Английский язык с Р.Л.Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ
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The rider tried to save him, but in vain (наездник попытался спасти его, но тщетно). Down went Pew with a cry that rang high into the night (Пью умер с криком, который разорвал ночь; to go down — упасть, ослабеть, умереть; to ring — звенеть, раздаваться); and the four hoofs trampled and spurned him and passed by (четыре копыта растоптали /его/, отбросили прочь и пронеслись мимо). He fell on his side then gently collapsed upon his face (он упал на бок, затем медленно перевернулся лицом /вниз/; gently — мягко, осторожно, тихо; to collapse — свалиться, осесть), and moved no more (и не двигался более).
I leaped to my feet and hailed the riders (я вскочил на ноги и окликнул всадников; to leap — прыгать,
trample [`træmpl] accident [`æksɪdənt] revenue [`revɪnju:] circumstance [`sə:kəmstæns]
The rider tried to save him, but in vain. Down went Pew with a cry that rang high into the night; and the four hoofs trampled and spurned him and passed by. He fell on his side then gently collapsed upon his face, and moved no more.
I leaped to my feet and hailed the riders. They were pulling up, at any rate, horrified at the accident; and I soon saw what they were. One, tailing out behind the rest, was a lad this had gone from the hamlet to Dr Livesey’s; the rest were revenue officers, whom he had met by the way, and with whom he had had the intelligence to return at once. Some news of the lugger in Kitt’s Hole had found its way to Supervisor Dance, and set him forth that night in our direction, and to that circumstance my mother and I owe our preservation from death.
Pew was dead, stone dead (Пью был мертв, совершенно мертв). As for my mother (что касается моей матери), when we had carried her up to the hamlet (когда мы перевезли ее в деревушку), a little cold water and salts (немного холодной воды и /нюхательная/ соль) and that soon brought her back again (и при том вскоре вернули ее снова /в сознание/; to bring back — вернуть, возвратить), and she was none the worse for her terror (и она, несмотря на /перенесенный/ страх; none the worse for — как ни в чем не бывало), though she still continued to deplore the balance of the money (по-прежнему = вновь продолжила оплакивать остаток денег /которые не успела взять/).
In the meantime the supervisor rode on (тем временем надзиратель поскакал дальше; to ride — скакать), as fast as he could, to Kitt’s Hole (так быстро, как только мог, к Киттовой Дыре) but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle (но его люди вынуждены были спешиться и ощупью спускаться в лощину) leading, and sometimes supporting, their horses (ведя /под уздцы/ и иногда поддерживая своих лошадей), and in continual fear of ambushes (в постоянном страхе засад); so it was no great matter for surprise (так что это не было большим поводом для удивления = не удивительно) that when they got down to the Hole (что, когда они спустились к Дыре) the lugger was already under way (люггер был уже на ходу = отчалил), though still close in (хотя все еще близко /от берега/). He hailed her (он окликнул судно). A voice replied (голос ответил), telling him to keep out of the moonlight (сказавший избегать
supervisor [`s(j)u:pəvaɪzə] dismount [dɪs`maunt] ambushes [`æmbuʃɪz] bullet [`bulɪt]
Pew was dead, stone dead. As for my mother, when we had carried her up to the hamlet, a little cold water and salts and that soon brought her back again, and she was none the worse for her terror, though she still continued to deplore the balance of the money.
In the meantime the supervisor rode on, as fast as he could, to Kitt’s Hole but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle leading, and sometimes supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way, though still close in. He hailed her. A voice replied, telling him to keep out of the moonlight or he would get some lead in him, and at the same time bullet whistled close by his arm.
Soon after, the lugger doubled the point and disappeared (вскоре после этого люггер обогнул мыс и исчез; to double — удвоить; сделать петлю; point — точка; мыс).
Mr. Dance stood there as he said (мистер Данс стоял там, как он /сам/ говорил), “like a fish out of water (точно рыба, вынутая из воды = на песке),” and all he could do was to despatch a man to B—— to warn the cutter (и все, что он мог сделать, /так это/ послать человека в Б…, чтобы предупредить = послать на перехват /сторожевой/ катер). “And that,” said he, “is just about as good as nothing (это все равно что ничего = это напрасно). They’ve got off clean (они удрали совершенно: «чисто»), and there’s an end (и конец = и все тут). Only,” he added, “I’m glad I trod on Master Pew’s corns (я лишь рад, добавил он, что наступил господину Пью на мозоли);” for by this time he had heard my story (так как к этому времени он /уже/ слышал мою историю).
I went back with him to the “Admiral Benbow” (я вернулся с ним в «Адмирал Бенбоу»), and you cannot imagine a house in such a state of smash (вы представить себе не можете в каком беспорядке /находился/ дом; state — состояние, ситуация; smash — внезапное падение; шум, грохот; гибель, катастрофа); the very clock had been thrown down by these fellows (даже часы были сброшены /со стены/ этими парнями) in their furious hunt after my mother and myself (во время их неистовых поисков моей матери и меня; hunt — охота, ловля); and though nothing had actually been taken away (и хотя ничего фактически не было унесено) except the captain’s money-bag and a little silver from the till (кроме денежной сумки капитана и нескольких серебряных /монет/ из кассы), I could see at once that we were ruined (я мог видеть с первого взгляда, что мы были разорены). Mr. Dance could make nothing of the scene (мистер Данс не мог ничего понять там; scene — место происшествия, зрелище).
doubled [`dʌbld] furious [`fjuərɪəs] ruined [`ru:ɪnd] scene [si:n]
Soon after, the lugger doubled the point and disappeared.
Mr. Dance stood there as he said, “like a fish out of water,” and all he could do was to despatch a man to B—— to warn the cutter. “And that,” said he, “is just about as good as nothing. They’ve got off clean, and there’s an end. Only,” he added, “I’m glad I trod on Master Pew’s corns;” for by this time he had heard my story.
I went back with him to the “Admiral Benbow,” and you cannot imagine a house in such a state of smash; the very clock had been thrown down by these fellows in their furious hunt after my mother and myself; and though nothing had actually been taken away except the captain’s money-bag and a little silver from the till, I could see at once that we were ruined. Mr. Dance could make nothing of the scene.
“They got the money, you say (они взяли деньги, говоришь)? Well, then, Hawkins, what in fortune were they after (ну, тогда, Хокинс, чего же они /еще/ хотели; to be after — стараться получить что-то)? More money, I suppose (еще денег, полагаю)?”