Мистер Всезнайка. Рассказы
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punctually ['pANktSuqlI], borrow ['bOrqu], regularly ['regjulqlI]
He had lived on the island for so long and had always settled his accounts so punctually that it was easy for him to get credit; never having borrowed money before, he found a number of people who were willing to lend him small sums when now he asked for them. He had paid his rent regularly for so many years that his landlord, whose wife Assunta still acted as his servant, was content to let things slide for several months.
Everyone believed him when he said that a relative had died (все поверили ему, когда он сказал, что /у него/ умер один родственник) and that he was temporarily embarrassed (и что он испытывает временные денежные затруднения; to embarrass — беспокоить,
relative ['relqtIv], temporarily ['temp(q)rqrIlI], embarrass [Im'bxrqs], legal ['li: g(q)l], formality [fO:'mxlItI]
Everyone believed him when he said that a relative had died and that he was temporarily embarrassed because owing to legal formalities he could not for some time get the money that was due to him. He managed to hang on after this fashion for something over a year. Then he could get no more credit from the local tradesmen, and there was no one to lend him any more money. His landlord gave him notice to leave the house unless he paid up the arrears of rent before a certain date.
The day before this he went into his tiny bedroom (за день до этого дня = назначеннойдаты он вошел в свою крошечную спальню), closed the door and the window, drew the curtain (закрыл дверь и окно, задернул занавеску; to draw — тащить; задергиватьилиоткрыватьзанавеску), and lit a brazier of charcoal (и поджег в жаровне древесный уголь; to light). Next morning when Assunta came to make his breakfast (на следующее утро, когда Ассунта пришла, чтобы приготовить ему завтрак) she found him insensible but still alive (она обнаружила его без сознания, но все еще живого; insensible — нечувствительный; потерявшийсознание). The room was draughty (комната продувалась насквозь; draught — тяга, тяговоеусилие; сквозняк), and though he had done this and that to keep out the fresh air (и, хотя он и сделал кое-что: «то да се», чтобы не впустить /в спальню/ свежий воздух; to keep out — держать/ся/вне/чего-либо/) he had not done it very thoroughly (он сделал это недостаточно тщательно; thoroughly — вполне, совершенно; тщательно, какследует).
brazier ['breIzjq], charcoal ['tSQ: kqul], insensible [In'sensqb(q)l], draughty ['drQ: ftI], thoroughly ['TArqlI]
The day before this he went into his tiny bedroom, closed the door and the window, drew the curtain, and lit a brazier of charcoal. Next morning when Assunta came to make his breakfast she found him insensible but still alive. The room was draughty, and though he had done this and that to keep out the fresh air he had not done it very thoroughly.
It almost looked as though at the last moment (почти было похоже на то, что в последний момент), and desperate though his situation was (хотя его ситуация и была отчаянной), he had suffered from a certain infirmity of purpose (он
desperate ['desp(q)rIt], infirmity [In'fWmItI], asylum [q'saIlqm], obviously ['ObvIqslI]
It almost looked as though at the last moment, and desperate though his situation was, he had suffered from a certain infirmity of purpose. Wilson was taken to the hospital, and though very ill for some time he at last recovered. But as a result either of the charcoal poisoning or of the shock he was no longer in complete possession of his faculties. He was not insane, at all events not insane enough to be put in an asylum, but he was quite obviously no longer in his right mind.
"I went to see him (я навестил его)," said my friend. "I tried to get him to talk (я попытался разговорить его; to get to do smth. — разг. начинатьделатьчто-либо), but he kept looking at me in a funny sort of way (но он все время смотрел на меня как-то странно), as though he couldn’t quite make out where he’d seen me before (словно он не вполне мог решить, где он видел меня раньше; to make out — составлять; понять, разобраться). He looked rather awful lying there in bed (лежа в постели в лечебнице: «там», он выглядел довольно ужасно; to look — смотреть; иметьвид, выглядеть; to lie), with a week’s growth of grey beard on his chin (с недельной седой щетиной на подбородке; growth — рост, развитие; щетина; grey — серый; седой; beard — борода); but except for that funny look in his eyes he seemed quite normal (но за исключением того странного взгляда в глазах, он казался вполне нормальным; funny — смешной, забавный; странный, тронувшийся, чудной)."
"What funny look in his eyes (какого странного взгляда в глазах)?"
awful ['O: f(q)l], growth [grquT], beard [bIqd]
"I went to see him," said my friend. "I tried to get him to talk, but he kept looking at me in a funny sort of way, as though he couldn’t quite make out where he’d seen me before. He looked rather awful lying there in bed, with a week’s growth of grey beard on his chin; but except for that funny look in his eyes he seemed quite normal."
"What funny look in his eyes?"
"I don’t know exactly how to describe it (я точно не знаю, как его описать). Puzzled (озадаченный). It’s an absurd comparison (это нелепое сравнение), but suppose you threw a stone up into the air (но представьте, что вы подбросили камень /в воздух/) and it didn’t come down but just stayed there (а он не упал, а так и остался там /в воздухе/)…"
"It would be rather bewildering (это было бы очень озадачивающим)," I smiled (улыбнулся я).