Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказов (ASCII-IPA)
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My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition (мой друг настоял, чтобы я сопровождал их в этой поездке), which I was eager enough to do (что я охотно и сделал), for my curiosity and sympathy were deeply stirred by the story to which we had listened (так как история, которую мы услышали, пробудила во мне сильное любопытство и глубокое сочувствие). I confess that the guilt of the banker’s son appeared to me to be as obvious (признаюсь, виновность сына банкира казалась мне столь же очевидной) as it did to his unhappy father (как и несчастному отцу), but still I had such faith in Holmes’s judgment that I felt (и все же я настолько верил в чутье Холмса, что понимал; faith — вера, доверие) that there must be some grounds for hope (что должны быть какие-то основания для надежды) as long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted explanation (раз он недоволен признанным объяснением). He hardly spoke a word the whole way out to the southern suburb (он
accompanying [@'kVmp@nIIN], sympathy ['sImp@TI], suburb ['sVb@:b]
“It is our task to find that out,” replied Holmes; “so now, if you please, Mr. Holder, we will set off for Streatham together, and devote an hour to glancing a little more closely into details.”
My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition, which I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy were deeply stirred by the story to which we had listened. I confess that the guilt of the banker’s son appeared to me to be as obvious as it did to his unhappy father, but still I had such faith in Holmes’s judgment that I felt that there must be some grounds for hope as long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted explanation. He hardly spoke a word the whole way out to the southern suburb, but sat with his chin upon his breast and his hat drawn over his eyes, sunk in the deepest thought.
Our client appeared to have taken fresh heart at the little glimpse of hope (казалось, наш клиент воспрянул духом от слабого проблеска надежды; to take heart — воспрянуть духом, приободриться; glimpse — мелькание; проблеск, слабый свет, слабая вспышка) which had been presented to him (которою ему подали; to present — представлять; дарить, преподносить), and he even broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs (и он даже пустился/затеял со мной бесцельный разговор о своих коммерческих делах; desultory — несвязный, отрывочный; бессвязный, несистематический; бесцельный). A short railway journey (короткая поездка по железной дороге) and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank (и еще более короткая прогулка пешком привели нас в Фэрбенк), the modest residence of the great financier (скромную резиденцию крупного финансиста).
Fairbank was a good-sized square house of white stone (Фэрбенк представлял собой большой квадратный дом из белого камня), standing back a little from the road (расположенный недалеко: «немного отстоящий» от /главной/ дороги). A double carriage-sweep (/от которой к дому поворачивала/ дорога для двух экипажей; sweep — кривая; изгиб; поворот /дороги/: a wide sweep leads up to the house — дорога к дому широко изогнулась дугой), with a snow-clad lawn (/проходила через/ покрытую снегом лужайку), stretched down in front to two large iron gates (и упиралась в большие железные ворота) which closed the entrance (закрывавшие подъезд /к дому/). On the right side was a small wooden thicket (справа находился небольшой лесок; thicket — чаща, заросль; поросль; молодой лес), which led into a narrow path between two neat hedges (который переходил в узкую тропинку между двумя аккуратными изгородями) stretching from the road to the kitchen door (тянущуюся от дороги до двери кухни), and forming the tradesmen’s entrance (и образовавшую вход для торговцев = этой дорогой доставлялись продукты; tradesman — торговец, лавочник; tradesmen's entrance — служебный вход /в магазине/). On the left ran a lane which led to the stables (налево шла дорожка, которая вела к конюшням; lane — узкая дорога, тропинка /обычно между живыми изгородями/), and was not itself within the grounds at all (она, собственно, не относилась к владениям), being a public, though little used, thoroughfare (а являлась общественной, хотя и мало используемой, дорогой; thoroughfare — оживленная улица; главная артерия /города/, главная дорога; путь общего пользования). Holmes left us standing at the door and walked slowly all round the house (Холмс оставил нас у дверей и медленно обошел вокруг дома), across the front (прошел вдоль фасада), down the tradesmen’s path (по дорожке, ведущей к кухне), and so round by the garden behind into the stable lane (и дальше через сад позади вышел на дорожку к конюшням).
desultory ['des(@)lt(@)rI], financier [f(a)I'n&nsI@], thoroughfare ['TVr@fe@]
Our client appeared to have taken fresh heart at the little glimpse of hope which had been presented to him, and he even broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs. A short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest residence of the great financier.
Fairbank was a good-sized square house of white stone, standing back a little from the road. A double carriage-sweep, with a snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates which closed the entrance. On the right side was a small wooden thicket, which led into a narrow path between two neat hedges stretching from the road to the kitchen door, and forming the tradesmen’s entrance. On the left ran a lane which led to the stables, and was not itself within the grounds at all, being a public, though little used, thoroughfare. Holmes left us standing at the door and walked slowly all round the house, across the front, down the tradesmen’s path, and so round by the garden behind into the stable lane.
So long was he that Mr. Holder and I went into the dining-room (его
height [haIt], bloodless ['blVdlIs], grief [gri:f], capacity [k@'p&sItI]
So long was he that Mr. Holder and I went into the dining-room and waited by the fire until he should return. We were sitting there in silence when the door opened and a young lady came in. She was rather above the middle height, slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against the absolute pallor of her skin. I do not think that I have ever seen such deadly paleness in a woman’s face. Her lips, too, were bloodless, but her eyes were flushed with crying. As she swept silently into the room she impressed me with a greater sense of grief than the banker had done in the morning, and it was the more striking in her as she was evidently a woman of strong character, with immense capacity for self-restraint. Disregarding my presence, she went straight to her uncle and passed her hand over his head with a sweet womanly caress.
“You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated (вы распорядились, чтобы Артура освободили; liberty — свобода), have you not, dad (не так ли, папа)?” she asked.
“No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom (нет, моя девочка, дело нужно расследовать до конца).”
“But I am so sure that he is innocent (но я уверена, он невиновен). You know what woman’s instincts are (вы знаете, что такое женское чутье). I know that he has done no harm (я знаю, что он не сделал ничего дурного; harm — вред; убыток, урон, ущерб) and that you will be sorry for having acted so harshly (и вы пожалеете, что поступили /с ним/ столь сурово).”
“Why is he silent, then, if he is innocent (почему же тогда он молчит, если невиновен)?”
“Who knows (кто знает)? Perhaps because he was so angry that you should suspect him (возможно, потому что очень рассердился, что вы подозреваете его).”
“How could I help suspecting him (как же мне его не подозревать), when I actually saw him with the coronet in his hand (если я действительно видел его с диадемой в руках)?”
“Oh, but he had only picked it up to look at it (ну, он только взял ее, чтобы посмотреть). Oh, do, do take my word for it that he is innocent (о, поверьте мне, он невиновен; to take smb.'s word for it — верить на слово). Let the matter drop and say no more (прекратите это дело, хватит /прошу вас/; to drop — бросать, прекращать; снимать, отменять: to drop charges — снять обвинения). It is so dreadful to think of our dear Arthur in prison (как ужасно думать о том, что наш дорогой Артур в тюрьме)!”