Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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"Do you know where you live (вы знаете, где живете)?" said the guardian of public order, severely (сказал = спросил строго хранитель/блюститель общественного порядка).
George thought, and gave the address (Джордж подумал и дал свой адрес).
"Oh! that's where it is, is it (а, вот это где)?" replied the man; "well, you take my advice and go there quietly (что ж, послушайте моего совета и отправляйтесь туда тихо), and take that watch of yours with you (и заберите с собой ваши часы); and don't let's have any more of it (и больше так не делайте)."
And George went home again, musing as he walked along, and let himself in (и Джордж снова пошел домой,
constable ['knstbl] guardian [':dn]
"Well, and how many did you want it to go?" replied the constable.
"Why, nine," said George, showing his watch.
"Do you know where you live?" said the guardian of public order, severely.
George thought, and gave the address.
"Oh! that's where it is, is it?" replied the man; "well, you take my advice and go there quietly, and take that watch of yours with you; and don't let's have any more of it."
And George went home again, musing as he walked along, and let himself in.
At first, when he got in, he determined to undress and go to bed again (сначала, когда он вошел, он решил раздеться и снова лечь спать); but when he thought of the redressing and re-washing (но когда он подумал о переодевании и переумывании = что придется опять одеваться и умываться), and the having of another bath (и принимать еще раз ванну), he determined he would not, but would sit up and go to sleep in the easy-chair (он решил не делать этого, а сесть и поспать в мягком кресле).
But he could not get to sleep (но он не мог заснуть): he never felt more wakeful in his life (никогда в своей жизни он не чувствовал себя бодрее; wakeful — бодрствующий, неспящий); so he lit the lamp and got out the chess-board, and played himself a game of chess (поэтому он зажег лампу, вытащил шахматную доску и сыграл сам с собой партию; game — игра; партия). But even that did not enliven him: it seemed slow somehow (но даже это не подбодрило его: это, казалось, тянулось как-то медленно; to enliven — оживлять, веселить, воодушевлять; somehow — так или иначе; каким-либо образом, тем или иным образом; как-нибудь, как-то; почему-то); so he gave chess up and tried to read (он бросил шахматы и попытался читать). He did not seem able to take any sort of interest in reading either (видимо, он был не способен хоть как-то заинтересоваться чтением также = чтение тоже было ему неинтересно), so he put on his coat again and went out for a walk (поэтому он снова надел пальто и вышел прогуляться/пройтись).
It was horribly lonesome and dismal (на улице было ужасно пустынно и мрачно), and all the policemen he met regarded him with undisguised suspicion (и все полицейские, которых он встречал, смотрели на его с нескрываемым подозрением; to meet), and turned their lanterns on him and followed him about (и направляли свои фонари на него, и шли за ним по пятам; to follow about — неотступно следовать за кем-либо), and this had such an effect upon him at last (и это так подействовало на него: «оказало на него такое действие» в конце концов) that he began to feel as if he really had done something (что он начал чувствовать себя /так/, будто на самом деле что-то сделал), and he got to slinking down the by-streets and hiding in dark doorways (и он стал красться по переулкам и прятаться в темных подворотнях; to slink — красться, идти крадучись; doorway — дверной проем, пролет; вход) when he heard the regulation flip-flop approaching (когда слышал приближающиеся ритмичные шаги /полицейских/; regulation — регулирование, правило, предписание; flip-flop — шлепающие, шаркающие звуки, «топ-топ»).
enliven [n'lavn] dismal ['dzml] undisguised [,nds'azd]
At first, when he got in, he determined to undress and go to bed again; but when he thought of the redressing and re-washing, and the having of another bath, he determined he would not, but would sit up and go to sleep in the easy-chair.
But he could not get to sleep: he never felt more wakeful in his life; so he lit the lamp and got out the chess-board, and played himself a game of chess. But even that did not enliven him: it seemed slow somehow; so he gave chess up and tried to read. He did not seem able to take any sort of interest in reading either, so he put on his coat again and went out for a walk.
It was horribly lonesome and dismal, and all the policemen he met regarded him with undisguised suspicion, and turned their lanterns on him and followed him about, and this had such an effect upon him at last that he began to feel as if he really had done something, and he got to slinking down the by-streets and hiding in dark doorways when he heard the regulation flip-flop approaching.
Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever (конечно,
He thought he would light the fire when he got inside (он решил зажечь камин, когда попал в дом), and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time (и приготовить себе завтрак, просто чтобы убить время; to pass away — исчезать, проходить; умирать); but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it (но, казалось, он не может взять в руки ничего, начиная от ведерка с углями и заканчивая чайной ложкой, чтобы не уронить или не опрокинуть это; to handle — брать руками, держать в руках; обращаться с; scuttle — металлическое ведерко или ящик для угля), and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear (и /при этом/ он производил такой шум, что смертельно боялся) that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" (что он разбудит миссис Г., она подумает, что это воры, откроет окно и крикнет: «Полиция!»; burglar — вор-взломщик, ночной грабитель) and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him (и эти два сыщика ворвутся в дом, наденут на него наручники; handcuff: hand — рука /кисть/; cuff — манжета; браслет), and march him off to the police-court (и отведут его в полицейский суд; police-court — полицейский суд /рассматривал дела о мелких преступлениях, существовал до 1949 г./).
rout [raut] police-court [p'li:sk:t]
Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever, and they would come and rout him out and ask him what he was doing there; and when he answered, "Nothing," he had merely come out for a stroll (it was then four o'clock in the morning), they looked as though they did not believe him, and two plain-clothes constables came home with him to see if he really did live where he had said he did. They saw him go in with his key, and then they took up a position opposite and watched the house.
He thought he would light the fire when he got inside, and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time; but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it, and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him, and march him off to the police-court.