Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)
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" ‘No doubt you are the gentleman whom he was expecting (вы, конечно, тот джентльмен, которого он ожидал),’ they said. ‘He has been waiting for a gentleman for two days (он два дня ждет какого-то джентльмена).’
" ‘Where is he now (где он теперь)?’ I asked.
" ‘He is upstairs in bed (наверху, в постели). He wished to be called at nine (он просил, чтобы его разбудили в девять; to call — будить).’
" ‘I will go up and see him at once (я поднимусь и повидаюсь с ним немедленно),’ I said.
avail [@'veIl], enquiry [In'kwaI@rI], affirmative [@'f@:m@tIv]
"They would be likely to agree on some meeting-place beforehand," remarked Holmes.
"So it proved. I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail. This morning I began very early, and at eight o'clock I reached Halliday's Private Hotel, in Little George Street. On my enquiry as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was living there, they at once answered me in the affirmative.
" ‘No doubt you are the gentleman whom he was expecting,’ they said. ‘He has been waiting for a gentleman for two days.’
" ‘Where is he now?’ I asked.
" ‘He is upstairs in bed. He wished to be called at nine.’
" ‘I will go up and see him at once,’ I said.
"It seemed to me that my sudden appearance might shake his nerves and lead him to say something unguarded (мне
unguarded [Vn'gA:dId], meander [mI'&nd@], limb [lIm]
"It seemed to me that my sudden appearance might shake his nerves and lead him to say something unguarded. The Boots volunteered to show me the room: it was on the second floor, and there was a small corridor leading up to it. The Boots pointed out the door to me, and was about to go downstairs again when I saw something that made me feel sickish, in spite of my twenty years' experience. From under the door there curled a little red ribbon of blood, which had meandered across the passage and formed a little pool along the skirting at the other side. I gave a cry, which brought the Boots back. He nearly fainted when he saw it. The door was locked on the inside, but we put our shoulders to it, and knocked it in. The window of the room was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress. He was quite dead, and had been for some time, for his limbs were rigid and cold. When we turned him over, the Boots recognized him at once as being the same gentleman who had engaged the room under the name of Joseph Stangerson. The cause of death was a deep stab in the left side, which must have penetrated the heart. And now comes the strangest part of the affair. What do you suppose was above the murdered man?"
I felt a creeping of the flesh (у меня мурашки побежали по коже; to creep — ползать; наводить ужас; flesh — тело; плоть; to make one's flesh creep — приводить кого-то в содрогание, в ужас), and a presentiment of coming horror, even before Sherlock Holmes answered (и появилось предчувствие надвигающегося ужаса, даже до того, как Шерлок Холмс ответил; presentiment — предчувствие).
"The word RACHE, written in letters of blood (слово
"That was it," said Lestrade, in an awe-struck voice (точно, — сказал Лестрейд голосом, в котором сквозил суеверный страх; awe — благоговейный страх, трепет; to strike — поражать; вселять); and we were all silent for a while (и мы все замолчали на: «были все молчаливые» какое-то время).
There was something so methodical and so incomprehensible about the deeds of this unknown assassin (в деяниях этого неизвестного ассасина было что-то такое методичное и непостижимое; assassin — ассасин [12] ; убийца, террорист), that it imparted a fresh ghastliness to his crimes (что делало его преступления еще ужаснее: «что придавало его преступлениям дополнительной кошмарности»; to impart — давать, придавать, наделять; fresh — свежий; ghastly — наводящий ужас, жуткий). My nerves, which were steady enough on the field of battle (мои нервы, достаточно спокойно чувствовавшие себя на поле боя) tingled as I thought of it (затрепетали, когда я думал об этом; to tingle — дрожать, трепетать).
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Член мусульманской секты исмаилитов XI — XIII вв. Их отличал крайний фанатизм. Совершали политические убийства под воздействием гашиша.
presentiment [prI'zentIm@nt], awe [O:], assassin [@'s&sIn]
I felt a creeping of the flesh, and a presentiment of coming horror, even before Sherlock Holmes answered.
"The word RACHE, written in letters of blood," he said.
"That was it," said Lestrade, in an awe-struck voice; and we were all silent for a while.
There was something so methodical and so incomprehensible about the deeds of this unknown assassin, that it imparted a fresh ghastliness to his crimes. My nerves, which were steady enough on the field of battle tingled as I thought of it.
"The man was seen," continued Lestrade (убийцу: «этого человека» видели, — продолжал Лестрейд). "A milk boy, passing on his way to the dairy (мальчик, доставлявший молоко, который возвращался в молочную: «мальчик-молочник, проходивший по пути в молочную»; dairy — молочное хозяйство; молочный магазин, молочная), happened to walk down the lane which leads from the mews at the back of the hotel (как раз проходил по переулку, который ведет от конюшни позади гостиницы; to happen — случаться, происходить). He noticed that a ladder, which usually lay there (он обратил внимание, что лестница, которая обычно лежала там; to lie), was raised against one of the windows of the second floor, which was wide open (была приставлена к одному из окон второго этажа, которое было широко распахнуто; to raise — поднимать). After passing, he looked back and saw a man descend the ladder (миновав ее, он оглянулся и увидел, как по лестнице спускался человек). He came down so quietly and openly (он спускался так спокойно и не таясь; openly — открыто) that the boy imagined him to be some carpenter or joiner at work in the hotel (что мальчик подумал, что это плотник или столяр, выполнявший какую-то работу в гостинице; to imagine — полагать, думать; joiner — плотник; столяр /делающий оконные и дверные рамы/; to join — соединять). He took no particular notice of him (он не обратил на него особенного внимания), beyond thinking in his own mind that it was early for him to be at work (разве что подумал про себя: «кроме думанья в своем собственном мозгу», что тот очень рано приступил к работе: «что было рано для него быть за работой»). He has an impression that the man was tall (у него осталось впечатление, что человек был высок), had a reddish face (краснолиц: «с красноватым лицом»), and was dressed in a long, brownish coat (и одет в длинное пальто коричневатого цвета). He must have stayed in the room some little time after the murder (должно быть, он оставался какое-то время в комнате после убийства), for we found blood-stained water in the basin, where he had washed his hands (так как мы обнаружили окровавленную воду в раковине, где он вымыл руки; to stain — пятнать; окрашивать), and marks on the sheets where he had deliberately wiped his knife (и следы на простынях, где он тщательно вытер свой нож; deliberately — медленно, не торопясь)."
dairy ['de@rI], descend [dI'send], knife [naIf]
"The man was seen," continued Lestrade. "A milk boy, passing on his way to the dairy, happened to walk down the lane which leads from the mews at the back of the hotel. He noticed that a ladder, which usually lay there, was raised against one of the windows of the second floor, which was wide open. After passing, he looked back and saw a man descend the ladder. He came down so quietly and openly that the boy imagined him to be some carpenter or joiner at work in the hotel. He took no particular notice of him, beyond thinking in his own mind that it was early for him to be at work. He has an impression that the man was tall, had a reddish face, and was dressed in a long, brownish coat. He must have stayed in the room some little time after the murder, for we found blood-stained water in the basin, where he had washed his hands, and marks on the sheets where he had deliberately wiped his knife."
I glanced at Holmes on hearing the description of the murderer (я взглянул на Холмса, услышав описание убийцы), which tallied so exactly with his own (которое так точно совпадало с его собственным). There was, however, no trace of exultation or satisfaction upon his face (однако на его лице не было ни следа ликования или удовлетворения; exultation — ликование, торжество).
"Did you find nothing in the room which could furnish a clue to the murderer (вы ничего не обнаружили в комнате, что может навести на след убийцы; to furnish — снабжать; предоставлять; clue — ключ к разгадке; улика)?" he asked.