Английский язык с Ф. Скоттом Фитцджеральдом. Алмаз величиной в отель «Риц» / Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The Diamond As Big As The Ritz
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"You most certainly are not (ни в коем случае не пойдешь). You —»
"Very well," she said quietly (ну хорошо, — сказала она спокойно), "we'll catch up with father now and talk it over with him (сейчас мы догоним папу и обсудим это с ним)."
Defeated, John mustered a sickly smile (побежденный, Джон выдавил из себя болезненную = бледную улыбку).
"Very well, dearest," he agreed, with pale and unconvincing affection, "we'll go together (хорошо, милая, — согласился он с бледной = вялой и неубедительной нежностью, — мы пойдем вместе; affection — любовь, чувство близости, привязанность)."
fiercely ['fIqslI], gnaw [nL], close /как наречие и прил./ [klqVs]
"We're not, any more!" cried John fiercely, "so he can set his mind at rest upon that. Moreover, don't fool yourself that I'm going to stay around here. Inside of six hours I'll be over those mountains, if I have to gnaw a passage through them, and on my way East."
They had both got to their feet, and at this remark Kismine came close and put her arm through his.
"I'm going, too."
"You must be crazy —"
"Of course I'm going," she interrupted impatiently.
"You most certainly are not. You —"
"Very well," she said quietly, "we'll catch up with father now and talk it over with him."
Defeated, John mustered a sickly smile.
"Very well, dearest," he agreed, with pale and unconvincing affection, "we'll go together."
His love for her returned and settled placidly on his heart (его
Discussing the matter (обсуждая план действий; matter — материал, вещество; тема, вопрос, предмет /обсуждения/; дело, ситуация), they walked slowly back toward the ch^ateau (они медленно пошли обратно к замку). They decided that since Braddock Washington had seen them together (они решили, что поскольку Брэддок Вашингтон видел их вместе) they had best depart the next night (лучше всего уйти /уже/ следующей ночью). Nevertheless, John's lips were unusually dry at dinner (и все-таки губы Джона были как никогда сухими = то и дело пересыхали во время обеда; usual — обыкновенный, обычный), and he nervously emptied a great spoonful of peacock soup into his left lung (и он от волнения влил себе не в то горло: «в левое легкое» целую большую ложку павлиньего супа; empty — пустой; to empty — опорожнять, выливать, высыпать; spoonful — полная ложка). He had to be carried into the turquoise and sable card-room (пришлось унести его в бирюзовую и соболью = отделанную бирюзой и собольим мехом карточную комнату: «должен был быть унесенным в…») and pounded on the back by one of the under-butlers (и один из младших дворецких поколотил его по спине: «и побитым по спине одним…»), which Percy considered a great joke (что Перси счел прекрасным поводом для смеха; joke — шутка; острота; смешной случай).
placidly ['plxsIdlI], turquoise ['tWkwRz, — kwOIz], pound [paVnd]
His love for her returned and settled placidly on his heart. She was his — she would go with him to share his dangers. He put his arms about her and kissed her fervently. After all she loved him; she had saved him, in fact.
Discussing the matter, they walked slowly back toward the ch^ateau. They decided that since Braddock Washington had seen them together they had best depart the next night. Nevertheless, John's lips were unusually dry at dinner, and he nervously emptied a great spoonful of peacock soup into his left lung. He had to be carried into the turquoise and sable card-room and pounded on the back by one of the under-butlers, which Percy considered a great joke.
IX
Long after midnight John's body gave a nervous jerk (далеко за полночь Джон нервно вздрогнул во сне: «тело Джона нервно дернулось»; jerk — резкое движение, рывок), and he sat suddenly upright (тут же сел /на постели/; upright — вертикально, прямо), staring into the veils of somnolence that draped the room (вглядываясь в завесы сна, окутывавшие спальню; to drape — собирать в складки; драпировать, изящно набрасывать; somnolence — сонливость; дремота, сонное состояние). Through the squares of blue darkness that were his open windows (сквозь квадраты синей тьмы, которые были раскрытыми окнами), he had heard a faint far-away sound (он услыхал далекий слабый звук) that died upon a bed of wind (который умер на постели/одре из ветра) before identifying itself on his memory (прежде чем = не успев представиться его памяти), clouded with uneasy dreams (затуманенной беспокойными грезами/снами; clouded — покрытый тучами). But the sharp noise that had succeeded it was nearer (но резкий шум, последовавший за ним, был ближе), was just outside the room (тут же за пределами комнаты) — the click of a turned knob, a footstep, a whisper (щелчок /ли/
veil [veIl], agonizing ['xgqnaIzIN], limn [lIm]
Long after midnight John's body gave a nervous jerk, and he sat suddenly upright, staring into the veils of somnolence that draped the room. Through the squares of blue darkness that were his open windows, he had heard a faint far-away sound that died upon a bed of wind before identifying itself on his memory, clouded with uneasy dreams. But the sharp noise that had succeeded it was nearer, was just outside the room — the click of a turned knob, a footstep, a whisper, he could not tell; a hard lump gathered in the pit of his stomach, and his whole body ached in the moment that he strained agonizingly to hear. Then one of the veils seemed to dissolve, and he saw a vague figure standing by the door, a figure only faintly limned and blocked in upon the darkness, mingled so with the folds of the drapery as to seem distorted, like a reflection seen in a dirty pane of glass.
With a sudden movement of fright or resolution (внезапным = быстрым движением, вызванным то ли страхом, то ли решимостью) John pressed the button by his bedside (нажал кнопку у края кровати), and the next moment he was sitting in the green sunken bath of the adjoining room (и в следующий миг /уже/ сидел в опущенной = вделанной в пол зеленой ванне в прилегающей = соседней комнате), waked into alertness by the shock of the cold water which half filled it (окончательно пробудившись от неожиданного контакта с холодной водой, которая наполовину заполняла ее; alertness — бдительность; осторожность; живость, проворство, резвость).
He sprang out, and, his wet pajamas scattering a heavy trickle of water behind him (он выскочил из ванны и, /в то время как/ его мокрая пижама разбрасывала позади него тяжелые струи воды), ran for the aquamarine door which he knew led out into the ivory landing of the second floor (побежал к аквамариновой двери, которая, как он знал, вела на отделанную слоновой костью лестничную площадку второго этажа; to lead out — вести наружу, выводить). The door opened noiselessly (дверь бесшумно отворилась; noise — шум). A single crimson lamp burning in a great dome above (единственная темно-красная лампа, горевшая вверху под большим куполом) lit the magnificent sweep of the carved stairways with a poignant beauty (освещала великолепный размах/простор резных лестничных пролетов, придавая им пронзительную красоту). For a moment John hesitated (задержался), appalled by the silent splendor massed about him (потрясенный безмолвной роскошью, обступавшей его), seeming to envelop in its gigantic folds and contours the solitary drenched little figure (которая, казалось, окутывала своими гигантскими изгибами и контурами одинокую мокрую фигурку; to drench — промокать насквозь) shivering upon the ivory landing (дрожавшую /от холода/ на площадке из слоновой кости).
aquamarine ["xkwqmq'rJn], appalled [q'pLld], contour ['kOntVq]
With a sudden movement of fright or resolution John pressed the button by his bedside, and the next moment he was sitting in the green sunken bath of the adjoining room, waked into alertness by the shock of the cold water which half filled it.
He sprang out, and, his wet pajamas scattering a heavy trickle of water behind him, ran for the aquamarine door which he knew led out into the ivory landing of the second floor. The door opened noiselessly. A single crimson lamp burning in a great dome above lit the magnificent sweep of the carved stairways with a poignant beauty. For a moment John hesitated, appalled by the silent splendor massed about him, seeming to envelop in its gigantic folds and contours the solitary drenched little figure shivering upon the ivory landing.