16. /ɜː/ (как в слове girl)

1

– What does Irvine do?
– I’m not certain. But he earns a lot. He has money to burn.
– And Bernard?
– Oh, I prefer Bernard, of course, but...
– What a superb fur coat, by the way?
– As I say, I prefer Bernard, of course, but...
– And what beautiful pearls!



2

– Sh! There's a burglar behind the curtain!
– Are you certain, Bertha?
– Don’t disturb him! He might hurt us – or worse, he might even murder us!
– But are you perfectly certain it’s a burglar?
– Perfectly. Only a burglar would hide behind a curtain in that way.
– Oh, Bertha – do you remember Percy Turner?
– Sh! Gertrude! We’re not the girls we were thirty years ago, you know.