Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом
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"Next time I tell you to stay somewhere (в следующий раз, когда я велю тебе остаться где-то; to tell — говорить; велеть)," he gasped (задыхаясь, произнес он), "you stay (оставайся /там/)!"
sight [sat], vertebra ['v:tbr], throe [ru]
An instant he reeled on wide-braced legs, feeling his ribs caving in on his vitals and his sight growing dark, while his scimitar gleamed above his head. Then it fell, shearing through the scales and flesh and vertebrae. And where there had been one huge, writhing cable, now there were horribly two, lashing and flopping in the death throes. Conan staggered away from their blind strokes. He was sick and dizzy, and blood oozed from his nose. Groping in a dark mist he clutched Octavia and shook her until she gasped for breath.
"Next time I tell you to stay somewhere," he gasped, "you stay!"
He was too dizzy even to know whether she replied (у
The door gave to his efforts (дверь поддалась его усилиям). If Khosatral had placed the snake there to guard the thing he feared (если Хозатрал разместил змею там, чтобы охранять вещь, которой он опасался), evidently he considered it ample precaution (очевидно, он счел это достаточной предосторожностью; to consider — рассматривать; считать; ample — богатый; достаточный). Conan half expected some other monstrosity to leap at him with the opening of the door (Конан уже почти ожидал, что еще какое-нибудь чудище набросится на него при открывании двери; half — наполовину; почти уже; monstrosity — чудовищность; чудовище; to leap — прыгать; наброситься), but in the dimmer light he saw only the vague sweep of the arch above (но в /более/ слабом свете он увидел лишь смутный изгиб арки вверху; sweep — чистка; пологая кривая; изгиб), a dully gleaming block of gold, and a half-moon glimmer on the stone (неясно светящуюся золотую глыбу и тусклое мерцание полумесяца на камне; dully — неясно; неясно; block — колода; глыба, блок /строительный/).
truant ['tru:nt], hideous ['hds], guard [:d]
He was too dizzy even to know whether she replied. Taking her wrist like a truant schoolgirl, he led her around the hideous stumps that still loomed and knotted on the floor. Somewhere, in the distance, he thought he heard men yelling, but his ears were still roaring so that he could not be sure.
The door gave to his efforts. If Khosatral had placed the snake there to guard the thing he feared, evidently he considered it ample precaution. Conan half expected some other monstrosity to leap at him with the opening of the door, but in the dimmer light he saw only the vague sweep of the arch above, a dully gleaming block of gold, and a half-moon glimmer on the stone.
With a gasp of gratification (с судорожным вдохом от радости; gasp /for breath/ — судорожный глоток воздуха, судорожный вдох), he scooped it up and did not linger for further exploration (он сгреб его и не задерживался для дальнейшего осмотра; to scoop up — сгребать, собирать; exploration — исследование; разведка; осмотр). He turned and fled across the room and down the great hall toward the distant door (он повернулся и побежал через зал и по большому коридору к дальней двери; to flee — убегать) that he felt led to the outer air (которая, он чувствовал, ведет на открытый воздух; to feel; to lead). He was correct (он оказался прав). A few minutes later he emerged into the silent streets (несколько минут спустя он появился на безмолвных улицах), half carrying, half guiding his companion (не то неся, не то ведя свою спутницу; half… half… — не то…, не то…). There was no one to be seen (никого не было видно), but beyond the western wall there sounded cries and moaning wails that made Octavia tremble (но за западной стеной раздавались крики и стонущие вопли, от которых Октавия задрожала: «которые заставили Октавию дрожать»; to sound — звучать; to make — делать; заставлять). He led her to the southwestern wall and without difficulty found a stone stair that mounted the rampart (он повел ее к юго-западной стене и без труда нашел каменную лестницу, которая поднималась на крепостной вал). He had appropriated a thick tapestry rope in the great hall (он прихватил толстый канат от гобелена в большом зале; to appropriate —
hall [h:l], rampart ['raemp:t], parapet ['paerpt]
With a gasp of gratification, he scooped it up and did not linger for further exploration. He turned and fled across the room and down the great hall toward the distant door that he felt led to the outer air. He was correct. A few minutes later he emerged into the silent streets, half carrying, half guiding his companion. There was no one to be seen, but beyond the western wall there sounded cries and moaning wails that made Octavia tremble. He led her to the southwestern wall and without difficulty found a stone stair that mounted the rampart. He had appropriated a thick tapestry rope in the great hall, and now, having reached the parapet, he looped the soft, strong cord about the girl's hips and lowered her to the earth.
Then, making one end fast to a merlon (затем, закрепив один конец на зубце крепостной стены; to make fast — закреплять; merlon — зубец /крепостной стены/), he slid down after her (он соскользнул вниз за ней; to slide — скользить). There was but one way of escape from the island (был лишь один путь бегства с острова) — the stair on the western cliffs (лестница на западных утесах). In that direction he hurried (он поспешил в этом направлении), swinging wide around the spot from which had come the cries and the sound of terrible blows (далеко огибая место, от которого доносились крики и звук страшных ударов; to swing — качать; поворачивать, огибать; spot — пятнышко; место; to come — приходить; доноситься).
Octavia sensed that grim peril lurked in those leafy fastnesses (Октавия ощущала, что грозная опасность таится в той покрытой листьями твердыне). Her breath came pantingly and she pressed close to her protector (ее дыхание вырывалось часто и тяжело, и она прижалась поближе к своему защитнику; to pant — дышать часто и тяжело). But the forest was silent now (однако сейчас в лесу было тихо), and they saw no shape of menace (и они не увидели угрожающих фигур) until they emerged from the trees and glimpsed a figure standing on the edge of the cliffs (пока не вышли из-за деревьев и не увидели фигуру, стоящую на краю утесов).
merlon ['m:ln], menace ['mens], edge [e]
Then, making one end fast to a merlon, he slid down after her. There was but one way of escape from the island — the stair on the western cliffs. In that direction he hurried, swinging wide around the spot from which had come the cries and the sound of terrible blows.
Octavia sensed that grim peril lurked in those leafy fastnesses. Her breath came pantingly and she pressed close to her protector. But the forest was silent now, and they saw no shape of menace until they emerged from the trees and glimpsed a figure standing on the edge of the cliffs.
Jehungir Agha had escaped the doom (Джихангир Ага избежал гибели) that had overtaken his warriors (которая настигла его воинов; to overtake — нагнать) when an iron giant sallied suddenly from the gate (когда железный исполин внезапно возник из ворот и атаковал их; to sally — внезапно выходить из укрытия и переходить в наступление; внезапно возникать) and battered and crushed them into bits of shredded flesh and splintered bone (и размолотил и раздробил их на куски измельченной плоти и раздробленных костей; to shred — рвать на клочки; измельчать). When he saw the swords of his archers break on that manlike juggernaut (когда он увидел, как ломаются мечи его лучников об эту мощную человекоподобную махину; juggernaut- мощная разрушительная сила; мощное транспортное средство, мощный военный корабль и т. п.), he had known it was no human foe they faced (он понял, что они столкнулись лицом к лицу не с врагом-человеком; to know — знать; понимать;to face — встречаться; сталкиваться лицом к лицу), and he had fled (и он убежал; to flee — убегать), hiding in the deep woods (скрывшись глубоко в лесу) until the sounds of slaughter ceased (пока не прекратились звуки бойни). Then he crept back to the stair (потом он прокрался назад к лестнице; to creep — ползать; красться), but his boatmen were not waiting for him (но его гребцы не ждали его).