Английский язык с Р.Л.Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ (ASCII-IPA)
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I pulled in hand over hand on the cord (я карабкался проворно: «рука над рукой» по веревке; to pull in — втягивать, втаскивать, загребать), and, when I judged myself near enough (и когда решил, что /нахожусь/ достаточно близко; to judge — судить, решать, оценивать), rose at infinite risk to about half my height (приподнялся, сильно рискуя: «при бесконечном риске» примерно в половину своего роста), and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin (и таким образом увидел крышу = потолок и часть внутреннего убранства каюты; to command — владеть, иметь в расположении, давать обзор; slice — ломтик, ломоть; часть; доля; to slice — резать ломтиками или слоями, нарезать).
By this time the schooner and her little consort were gliding pretty swiftly through the water (к
сuriosity [kjuqrI`OsItI] infinite [`InfInIt] innumerable [I`njHmqrqbl] incessant [In`sesqnt] sufficient [sq`fISqnt] unsteady [An`stedI] wrestle [`resl] throat [Trqut]
Why I should have done so I can hardly say. It was at first mere instinct; but once I had it in my hands and found it fast, curiosity began to get the upper hand, and I determined I should have one look through the cabin window.
I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and, when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height, and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin.
By this time the schooner and her little consort were gliding pretty swiftly through the water; indeed, we had already fetched up level with the camp fire. The ship was talking, as sailors say, loudly, treading the innumerable ripples with an incessant weltering splash; and until I got my eye above the window-sill I could not comprehend why the watchmen had taken no alarm. One glance, however, was sufficient; and it was only one glance that I durst take from that unsteady skiff. It showed me Hands and his companion locked together in deadly wrestle, each with a hand upon the other’s throat.
I dropped upon the thwart again (я опустился на скамью снова; to drop on — натолкнуться, случайно найти), none too soon, for I was near overboard (совсем не так скоро, потому что я почти упал за борт = чуть не перевернул челнок). I could see nothing for the moment but these two furious, encrimsoned faces (я не мог видеть в ту минуту /больше/ ничего, кроме = перед глазами стояли эти два свирепых, налитых кровью лица), swaying together under the smoky lamp (качавшихся под коптящей лампой); and I shut my eyes to let them grow once more familiar with the darkness (я закрыл глаза, чтобы дать им снова привыкнуть к темноте; to grow familiar with — освоиться).
The endless ballad had come to an end at last (бесконечная баллада прекратилась: «пришла к концу» наконец), and the whole diminished company about the camp fire (и вся поредевшая компания у костра; to diminish — уменьшаться, сокращать) had broken into the chorus I had heard so often (запела хором /песню/, которую я слышал так часто): —
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest (пятнадцатьfamiliar [fq`mIlIq] ballad [`bxlqd] diminished [dI`mInISt] chorus [`kLrqs]
I dropped upon the thwart again, none too soon, for I was near overboard. I could see nothing for the moment but these two furious, encrimsoned faces, swaying together under the smoky lamp; and I shut my eyes to let them grow once more familiar with the darkness.
The endless ballad had come to an end at last, and the whole diminished company about the camp fire had broken into the chorus I had heard so often: —
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”I was just thinking how busy drink and the devil were at that very moment in the cabin of the Hispaniola (я размышлял о том, какими деятельными питье и дьявол были = что вытворяют сейчас ром и дьявол в каюте Испаньолы), where I was surprised by a sudden lurch of the coracle (и здесь я удивился внезапному крену челнока; to lurch — крениться; подвергаться килевой качке). At the same moment she yawed sharply and seemed to change her course (в тот же миг она /шхуна/ резко двинулась в сторону и, кажется, изменила курс; to yaw — рыскать, отклоняться от курса). The speed in the meantime had strangely increased (скорость /течения/, между тем, необыкновенно увеличилась).
I opened my eyes at once (я сразу же открыл глаза). All round me were little ripples (вокруг меня были маленькие волны), combing over with a sharp, bristling sound and slightly phosphorescent (пенясь с резким, острым звуком = шипением и слегка светящиеся; to comb — расчесывать, чесать, мять, трепать). The Hispaniola herself, a few yards in whose wake I was still being whirled along (сама Испаньола, в кильватере которой в нескольких ярдах меня все еще кружило); wake — кильватерная струя, попутный след), seemed to stagger in her course (казалось, колебалась в своем курсе; to stagger — шататься, колебаться), and I saw her spars toss a little against the blackness of the night (и я видел, как ее мачты немного кренились в темном небе: «напротив черноты ночи»; to toss — бросать, метать, ворочать, качать; spar — /мор./ рангоутное дерево); nay, as I looked longer, I made sure she also was wheeling to the southward (более того, чем дольше я смотрел, /тем больше/ убеждался, что она к тому же поворачивается к югу).
lurch [lq:tS] yawed [jLd] slightly [`slaItlI] phosphorescent [fOsfq`resnt]
I was just thinking how busy drink and the devil were at that very moment in the cabin of the Hispaniola, where I was surprised by a sudden lurch of the coracle. At the same moment she yawed sharply and seemed to change her course. The speed in the meantime had strangely increased.
I opened my eyes at once. All round me were little ripples, combing over with a sharp, bristling sound and slightly phosphorescent. The Hispaniola herself, a few yards in whose wake I was still being whirled along, seemed to stagger in her course, and I saw her spars toss a little against the blackness of the night; nay, as I looked longer, I made sure she also was wheeling to the southward.