Английский язык с М. Муркоком
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obstinate ['bstnt] plague [ple] deliver [d'lv]
`You must explain more later. Now. Release Rhalina from that ship and I will try to do what you ask of me.
`You are excessively obstinate, Master Corum!
`If I am the only one who can help you further your ambitions, Prince Shool, then I can surely afford to be.
The young lips curled in a growl that was almost Mabden.
`I am glad you are not immortal, Master Corum. Your arrogance will only plague me for a few hundred years at the most. Very well, I will show you Rhalina. I will show that she is safe. But I will not release her. I will keep her here and deliver her to you when the heart of the Knight of the Swords is brought to me.
`What use is the heart to you (для
`With it, I can bargain very well (с ним я смогу отлично торговаться/вести переговоры).
`You may have the ambitions of a God, Master Shool, but you have the methods of a pedlar (может, у тебя амбиции бога, господин Шул, но у тебя методы уличного торговца).
`Prince Shool. Your insults do not touch me (твои оскорбления не трогают = не задевают меня). Now (итак) …
Shool disappeared behind a cloud of milky green smoke that came from nowhere (Шул исчез за облаком молочно-зеленого дыма, которое возникло откуда ни возьмись). A scene formed in the smoke (картина образовалась в дыму). Corum saw the ship of the dead and he saw the cabin (Корум увидел корабль мертвецов и каюту). He saw the corpse of the Margrave embracing the living flesh of his wife, Rhalina, the Margravine (он увидел, как труп маркграфа обнимает живое тело своей жены, Ралины, маркграфини). And Corum saw that Rhalina was shouting with horror but unable to resist (увидел, что Ралина кричит от ужаса, но не в силах сопротивляться).
pedlar ['pedl] touch [t] embracing [m'bres]
`What use is the heart to you?
`With it, I can bargain very well.
`You may have the ambitions of a God, Master Shool, but you have the methods of a pedlar.
`Prince Shool. Your insults do not touch me. Now…
Shool disappeared behind a cloud of milky green smoke that came from nowhere. A scene formed in the smoke. Corum saw the ship of the dead and he saw the cabin. He saw the corpse of the Margrave embracing the living flesh of his wife, Rhalina, the Margravine. And Corum saw that Rhalina was shouting with horror but unable to resist.
`You said she would be unharmed (ты сказал, она будет невредимой)! Shool! You said she would be safe (ты сказал, она будет целой)!
`So she is — in the arms of a loving husband (она такая и есть — в руках любящего мужа), came an offended voice from nowhere (раздался из ниоткуда обиженный голос).
`Release her, Shool!
The scene dissolved (видение исчезло). Rhalina stood panting and terrified in the chamber that had no door (Ралина стояла, задыхаясь, напуганная = дрожа от страха в комнате, у которой не было дверей).
`Corum?
Corum ran forward and held her, but she drew away with a shudder (Корум бросился вперед и обнял ее, но она отстранилась с содроганием; to hold — держать, удерживать; поддерживать; to draw away — отстраняться).
`Is it Corum? Are you some phantom (ты призрак)? I made a bargain to save Corum (я заключила сделку, чтобы спасти Корума) …
`I am Corum. In turn, I have made a bargain to save you, Rhalina (я тоже заключил сделку, чтобы спасти тебя, Ралина; in turn — в свою очередь).
`I had not realised it would be so foul (я не понимала, что это будет так отвратительно; foul — нечистый, мерзкий, гадкий). I did not understand the terms (я не понимала условий) … He was going to (он
unharmed [n'h:md] phantom ['faentm] realised ['rlazd]
`You said she would be unharmed! Shool! You said she would be safe!
`So she is — in the arms of a loving husband, came an offended voice from nowhere.
`Release her, Shool!
The scene dissolved. Rhalina stood panting and terrified in the chamber that had no door.
`Corum?
Corum ran forward and held her, but she drew away with a shudder.
`Is it Corum? Are you some phantom? I made a bargain to save Corum…
`I am Corum. In turn, I have made a bargain to save you, Rhalina.
`I had not realised it would be so foul. I did not understand the terms… He was going to…
`Even the dead have their pleasures, Mistress Rhalina (даже у мертвых есть свои развлечения/забавы, госпожа Ралина). An anthropoid creature in a green coat and breeks stood behind them (человекообразное существо в зеленой куртке и штанах стояло позади них). It noted Corum's astonishment with pleasure (оно с удовольствием заметило изумление Корума). `I have several bodies I can utilize (у меня есть несколько тел, которые я могу использовать). This was an ancestor of the Nhadragh, I think (таким был предок надрагов, думаю). One of those races (одного из тех народов).
`Who is it, Corum (кто это, Корум)? Rhalina asked. She drew closer to him and he held her comfortingly now (она прижалась к нему и он обнял ее утешающе; to draw closer — жаться, приникать; приближаться). Her whole body shook (все ее тело дрожало). Her skin was oddly damp (ее кожа была странно влажной).
`This is Shool-an-Jyvan. He claims to be a God (он утверждает, что он бог; to claim — требовать; заявлять, утверждать). It was he who saw that your Summoning was answered (именно он проследил, чтобы на твое заклятие ответили/откликнулись). He has suggested that I perform an errand for him (он предложил, чтобы я выполнил одно поручение для него) and in return he will allow you to live safely here until I return (в обмен он позволит тебе жить в безопасности здесь, пока я не вернусь; in return — в обмен; в свою очередь). Then we will leave together (потом мы уедем вместе /отсюда/).
`But why did he (но почему он) …?
anthropoid ['aenrpd] utilize ['ju:tlaz] errand ['ernd]
`Even the dead have their pleasures, Mistress Rhalina. An anthropoid creature in a green coat and breeks stood behind them. It noted Corum's astonishment with pleasure. `I have several bodies I can utilize. This was an ancestor of the Nhadragh, I think. One of those races.
`Who is it, Corum? Rhalina asked. She drew closer to him and he held her comfortingly now. Her whole body shook. Her skin was oddly damp.
`This is Shool-an-Jyvan. He claims to be a God. It was he who saw that your Summoning was answered. He has suggested that I perform an errand for him and in return he will allow you to live safely here until I return. Then we will leave together.
`But why did he…?
`It was not you I wanted but your lover (мне нужна была не ты, а твой любовник), Shool said impatiently (сказал Шул нетерпеливо). `Now I have broken my promise to your husband I have lost my power over him (теперь, /когда/ я нарушил обещание, /данное/ твоему мужу, я потерял власть над ним; to break)! It is irritating (это раздражает /меня/).