Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Собака Баскервилей (ASCII-IPA)
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"There are only two women in the house, Sir Henry (в доме всего две женщины, сэр Генри)," he answered (ответил он). "One is the scullery-maid (одна из них посудомойка; scullery — помещение для мытья посуды; maid — девушка; служанка), who sleeps in the other wing (которая спит в другом крыле). The other is my wife (другая — моя жена), and I can answer for it (но я могу вас уверить в том; to answer for — ручаться) that the sound could not have come from her (что она не плакала: «этот звук шел не от нее»)."
hear [hI@], conclude[k@n'klu:d], other ['VD@]
"And yet it was not entirely a question of imagination," I answered. "Did you, for example, happen to hear someone, a woman I think, sobbing in the night?"
"That is curious, for I did when I was half asleep fancy that I heard something of the sort. I waited quite a time, but there was no more of it, so I concluded that it was all a dream."
"I heard it distinctly, and I am sure that it was really the sob of a woman."
"We must ask about this right away." He rang the bell and asked Barrymore whether he could account for our experience. It seemed to me that the pallid features of the butler turned a shade paler still as he listened to his master's question.
"There are only two women in the house, Sir Henry," he answered. "One is the scullery-maid, who sleeps in the other wing. The other is my wife, and I can answer for it that the sound could not have come from her."
And yet he lied as he said it (и
large ['lA:dZ], mouth [mauT], mystery ['mIst(@)rI]
And yet he lied as he said it, for it chanced that after breakfast I met Mrs. Barrymore in the long corridor with the sun full upon her face. She was a large, impassive, heavy-featured woman with a stern, set expression of mouth. But her tell-tale eyes were red and glanced at me from between swollen lids. It was she, then, who wept in the night, and if she did so her husband must know it. Yet he had taken the obvious risk of discovery in declaring that it was not so. Why had he done this? And why did she weep so bitterly? Already round this pale-faced, handsome, black-bearded man there was gathering an atmosphere of mystery and of gloom.
It was he who had been the first to discover the body of Sir Charles (это он первым обнаружил тело сэра Чарльза), and we had only his word for all the circumstances (и только с его слов мы /знали/ все обстоятельства) which led up to the old man's death (которые привели к смерти старика; to lead). Was it possible that it was Barrymore after all (возможно ли, что все же это был Бэрримор; after all — все же) whom we had seen in the cab in Regent Street (кого мы видели в кебе на Риджент-стрит)? The beard might well have been the same (борода вполне могла оказаться той же самой). The cabman had described a somewhat shorter man (кебмен описывал человека немного ниже ростом), but such an impression might easily have been erroneous (но такое впечатление легко могло быть ошибочным; to err —
circumstance ['s@:k@mst@ns], possible ['pOs@bl], whether ['weD@]
It was he who had been the first to discover the body of Sir Charles, and we had only his word for all the circumstances which led up to the old man's death. Was it possible that it was Barrymore after all whom we had seen in the cab in Regent Street? The beard might well have been the same. The cabman had described a somewhat shorter man, but such an impression might easily have been erroneous. How could I settle the point for ever? Obviously the first thing to do was to see the Grimpen postmaster, and find whether the test telegram had really been placed in Barrymore's own hands. Be the answer what it might, I should at least have something to report to Sherlock Holmes.
Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast (после завтрака сэру Генри /нужно было/ изучить множество /деловых/ бумаг), so that the time was propitious for my excursion (так что момент был подходящим для похода на почту: «благоприятным для моей экскурсии»). It was a pleasant walk of four miles along the edge of the moor (это была приятная четырехмильная прогулка вдоль кромки болот), leading me at last to a small grey hamlet (которая привела меня = и я очутился наконец в маленькой скучной деревушке), in which two larger buildings (в которой два строения, которые были больше остальных), which proved to be the inn and the house of Dr. Mortimer (оказавшиеся гостиницей и домом доктора Мортимера), stood high above the rest (возвышались над остальными). The postmaster, who was also the village grocer (почтмейстер, оказавшийся к тому же местным: «деревенским» бакалейщиком), had a clear recollection of the telegram (хорошо помнил /нашу/ телеграмму: «имел ясные воспоминания о телеграмме»).
examine [Ig'z&mIn], walk ['wO:k], hamlet ['h&mlIt]
Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious for my excursion. It was a pleasant walk of four miles along the edge of the moor, leading me at last to a small grey hamlet, in which two larger buildings, which proved to be the inn and the house of Dr. Mortimer, stood high above the rest. The postmaster, who was also the village grocer, had a clear recollection of the telegram.
"Certainly, sir," said he (конечно, сэр, — сказал он), "I had the telegram delivered to Mr. Barrymore (телеграмма была доставлена мистеру Бэрримору; to have smth. + причастие прош. вр. — получить результат какого-либо действия /как следствие собственных усилий или деятельности других лиц/) exactly as directed (в точности, /как и было/ указано)."
"Who delivered it (кто вручил: «доставил» ее)?"
"My boy here (вот, мой сын). James, you delivered that telegram to Mr. Barrymore at the Hall last week, did you not (Джеймс, ты доставил телеграмму мистеру Бэрримору в Баскервиль-холл на прошлой неделе, не так ли)?"
"Yes, father, I delivered it (да, отец, я доставил ее)."
"Into his own hands?" I asked (ему в собственные руки? — спросил я).
"Well, he was up in the loft at the time (ну, в тот момент он был на чердаке), so that I could not put it into his own hands (поэтому я не мог вручить ее ему лично), but I gave it into Mrs. Barrymore's hands (но я отдал ее миссис Бэрримор), and she promised to deliver it at once (и она обещала сразу же передать ее)."