Английский язык с Эдвардом Лиром. Книга бессмыслицы

Франк Илья

Every evening in June,

That ecstatic Old Person in Tring.

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There was an Old Man on some rocks (на одних скалах),

Who shut his wife up in a box (захлопнул его жену в коробке);

When she said, 'Let me out! (выпусти меня)'

He exclaimed (воскликнул), 'Without doubt (без сомнения),

You will pass all your life (проведешь всю твою жизнь) in that box.'

There was an Old Man on some rocks,

Who shut his wife up in a box;

When she said, 'Let me out!'

He exclaimed, 'Without doubt,

You will pass all your life in that box.'

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There was an Old Man of Coblenz ([город в Германии]),

The length of whose legs was immense (длина ног которого была

колоссальна: «неизмерима»);

He went with one prance (от шел с одним скачком)

From Turkey to France,

That surprising Old Man of Coblenz (удивительный).

There was an Old Man of Coblenz,

The length of whose legs was immense;

He went with one prance

From Turkey to France,

That surprising Old Man of Coblenz.

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There was an Old Man of Calcutta,

Who perpetually ate bread and butter (беспрестанно

ел хлеб и масло),

Till a great bit of muffin (пока огромный кусок сдобы),

On which he was stuffing (которым он запихивал /в себя/),

Choked (задушила) that horrid Old Man of Calcutta (ужасного,

отвратительного).

There was an Old Man of Calcutta,

Who perpetually ate bread and butter,

Till a great bit of muffin,

On which he was stuffing,

Choked that horrid Old Man of Calcutta.

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There was Old Man in a pew (в отгороженном месте в церкви, в кафедре),

Whose waistcoat was spotted with blue (жилетка «запятнана синим» = в

синюю точку);

But he tore it in pieces (но он разорвал ее на куски)

To give to his nieces (чтобы отдать его племянницам),

That cheerful Old Man in a pew (неунывающий).

There was Old Man in a pew,

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Whose waistcoat was spotted with blue;