Английский язык с Р.Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

Франк Илья

coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds (с приглушенным криком рулевой

ослабил хватку = выпустил из рук ванты), and plunged head first into the water

(и нырнул головой вперед в воду).

mariner [`mxrInq] conceited [kqn`sJtId] volition [vq`lISn] grasp [grRsp]

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1. 'Jim,' says he, 'I reckon we're fouled, you and me, and we'll have to sign

articles. I'd have had you but for that there lurch: but I don't have no luck,

not I; and I reckon I'll have to strike, which comes hard, you see, for a master

mariner to a ship's younker like you, Jim.'

2. I was drinking in his words and smiling away, as conceited as a cock upon a

wall, when, all in a breath, back went his right hand over his shoulder.

Something sang like an arrow through the air; I felt a blow and then a sharp

pang, and there I was pinned by the shoulder to the mast. In the horrid pain

and surprise of the moment — I scarce can say it was by my own volition, and

I am sure it was without a conscious aim — both my pistols went off, and both

escaped out of my hands. They did not fall alone; with a choked cry, the

coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds, and plunged head first into the

water.

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Chapter XXVII (глава 27)

'Pieces of Eight' (пиастры; piece of eight —

песо / испанская монета в восемь

реалов/)

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OWING to the cant of the vessel (из-за накренения судна; owing to — по

причине, вследствие; to owe — быть должным /кому-л./; быть в долгу /перед

кем-л./; быть обязанным), the masts hung far out over the water (мачты нависли

прямо над водой; far out — далеко наружу), and from my perch on the cross-

trees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay (и под моим насестом на

салинге не было ничего, кроме поверхности /воды/ бухты; perch — жердь,

насест). Hands, who was not so far up (Хендс, который был не так высоко =

взобрался ниже меня), was, in consequence, nearer to the ship (был в результате

/этого/ ближе к кораблю), and fell between me and the bulwarks (и упал /в воду/