Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки (ASCII-IPA)
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darted ['dA:tId] enemy ['en@mI]
She said that the people at the Stores had no right to allow great savage things like those other dogs to be put with respectable people's dogs, and that she had a great mind to summon somebody.
Such is the nature of fox-terriers; and, therefore, I do not blame Montmorency for his tendency to row with cats; but he wished he had not given way to it that morning.
We were, as I have said, returning from a dip, and half-way up the High Street a cat darted out from one of the houses in front of us, and began to trot across the road. Montmorency gave a cry of joy — the cry of a stern warrior who sees his enemy given over to his hands — the sort of cry Cromwell might have uttered when the Scots came down the hill — and flew after his prey.
His victim was a large black Tom (его
Montmorency went for that poor cat at the rate of twenty miles an hour (Монморенси приближался к этому бедному коту со скоростью двадцать миль в час; to go for — идти за /чем-либо/; стремиться; нападать, набрасываться); but the cat did not hurry up — did not seem to have grasped the idea that its life was in danger (но кот не торопился — казалось, он не схватил мысль = не понимал, что его жизнь в опасности). It trotted quietly on until its would-be assassin was within a yard of it (он продолжал спокойно идти рысцой, пока его потенциальный/вероятный убийца не оказался в ярде от него), and then it turned round and sat down in the middle of the road (и тогда он повернулся и сел посреди дороги), and looked at Montmorency with a gentle, inquiring expression, that said (и посмотрел на Монморенси с легким вопрошающим выражением, которое говорило):
"Yes! You want me (вам нужен я/чем могу помочь)?"
Montmorency does not lack pluck (не испытывает недостатка в смелости; pluck — рывок; ливер; смелость, отвага); but there was something about the look of that cat that might have chilled the heart of the boldest dog (но во внешности этого кота было что-то такое, что могло бы остудить мужество самого бесстрашного пса; heart — сердце; душа; отвага, мужество). He stopped abruptly, and looked back at Tom (он резко остановился и тоже посмотрел на кота).
sinewy ['sInju:I] assassin [@'s&sIn]
His victim was a large black Tom. I never saw a larger cat, nor a more disreputable-looking cat. It had lost half its tail, one of its ears, and a fairly appreciable proportion of its nose. It was a long, sinewy-looking animal. It had a calm, contented air about it.
Montmorency went for that poor cat at the rate of twenty miles an hour; but the cat did not hurry up — did not seem to have grasped the idea that its life was in danger. It trotted quietly on until its would-be assassin was within a yard of it, and then it turned round and sat down in the middle of the road, and looked at Montmorency with a gentle, inquiring expression, that said:
"Yes! You want me?"
Montmorency does not lack pluck; but there was something about the look of that cat that might have chilled the heart of the boldest dog. He stopped abruptly, and looked back at Tom.
Neither spoke (ни
THE CAT: "Can I do anything for you (могу я что-нибудь сделать для вас)?"
MONTMORENCY: "No — no, thanks (нет, спасибо)."
THE CAT: "Don't you mind speaking, if you really want anything, you know (не стесняйтесь, говорите, если вам действительно что-нибудь нужно)."
MONTMORENCY (backing down the High Street) (отступая по главной улице): "Oh, no — not at all — certainly — don't you trouble (о нет, вовсе нет, конечно, не беспокойтесь). I — I am afraid I've made a mistake (я… боюсь, я допустил ошибку). I thought I knew you (мне показалось, что я вас знаю). Sorry I disturbed you (простите, что побеспокоил)."
THE CAT: "Not at all — quite a pleasure (вовсе нет — рад служить; pleasure — удовольствие, наслаждение). Sure you don't want anything, now (уверены, что вам ничего не нужно)?"
Neither spoke; but the conversation that one could imagine was clearly as follows:—
THE CAT: "Can I do anything for you?"
MONTMORENCY: "No — no, thanks."
THE CAT: "Don't you mind speaking, if you really want anything, you know."
MONTMORENCY (backing down the High Street): "Oh, no — not at all — certainly — don't you trouble. I — I am afraid I've made a mistake. I thought I knew you. Sorry I disturbed you."
THE CAT: "Not at all — quite a pleasure. Sure you don't want anything, now?"
MONTMORENCY (still backing) (по-прежнему отступая): "Not at all, thanks — not at all — very kind of you (ничего, спасибо, очень любезно с вашей стороны). Good morning (всего доброго; good morning — доброе утро; здравия желаю)."
THE CAT: "Good-morning."
Then the cat rose, and continued his trot (потом кот поднялся и продолжил быстрый шаг = пошел дальше; to rise); and Montmorency, fitting what he calls his tail carefully into its groove (Монморенси, пряча то, что он называет своим хвостом, в его = соответствующую выемку; to fit into — умещать, втискивать; groove — желобок, паз, вырез; углубление), came back to us, and took up an unimportant position in the rear (вернулся к нам и занял незаметную: «неважную» позицию в тылу).
To this day, if you say the word "Cats!" to Montmorency (и по сей день, если вы скажете Монморенси слово «Кошки!»), he will visibly shrink and look up piteously at you, as if to say (он заметно вздрогнет и посмотрит жалобно на вас, словно говоря):
"Please don't (пожалуйста, не надо)."
unimportant [,VnIm'pO:t(@)nt] piteously ['pItI@slI]
MONTMORENCY (still backing): "Not at all, thanks — not at all — very kind of you. Good morning."