Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. Театр
Шрифт:
"No, not them, yours are large (нет, не глазами: «не ими», ваши — большие), I
think it's the beard chiefly (я думаю, что это из-за бороды, главным образом:
«это борода»)."
She glanced at the skin under his eyes (она взглянула на кожу под /его/
глазами); it was faintly violet and unwrinkled (она была слегка лилового цвета
и гладкой: «без морщин»). Notwithstanding the ageing beard (не смотря на
старящую /его/ бороду; to age — стареть, старить, стариться) — he was
quite a young man (он
been more than thirty (ему не могло быть больше тридцати). She wondered if he
was a Spanish Grandee (она подумала, не был ли он испанским грандом:
«знатным вельможей»).
blurt [blq:t] violet ['vaIqlIt] unwrinkled [An'rINk(q)lt]
It gave him a curious look. With his black hair, drooping eyelids and rather
long nose, he reminded her of someone she had seen. Suddenly she
remembered, and it was such a surprise that she blurted out:
"D'you know, I couldn't think who you reminded me of. You're strangely like
Titian's portrait of Francis I in the Louvre."
"With his little pig's eyes?"
"No, not them, yours are large, I think it's the beard chiefly."
She glanced at the skin under his eyes; it was faintly violet and unwrinkled.
Notwithstanding the ageing beard he was quite a young man; he could not
have been more than thirty. She wondered if he was a Spanish Grandee.
He was not very well dressed (одет он был не очень хорошо), but then foreigners
often weren't (но, потом, многие иностранцы были /одеты плохо/: «не были
/одеты хорошо/»), his clothes might have cost a lot (его одежда вполне могла
стоить дорого) even if they were badly cut (даже если она и была плохо
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скроена), and his tie, though rather loud, she recognized as a Charvet (и его
галстук, хотя и достаточно вычурный, она узнала, это был галстук от
Шарвье; loud — громкий, кричащий). When they came to the coffee (когда им
подали кофе: «они дошли до кофе») he asked her whether he might offer her a
liqueur (он спросил у нее, может ли он предложить ей ликер).
"That's very kind of you (это очень мило с вашей стороны). Perhaps it'll make
me sleep better (возможно
лучше спать»)."
He offered her a cigarette (он предложил ей сигарету). His cigarette-case was
silver (его портсигар был из серебра: «серебряный»), that put her off a little
(что слегка сбило ее с толку; to put off — зд. обескураживать, смущать), but
when he closed it she saw (но когда он закрыл его, она увидела) that in the
corner was a small crown in gold (что в углу была маленькая корона из золота).
He must be a count or something (он, должно быть, граф или что-то в этом
роде). It was rather chic (это было достаточно изыскано; chic — шик,
элегантность), having a silver cigarette-case with a gold crown on it (иметь
серебряный портсигар с золотой короной на нем).
foreigner ['fOrInq] liqueur [lI'kjVq] chic [Si(:)k]
He was not very well dressed, but then foreigners often weren't, his clothes
might have cost a lot even if they were badly cut, and his tie, though rather
loud, she recognized as a Charvet. When they came to the coffee he asked her
whether he might offer her a liqueur.
"That's very kind of you. Perhaps it'll make me sleep better."
He offered her a cigarette. His cigarette-case was silver, that put her off a
little, but when he closed it she saw that in the corner was a small crown in
gold. He must be a count or something. It was rather chic, having a silver
cigarette-case with a gold crown on it.
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Pity he had to wear those modern clothes (/какая/ жалость, что он должен
носить эту современную одежду)! If he'd been dressed like Francis I (если бы
он был одет как Франциск Первый) he would really look very distinguished (он
бы действительно выглядел очень аристократично). She set herself to be as
gracious (она решила быть /с ним/ настолько любезной) as she knew how