Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. Театр
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She was inclined, especially among the great, to insist on the fact that her
father had been a vet. She could not quite have explained why, but she felt
that by so doing she put them in their place.
But Charles Tamerley knew (но Чарльз Тэмерли знал) that his wife had
deliberately tried to humiliate the young woman (что его жена намеренно
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пыталась унизить молодую актрису), and angered (и рассердившись), went out
of his way to be nice to her (изо всех сил старался быть милым с ней
/Джулией/; to go out of one's way to do smth. — прилагать все усилия, чтобы
сделать что-либо). He asked her (он спросил у нее) if he might be allowed to
call (можно ли ему навестить ее; to be allowed to do smth. — иметь
разрешение сделать что-либо) and brought her some beautiful flowers (и
преподнес ей прекрасные цветы).
He was then a man of nearly forty (ему тогда было почти сорок: «он был тогда
мужчиной около сорока лет»), with a small head on an elegant body (с
небольшой головой на элегантном теле), not very good-looking (не очень
красивый) but of distinguished appearance (но с аристократической
внешностью; distinguished — известный, выдающийся, изысканный). He
looked very well-bred (он выглядел исключительно хорошо воспитанным),
which indeed he was (каковым он и был на самом деле), and he had exquisite
manners (и обладал уточненными манерами).
deliberately [dI'lIb(q)rItlI] elegant ['elIgqnt] exquisite [Ik'skwIzIt, 'ekskwIzIt]
But Charles Tamerley knew that his wife had deliberately tried to humiliate
the young woman, and angered, went out of his way to be nice to her. He
asked her if he might be allowed to call and brought her some beautiful
flowers.
He was then a man of nearly forty, with a small head on an elegant body, not
very good-looking but of distinguished appearance. He looked very well-bred,
which indeed he was, and he had exquisite manners.
He was an amateur of the arts (он
искусств»; amateur — любитель). He bought modern pictures (он покупал
современные картины) and collected old furniture (и коллекционировал старую
мебель). He was a lover of music (он был любителем музыки) and exceedingly
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well read (и был исключительно начитанным) At first it amused him (поначалу
его это забавляло) to go to the tiny flat off the Buckingham Palace Road (идти в
крошечную квартирку за пределами Бэкингем-палас-роуд) in which these two
young actors lived (в которой жили /эти/ двое молодых актера). He saw that
they were poor (он видел, что они были бедны) and it excited him (и его
возбуждало) to get into touch with what he fondly thought was Bohemia
(прикосновение к тому, что он наивно считал, богемой; to get into touch —
устанавливать контакты, связаться с кем-либо). He came several times (он
приходил несколько раз) and he thought it quite an adventure (и он считал это
настоящим приключением) when they asked him to have a luncheon with them
(когда они просили его с ними отобедать) which was cooked and served
(который готовила и подавала) by a scarecrow of a woman whom they called
Evie (пугало, а не женщина, которую они называли Эви; scarecrow — пугало
на огород, scare — испуг, паника, crow — ворона).
amateur ['xmqt(S)q, 'xmqtq:] exceedingly [Ik'si:dINlI] Bohemia [bqV'hi:mIq]
scarecrow ['skeqkrqV]
He was an amateur of the arts. He bought modern pictures and collected old
furniture. He was a lover of music and exceedingly well read. At first it amused
him to go to the tiny flat off the Buckingham Palace Road in which these two
young actors lived. He saw that they were poor and it excited him to get into touch
with what he fondly thought was Bohemia. He came several times and he thought
it quite an adventure when they asked him to have a luncheon with them which
was cooked and served by a scarecrow of a woman whom they called Evie.
This was life (это была жизнь). He did not pay much attention to Michael (он не
обращал особого внимания на Майкла) who seemed to him, notwithstanding his