Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. Театр
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very sympathetic (он был полон сочувствия). He told her that after dinner (он
сказал ей, что после обеда) he would go along the train (он пройдется по
поезду) and see for himself if something could not be arranged (и сам посмотрит,
что
улажено»; to see for oneself — убедиться в чем-либо самому). One never knew
(никогда не знаешь) what one of the conductors could not manage for a tip (чего
не сможет сделать: «устроить» один из проводников: «кондукторов» за
вознаграждение: «чаевые»).
official [q'fIS(q)l] fluent ['flu:qnt] idiomatic ["IdIq'mxtIk]
inquiry [In'kwaI(q)rI]
She made a useless scene. When the official had gone, the man at her table
addressed her. Though he spoke fluent, idiomatic French, she recognized by
his accent that he was not a Frenchman. She told him in answer to his polite
inquiry the whole story and gave him her opinion of the travel agency, the
railway company, and the general inefficiency of the human race. He was very
sympathetic. He told her that after dinner he would go along the train and see
for himself if something could not be arranged. One never knew what one of
the conductors could not manage for a tip.
"I'm simply tired out (я просто вымотана; tired out — переутомленный, очень
уставший, to tire — утомлять, утомляться, уставать)," she said. "I'd
willingly give five hundred francs for a sleeper (я бы с удовольствием: «с
готовностью» отдала пятьсот франков за спальное место)."
The conversation thus started (/после того, как/ разговор начался таким
образом), he told her that he was an attachй at the Spanish Embassy in Paris (он
рассказал ей, что был атташе испанского посольства в Париже) and was going
down to Cannes for Easter (и /что он/ едет в Канны на Пасху). Though she had
been talking to him for a quarter of an hour (хотя она и разговаривала с ним
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обратить внимание) what he was like (как он выглядел). She observed now (она
заметила теперь) that he had a beard (что у него была борода), a black curly
beard and a black curly moustache (черная кудрявая борода и черные вьющиеся
усы), but the beard grew rather oddly on his face (но борода росла довольно
странно: «чудну» на его лице); there were two bare patches (два не заросших
/волосами/ участка располагались; bare — нагой, голый, обнаженный) under
the corners of his mouth (под углами /его/ рта).
attache [q'txSeI] embassy ['embqsI] beard [bIqd] moustache [mq'stQ:S]
"I'm simply tired out," she said. "I'd willingly give five hundred francs for a
sleeper."
The conversation thus started, he told her that he was an attachй at the
Spanish Embassy in Paris and was going down to Cannes for Easter. Though
she had been talking to him for a quarter of an hour she had not troubled to
notice what he was like. She observed now that he had a beard, a black curly
beard and a black curly moustache, but the beard grew rather oddly on his
face; there were two bare patches under the corners of his mouth.
It gave him a curious look (это придавало ему загадочный: «чудной» вид). With
his black hair (своими черными волосами), drooping eyelids (нависающими
веками) and rather long nose (и довольно длинным носом), he reminded her of
someone she had seen (он напоминал ей кого-то, кого она уже видела).
Suddenly she remembered (внезапно она вспомнила), and it was such a surprise
(и это было так удивительно) that she blurted out (что она выпалила):
"D'you know (знаете ли), I couldn't think who you reminded me of (не могла
вспомнить: «думать» кого же вы мне напоминаете). You're strangely like
Titian's portrait of Francis I in the Louvre (вы так удивительно похожи на
портрет Франциска Первого работы Тициана, что в Лувре)."
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"With his little pig's eyes (с его-то маленькими поросячьими глазками)?"