Английский язык с Конаном-варваром
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"Valannus was killed among the last — in the hand-to-hand fighting when they broke the barriers (Валаннус был убит среди последних — в рукопашном бою, когда они сломали ограждения). They tried to take him alive, but he made them kill him (они попытались взять его живым, но он заставил их убить его). They took ten of the rest of us prisoners when we were so weak from fighting we could fight no more (они взяли десять из нас оставшихся в плен, когда мы были так слабы от боя, /что/ мы больше не могли сражаться). They butchered nine of us then and there (они забили девятерых из нас тогда и там). It was when Zogar Sag died that I got my chance to break free and run for it (это /было/, когда умер Зогар Саг, /что/ я получил свой шанс освободиться = на свободу и помчался изо всех сил; to break free — вырваться
"Zogar Sag's dead?" ejaculated Conan (Зогар Саг мертв? — воскликнул Конан).
among ['m], weak [wi: k], ejaculate ['aekjulet]
"Valannus was killed among the last — in the hand-to-hand fighting when they broke the barriers. They tried to take him alive, but he made them kill him. They took ten of the rest of us prisoners when we were so weak from fighting we could fight no more. They butchered nine of us then and there. It was when Zogar Sag died that I got my chance to break free and run for it."
"Zogar Sag's dead?" ejaculated Conan.
"Aye (да = ага). I saw him die (я видел, /как/ он умер). That's why the Picts didn't press the fight against Velitrium as fiercely as they did against the fort (поэтому пикты не наседали в битве против Велитриума так ожесточенно, как /они делали = сражались/ против форта). It was strange (это было странно). He took no wounds in battle (он не получил ран в битве). He was dancing among the slain, waving an ax with which he'd just brained the last of my comrades (он плясал среди убитых, размахивая топором, которым он только что размозжил мозги последнему из моих товарищей). He came at me, howling like a wolf (он набросился на меня, завывая как волк) — and then he staggered and dropped the ax (и потом он споткнулся и уронил топор), and began to reel in a circle screaming as I never heard a man or beast scream before (и начал вертеться = завертелся по кругу, вопя так, как я никогда прежде не слышал, чтобы вопили человек или животное). He fell between me and the fire they'd built to roast me (он упал между мной и костром, /который/ они возвели, /чтобы/ поджарить меня), goggling and frothing at the mouth (выпучив глаза и с пеной: «пенясь» у рта), and all at once he went rigid and the Picts shouted that he was dead (и внезапно он окоченел, а пикты закричали, что он мертв; rigid — жесткий, негнущийся). It was during the confusion that I slipped my cords and ran for the woods (это было во время замешательства, что = именно во время замешательства я выскользнул из моих пут / развязал веревки и убежал в лес).
comrade ['kmrd], roast [rust], confusion [kn'fju: n]
"Aye. I saw him die That's why the Picts didn't press the fight against Velitrium as fiercely as they did against the fort. It was strange. He took no wounds in battle.
He was dancing among the slain, waving an ax with which he'd just brained the last of my comrades. He came at me, howling like a wolf — and then he staggered and dropped the ax, and began to reel in a circle screaming as I never heard a man or beast scream before. He fell between me and the fire they'd built to roast me, goggling and frothing at the mouth, and all at once he went rigid and the Picts shouted that he was dead. It was during the confusion that I slipped my cords and ran for the woods.
"I saw him lying in the firelight (я видел его, лежащим в свете костра). No weapon had touched him (ни одно оружие /не/ коснулось его). Yet there were red marks like the wounds of a sword in the groin, belly, and neck (однако были красные отметины, как раны от меча, в паху, животе и на шее) — the last as if his head had been almost severed from his body (последняя, как будто его голова была почти отрезана от тела). What do you make of that (что ты понимаешь из этого = что тебе понятно из этого)?"
"I saw him lying in the firelight. No weapon had touched him. Yet there were red marks like the wounds of a sword in the groin, belly, and neck — the last as if his head had been almost severed from his body. What do you make of that?"
Conan made no reply, and the forester, aware of the reticence of barbarians on certain matters, continued (Конан
certain [s: tn], continue [kn'tinju: ], enough ['nf]
Conan made no reply, and the forester, aware of the reticence of barbarians on certain matters, continued: "He lived by magic, and somehow, he died by magic. It was the mystery of his death that took the heart out of the Picts. Not a man who saw it was in the fighting before Velitrium. They hurried back across Black River.
Those that struck Thunder River were warriors who had come on before Zogar Sag died. They were not enough to take the city by themselves.
"I came along the road, behind their main force, and I know none followed me from the fort (я пришел по дороге за их главными силами, и я знаю, /что/ никто /не/ следовал за мной от форта). I sneaked through their lines and got into the town (я прокрался сквозь их расположение и попал в город; line — оборонительный рубеж, линия фронта, строй, шеренга солдат, расположение). You brought the settlers through all right, but their women and children got into Velitrium just ahead of those painted devils (ты провел поселенцев как нужно, но их женщины и дети попали в Велитриум как раз перед этими раскрашенными демонами). If the youth Balthus and old Slasher hadn't held them up awhile, they'd have butchered every woman and child in Conajohara (если бы юноша Балтус и старый Задира не задержали их некоторое время, они бы вырезали каждую женщину и ребенка = всех женщин и детей в Конаджохаре). I passed the place where Balthus and the dog made their last stand (я проходил через то место, где Балтус и пес оказали /их/ последнее сопротивление). They were lying amid a heap of dead Picts — I counted seven, brained by his ax (он лежали среди кучи мертвых пиктов — я насчитал семь, с размозженными его топором головами), or disemboweled by the dog's fangs (или распотрошенными собачьими клыками), and there were others in the road with arrows sticking in them (и были другие на дороге со стрелами, торчащими в них; to brain — разможжить голову). Gods, what a fight that must have been (боги, что за битва это, наверное, была)!"
force [f: s], last [l:st], stick [stk]
"I came along the road, behind their main force, and I know none followed me from the fort. I sneaked through their lines and got into the town. You brought the settlers through all right, but their women and children got into Velitrium just ahead of those painted devils. If the youth Balthus and old Slasher hadn't held them up awhile, they'd have butchered every woman and child in Conajohara. I passed the place where Balthus and the dog made their last stand. They were lying amid a heap of dead Picts — I counted seven, brained by his ax, or disemboweled by the dog's fangs, and there were others in the road with arrows sticking in them. Gods, what a fight that must have been!"
"He was a man," said Conan (он был /настоящий/ мужчина, — сказал Конан). "I drink to his shade, and to the shade of the dog, who knew no fear (я пью за его духа и за духа пса, которые не ведали страха)." He quaffed part of the wine, then emptied the rest upon the floor, with a curious heathen gesture, and smashed the goblet (он выпил большим глотком часть вина, затем вылил остальное на пол с необычным языческим жестом и разбил вдребезги кубок). "The heads of ten Picts shall pay for his, and seven heads for the dog, who was a better warrior than many a man (головы десяти пиктов заплатят за его /голову/, и семь голов за пса, который был лучшим воином, чем многие мужчины)."