Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса
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As he approached me he laid both hands upon my shoulders.
"Welcome, my son," he said; "that you are granted, gladly, and without one word of opposition, the most precious jewel in all Helium, yes, on all Barsoom, is sufficient earnest of my esteem."
We were then presented to Mors Kajak, Jed of lesser Helium, and father of Dejah Thoris. He had followed close behind Tardos Mors and seemed even more affected by the meeting than had his father.
He tried a dozen times to express his gratitude to me (он множество раз пытался выразить свою благодарность мне; dozen —
dozen [dAz(q)n], reputation ["repju'teIS(q)n], fearlessness ['fIqlIsnIs]
He tried a dozen times to express his gratitude to me, but his voice choked with emotion and he could not speak, and yet he had, as I was to later learn, a reputation for ferocity and fearlessness as a fighter that was remarkable even upon warlike Barsoom. In common with all Helium he worshiped his daughter, nor could he think of what she had escaped without deep emotion.
CHAPTER XXVII
For ten days the hordes of Thark and their wild allies were feasted and entertained (в течение десяти дней для племен Тарка и их диких союзников устраивали пиры и развлекали их), and, then, loaded with costly presents (а затем, нагруженных дорогими подарками) and escorted by ten thousand soldiers of Helium commanded by Mors Kajak (и в сопровождении десяти тысяч воинов Гелиума, возглавляемых Морсом Каяком), they started on the return journey to their own lands (они двинулись в обратный путь в свои собственные земли). The jed of lesser Helium with a small party of nobles accompanied them all the way to Thark (джед меньшего Гелиума с небольшой группой знати сопровождал их всю дорогу до Тарка) to cement more closely the new bonds of peace and friendship (чтобы прочнее скрепить новые узы мира и дружбы).
feast [fi: st], costly ['kOstlI], closely ['klouslI]
For ten days the hordes of Thark and their wild allies were feasted and entertained, and, then, loaded with costly presents and escorted by ten thousand soldiers of Helium commanded by Mors Kajak, they started on the return journey to their own lands. The jed of lesser Helium with a small party of nobles accompanied them all the way to Thark to cement more closely the new bonds of peace and friendship.
Sola also accompanied Tars Tarkas, her father (Сола тоже сопровождала своего отца, Тарса Таркаса), who before all his chieftains had acknowledged her as his daughter (который в присутствии всех вождей признал ее своей дочерью; to acknowledge —
Three weeks later, Mors Kajak and his officers, accompanied by Tars Tarkas and Sola (через три недели Морс Каяк и его офицеры в сопровождении Тарса Таркаса и Солы), returned upon a battleship that had been dispatched to Thark (возвратились на военном корабле, который был послан в Тарк) to fetch them in time for the ceremony which made Dejah Thoris and John Carter one (чтобы доставить их вовремя на церемонию, которая делала Джона Картера и Дежу Торис единым целым; one — целый, единый; to make one — пожениться).
For nine years I served in the councils and fought in the armies of Helium as a prince of the house of Tardos Mors (девять лет я прослужил в советах и бился в армиях Гелиума как принц дома Тардоса Морса). The people seemed never to tire of heaping honors upon me (народ, казалось, никогда не уставал осыпать меня почестями), and no day passed that did not bring some new proof of their love for my princess (и не проходило дня, который бы не приносил новых доказательств их любви к моей принцессе), the incomparable Dejah Thoris (несравненной Деже Торис).
acknowledge [qk'nOlIdZ], fetch [fetS], incomparable [In'kOmp(q)rqbl]
Sola also accompanied Tars Tarkas, her father, who before all his chieftains had acknowledged her as his daughter.
Three weeks later, Mors Kajak and his officers, accompanied by Tars Tarkas and Sola, returned upon a battleship that had been dispatched to Thark to fetch them in time for the ceremony which made Dejah Thoris and John Carter one.
For nine years I served in the councils and fought in the armies of Helium as a prince of the house of Tardos Mors. The people seemed never to tire of heaping honors upon me, and no day passed that did not bring some new proof of their love for my princess, the incomparable Dejah Thoris.
In a golden incubator upon the roof of our palace lay a snow-white egg (в золотом инкубаторе на крыше нашего дворца лежало белоснежное яйцо). For nearly five years ten soldiers of the jeddak's Guard had constantly stood over it (почти пять лет десять солдат Стражи джеддака постоянно наблюдали за ним; to stand over — наблюдать, контролировать), and not a day passed when I was in the city (и не проходило дня, когда я был в городе) that Dejah Thoris and I did not stand hand in hand before our little shrine planning for the future (чтобы Дежа Торис и я не стояли рука об руку перед нашей маленькой святыней, планируя будущее; shrine — ковчег; святыня), when the delicate shell should break (когда разобьется хрупкая скорлупа; delicate — утонченный; хрупкий).
Vivid in my memory is the picture of the last night (в моей памяти жива картина последней ночи) as we sat there talking in low tones of the strange romance (когда мы сидели там, тихо беседуя о тех странных приключениях; romance — любовная история, ряд необыкновенных приключений) which had woven our lives together (которые сплели наши жизни вместе; to weave — плести; ткать) and of this wonder which was coming to augment our happiness and fulfill our hopes (и об этом чуде, которое должно было появиться, чтобы сделать наше счастье еще более полным и исполнить наши надежды; to augment — увеличивать, прибавлять; to fulfill — выполнять, исполнять).