Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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There they sat, patient, good, and thoughtful (они сидели, терпеливые, добропорядочные и задумчивые). A solemn peacefulness seemed to reign in that lobby (торжественное спокойствие, /казалось/, царило в том вестибюле). An air of calmness and resignation — of gentle sadness pervaded the room (атмосфера невозмутимости, смирения и тихой печали наполняла пространство; resignation — отказ от должности; смирение, покорность; to pervade — распространяться, заполнять, пронизывать).
Then a sweet young lady entered, leading a meek-looking little fox-terrier (потом милая барышня вошла, ведя кроткого на вид маленького фокстерьера; meek — кроткий, мягкий, смиренный), and left him, chained up there, between the bull-dog and the poodle (оставила его, привязав, между бульдогом и пуделем; to leave; to chain up —
He looked at the bull-dog, sleeping dreamlessly on his right (посмотрел на бульдога, спавшего безмятежно справа от него; dreamlessly — без сновидений). He looked at the poodle, erect and haughty, on his left (посмотрел на пуделя, /сидевшего/ прямо и надменно слева от него). Then, without a word of warning, without the shadow of a provocation (затем, без всякого /слова/ предупреждения, без тени повода = совершенно без повода), he bit that poodle's near fore-leg, and a yelp of agony rang through the quiet shades of that lobby (он укусил этого пуделя за переднюю левую лапу, и визг страдания огласил тихий полумрак этого вестибюля; near — близкий, ближайший; левый /о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа и т.д./; shade — тень, полумрак).
resignation [,rez'nen] ceiling ['si:l] haughty ['h:t]
There they sat, patient, good, and thoughtful. A solemn peacefulness seemed to reign in that lobby. An air of calmness and resignation — of gentle sadness pervaded the room.
Then a sweet young lady entered, leading a meek-looking little fox-terrier, and left him, chained up there, between the bull-dog and the poodle. He sat and looked about him for a minute. Then he cast up his eyes to the ceiling, and seemed, judging from his expression, to be thinking of his mother. Then he yawned. Then he looked round at the other dogs, all silent, grave, and dignified.
He looked at the bull-dog, sleeping dreamlessly on his right. He looked at the poodle, erect and haughty, on his left. Then, without a word of warning, without the shadow of a provocation, he bit that poodle's near fore-leg, and a yelp of agony rang through the quiet shades of that lobby.
The result of his first experiment seemed highly satisfactory to him (результат его первого опыта показался ему весьма удовлетворительным), and he determined to go on and make things lively all round (и он решил продолжить и всех /кругом/ расшевелить; lively — яркий, живой; оживленный, активный). He sprang over the poodle and vigorously attacked a collie (он перепрыгнул через пуделя и напал решительно на колли; to spring over; vigorously — решительно, сильно, энергично), and the collie woke up, and immediately commenced a fierce and noisy contest with the poodle (и колли проснулся, и тотчас завязал яростный и шумный бой с пуделем; to commence — начинать/ся/; contest — спор, острая полемика; борьба, противоборство). Then Foxey came back to his own place (тогда Фокси вернулся на свое место; to come back), and caught the bull-dog by the ear, and tried to throw him away (схватил бульдога за ухо и попытался бросить = повалить его; to catch); and the bull-dog, a curiously impartial animal, went for everything he could reach, including the hall-porter (бульдог, необычайно бесстрастное животное, накидывался на все, что мог достать, включая швейцара; porter — привратник, швейцар; носильщик), which gave that dear little terrier the opportunity to enjoy an uninterrupted fight of his own with an equally willing Yorkshire tyke (что дало этому маленькому терьеру возможность наслаждаться непрерывной дракой /его самого/ со столь же расположенной /к этому/ йоркширской дворнягой; willing — готовый /сделать что-либо/; расположенный, охотно делающий что-либо).
Anyone who knows canine nature need hardly be told (всякому, кто знает собачью натуру, едва ли нужно говорить) that, by this time, all the other dogs in the place were fighting as if their hearths and homes depended on the fray (что
impartial [m'p:l] canine ['kenan] hearth [h:]
The result of his first experiment seemed highly satisfactory to him, and he determined to go on and make things lively all round. He sprang over the poodle and vigorously attacked a collie, and the collie woke up, and immediately commenced a fierce and noisy contest with the poodle. Then Foxey came back to his own place, and caught the bull-dog by the ear, and tried to throw him away; and the bull-dog, a curiously impartial animal, went for everything he could reach, including the hall-porter, which gave that dear little terrier the opportunity to enjoy an uninterrupted fight of his own with an equally willing Yorkshire tyke.
Anyone who knows canine nature need hardly be told that, by this time, all the other dogs in the place were fighting as if their hearths and homes depended on the fray. The big dogs fought each other indiscriminately; and the little dogs fought among themselves, and filled up their spare time by biting the legs of the big dogs.
The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific (весь вестибюль стал настоящим адом, и шум был ужасающим; perfect — совершенный, идеальный; полный, точный; pandemonium — ад, обитель демонов; столпотворение). A crowd assembled outside in the Haymarket, and asked if it was a vestry meeting (толпа собралась снаружи в Хэймаркете, и /все/ спрашивали, не заседание ли это приходского управления; vestry — собрание прихожан-членов церковной общины; заседание приходского управления или церковного совета; meeting — заседание, митинг, собрание); or, if not, who was being murdered, and why (или, если нет, то кого убивают и почему)? Men came with poles and ropes, and tried to separate the dogs, and the police were sent for (пришли люди с шестами и веревками и попытались растащить собак, послали за полицией; to separate — отделять, разъединять, разводить; to send).
And in the midst of the riot that sweet young lady returned (и среди потасовки вернулась милая барышня; riot — бунт, восстание, мятеж; дебош), and snatched up that sweet little dog of hers (и подхватила своего дорогого милого песика) (he had laid the tyke up for a month, and had on the expression, now, of a new-born lamb) into her arms (он вывел дворнягу из строя на месяц и теперь принял вид новорожденного ягненка; to lay up; to have on — быть одетым в), and kissed him, and asked him if he was killed, and what those great nasty brutes of dogs had been doing to him (и поцеловала его, и спросила, не убит ли он, и что эти большие мерзкие грубые собаки сделали ему; brute — животное; жестокий грубый человек, скотина); and he nestled up against her, and gazed up into her face with a look that seemed to say (а он прильнул к ней и посмотрел ей в лицо с таким видом, который словно говорил; to gaze — пристально смотреть, вглядываться): "Oh, I'm so glad you've come to take me away from this disgraceful scene (я так рад, что вы пришли, чтобы унести меня из этого постыдного места)!"
pandemonium [,paend'munm] lamb [laem] nestled [nesld]
The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific. A crowd assembled outside in the Haymarket, and asked if it was a vestry meeting; or, if not, who was being murdered, and why? Men came with poles and ropes, and tried to separate the dogs, and the police were sent for.
And in the midst of the riot that sweet young lady returned, and snatched up that sweet little dog of hers (he had laid the tyke up for a month, and had on the expression, now, of a new-born lamb) into her arms, and kissed him, and asked him if he was killed, and what those great nasty brutes of dogs had been doing to him; and he nestled up against her, and gazed up into her face with a look that seemed to say: "Oh, I'm so glad you've come to take me away from this disgraceful scene!"