Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах
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Lestrade and Gregson glanced at each other with an incredulous smile (Лестрейд и Грегсон глянули друг на друга с недоверчивыми улыбками).
"If this man was murdered, how was it done?" asked the former (если этот человек убит, как это было сделано? — спросил первый; former — первый из двух).
"Poison," said Sherlock Holmes curtly, and strode off (яд, — лаконично ответил Шерлок Холмс и зашагал прочь; to stride — шагать большими шагами). "One other thing, Lestrade (и еще, Лестрейд)," he added, turning round at the door (добавил он, оборачиваясь у двери): " ‘Rache,’ is the German for ‘revenge;’ so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel («Rache» — по-немецки
With which Parthian shot he walked away (выпустив эту парфянскую стрелу, он вышел: «ушел прочь»; Parthian shot — парфянская стрела, враждебная фраза или жест, приберегаемые на конец разговора), leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind him (оставив двух соперников стоять с открытыми ртами).
incredulous [n'kredjuls], revenge [r'ven], rival ['ravl]
Lestrade and Gregson glanced at each other with an incredulous smile.
"If this man was murdered, how was it done?" asked the former.
"Poison," said Sherlock Holmes curtly, and strode off. "One other thing, Lestrade," he added, turning round at the door: " ‘Rache,’ is the German for ‘revenge;’ so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel."
With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind him.
Chapter IV. What John Rance Had To Tell
(Что рассказал Джон Рэнс)
IT was one o'clock when we left No. 3, Lauriston Gardens (был час дня, когда мы вышли из дома № 3 по Лористон-гарденз; to leave — оставить, покинуть). Sherlock Holmes led me to the nearest telegraph office (Шерлок Холмс направился: «повел меня» к ближайшему телеграфу; to lead — вести, быть проводником), whence he dispatched a long telegram (откуда он отправил длинную телеграмму). He then hailed a cab (затем он подозвал кеб; to hail — звать, окликать), and ordered the driver to take us to the address given us by Lestrade (и сказал кебмену отвезти нас по адресу, данному нам Лестрейдом; to order — приказывать; to take — доставлять).
"There is nothing like first hand evidence," he remarked (нет ничего лучше свидетельства очевидца, — заметил он; first hand evidence — доказательство из первых рук); "as a matter of fact, my mind is entirely made up upon the case (собственно говоря, я уже пришел к окончательным выводам по поводу этого дела; entirely — вполне, полностью, совершенно; to make up one's mind — принять решение: «составить свой ум»), but still we may as well learn all that is to be learned (но все же мы можем с тем же успехом узнать все, что можно узнать)."
"You amaze me, Holmes (вы удивляете меня, Холмс)," said I. "Surely you are not as sure as you pretend to be of all those particulars which you gave (конечно, вы не настолько уверены, как вы притворяетесь, относительно всех тех деталей, что вы привели: «дали»)."
whence [wens], dispatch [d'spae], hail [hel]
It was one o'clock when we left No. 3, Lauriston Gardens. Sherlock Holmes led me to the nearest telegraph office, whence he dispatched a long telegram. He then hailed a cab, and ordered the driver to take us to the address given us by Lestrade.
"There is nothing like first hand evidence," he remarked; "as a matter of fact, my mind is entirely made up upon the case, but still we may as well learn all that is to be learned."
"You amaze me, Holmes," said I. "Surely you are not as sure as you pretend to be of all those particulars which you gave."
"There's no room for a mistake (ошибаться тут не в чем: «тут нет места для ошибки»; room — пространство)," he answered. "The very first thing which I observed on arriving there (самое первое, что я заметил, прибыв туда) was that a cab had made two ruts with its wheels close to the curb (это что какой-то кеб оставил две колеи около бордюра: «сделал две колеи своими колесами близко к бордюру»; curb — бордюрный камень мостовой; край тротуара). Now, up to last night, we have had no rain for a week (теперь
"That seems simple enough (это выглядит достаточно просто)," said I; "but how about the other man's height (но откуда вы узнали рост: «но как насчет роста» второго человека)?"
"Why, the height of a man, in nine cases out of ten (ну, рост человека в девяти случаях из десяти), can be told from the length of his stride (можно определить: «может быть сказан» по длине его шага; stride — расстояние, преодолеваемое за один шаг). It is a simple calculation enough (это достаточно простая арифметика; calculation — вычисление; подсчет), though there is no use my boring you with figures (хотя к чему: «нет пользы» утомлять вас цифрами; to bore — докучать, надоедать). I had this fellow's stride both on the clay outside and on the dust within (у меня были его следы: «длина шага этого парня» как в глине снаружи, так и на пыльном полу в доме: «на пыли внутри»). Then I had a way of checking my calculation (затем = кроме того, у меня был способ проверить мои вычисления). When a man writes on a wall (когда человек пишет на стене), his instinct leads him to write about the level of his own eyes (инстинкт велит ему писать примерно на уровне его глаз; to lead — приводить к; быть причиной). Now that writing was just over six feet from the ground (а надпись была расположена на высоте как раз чуть более шести футов). It was child's play (это было легче легкого: «детской забавой»)."
observe [b'z:v], curb [k:b], clay [kle], eye [a]
"There's no room for a mistake," he answered. "The very first thing which I observed on arriving there was that a cab had made two ruts with its wheels close to the curb. Now, up to last night, we have had no rain for a week, so that those wheels which left such a deep impression must have been there during the night. There were the marks of the horse's hoofs, too, the outline of one of which was far more clearly cut than that of the other three, showing that that was a new shoe. Since the cab was there after the rain began, and was not there at any time during the morning — I have Gregson's word for that — it follows that it must have been there during the night, and, therefore, that it brought those two individuals to the house."
"That seems simple enough," said I; "but how about the other man's height?"
"Why, the height of a man, in nine cases out of ten, can be told from the length of his stride. It is a simple calculation enough, though there is no use my boring you with figures. I had this fellow's stride both on the clay outside and on the dust within. Then I had a way of checking my calculation. When a man writes on a wall, his instinct leads him to write about the level of his own eyes. Now that writing was just over six feet from the ground. It was child's play."