song)
kuragan /kʊˈrɑːɡən/ C2	noun - a specific character or term in the context of the lyrics (specific to the song)
termagant /ˈtɜːrməɡənt/ C1	noun - a violent or bad-tempered woman

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm so looking forward to seeing your mother again.

  ➔ look forward to + gerund

  ➔ The phrase "looking forward to" is always followed by a gerund, so we say "looking forward to "seeing" your mother".

• But isn't she American?

  ➔ negative question with auxiliary "is"

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "is" is placed before the subject to form a negative question: "isn't" + subject + complement.

• If you wish to understand things, you must come out from behind your prejudice and listen.

  ➔ first conditional (if + present simple, must + base verb)

  ➔ "If" introduces a possible situation ("wish to understand"); the result clause uses the modal "must" to express strong obligation: "you "must" come out...".

• There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like.

  ➔ comparative structure with "nothing + adjective + than + gerund"

  ➔ "nothing" is the subject, followed by the comparative adjective "simpler" and the phrase "than" + gerund "avoiding".

• I doubt Mr. Travis has an eye for fashion.

  ➔ "doubt" + that‑clause (present simple)

  ➔ "I "doubt" that Mr. Travis "has" an eye for fashion" – after "doubt" we use a that‑clause with the present simple.

• Do you think Robert has thrown in the towel prematurely?

  ➔ present perfect (has + past participle)

  ➔ "has thrown" is the present perfect, showing an action that was completed at an unspecified time before now.

• The guests keep arriving and no one seems to leave.

  ➔ "keep + verb‑ing" for repeated actions; "seems to + verb" for perception

  ➔ "keep" is followed by the gerund "arriving" to show a continuous/repeated action; "seems" is followed by the infinitive "to leave" to express a perception.

• She hasn't been there for some time.

  ➔ present perfect negative + "for" + time period

  ➔ "hasn't been" is the negative present perfect; "for some time" indicates the duration of the situation.

• I should have told you before I do not appreciate a man of mystery.

  ➔ modal perfect "should have + past participle" for regret

  ➔ "should have told" uses the modal perfect to talk about something that was expected but did not happen; it expresses regret.