Английский язык с Р.Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

Франк Илья

выбору; 'lection = election). I'm cap'n here because I'm the best man by a long

sea-mile (я капитан, потому что я лучший человек на целую милю = на целую

милю лучше вас). You won't fight, as gentlemen o' fortune should (вы не станете

драться, как подобает джентльмену удачи); then, by thunder, you'll obey, and

you may lay to it (тогда, /клянусь/ громом, вы подчинитесь, можете поверить;

to obey — повиноваться)! I like that boy, now (мне нравится этот мальчишка);

I never seen a better boy than that (я

никогда не видел лучшего мальчишку, чем

этот). He's more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house (он больше

мужчина, чем любая пара крыс вроде вас в этом доме = он вдвое

мужественней вас), and what I say is this (и вот что я скажу): let me see him

that'll lay a hand on him (позвольте мне увидеть того, кто положит руку на

него = пусть кто-нибудь только посмеет его тронуть) — that's what I say, and

you may lay to it (вот что я скажу, так и знайте).'

2. There was a long pause after this (наступила долгая пауза после этого). I

stood straight up against the wall (я стоял прямо у стены), my heart still going

like a sledge-hammer (мое сердце все еще стучало, словно кузнечный молот),

but with a ray of hope now shining in my bosom (но теперь в нем сиял =

зародился луч надежды; bosom — пазуха, грудь; сердце, душа). Silver leant

back against the wall, his arms crossed (Сильвер откинулся к стене, скрестив

руки), his pipe in the corner of his mouth (/держа/ свою трубку в углу рта), as

calm as though he had been in church (спокойный, словно был в церкви); yet his

eye kept wandering furtively (и все-таки его глаз продолжал блуждать

украдкой), and he kept the tail of it on his unruly followers (и он продолжал

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держать его уголок на = следил краем глаза за своими неслушными

последователями; to rule — править; управлять). They, on their part, drew

gradually together towards the far end of the block-house (они, со своей стороны,

понемногу отошли вместе в дальний угол блокгауза; to draw — тащить,

перемещать), and the low hiss of their whispering sounded in my ear

continuously, like a stream (и тихое шипение от

их шепота звучало в моих

ушах непрерывно, словно /шум/ потока). One after another, they would look up

(один за другим они оборачивались; to look up — смотреть вверх,

поднимать глаза), and the red light of the torch would fall for a second on their

nervous faces (и красный свет факела падал на миг на их взволнованные

лица); but it was not towards me, it was towards Silver that they turned their eyes

(но не на меня, а на Сильвера они поворачивали глаза = поглядывали).

оbey [q(u)`beI] bosom [`buzqm] church [tSq:tS] furtively [`fq:tIvlI] unruly

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1. 'That's your sort, is it?' he added, returning his pipe to his mouth. 'Well,

you're a gay lot to look at, anyway. Not much worth to fight, you aint. P'r'aps

you can understand King George's English. I'm cap'n here by 'lection. I'm

cap'n here because I'm the best man by a long sea-mile. You won't fight, as

gentlemen o' fortune should; then, by thunder, you'll obey, and you may lay to

it! I like that boy, now; I never seen a better boy than that. He's more a man

than any pair of rats of you in this here house, and what I say is this: let me

see him that'll lay a hand on him — that's what I say, and you may lay to it.'

2. There was a long pause after this. I stood straight up against the wall, my

heart still going like a sledge-hammer, but with a ray of hope now shining in

my bosom. Silver leant back against the wall, his arms crossed, his pipe in the

corner of his mouth, as calm as though he had been in church; yet his eye kept

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wandering furtively, and he kept the tail of it on his unruly followers. They,

on their part, drew gradually together towards the far end of the block-house,