Мистер Всезнайка. Рассказы
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chaff [CRf], beau [bqu], sympathetic ["sImpq`TetIk]
The jests her name gave rise to now were made behind her back and she very well knew that they were far from obliging. But she was by no means resigned to middle age. She still wore blue to bring out the colour of her eyes and, with the help of art, her fair hair had kept its lustre. What she liked about Beatrice Richman and Frances Hickson was that they were both so much fatter than she, it made her look quite slim; they were both of them older and much inclined to treat her as a little young thing. It was not disagreeable. They were good-natured women and they chaffed her pleasantly about her beaux; they had both given up the thought of that kind of nonsense, indeed Miss Hickson had never given it a moment's consideration, but they were sympathetic to her flirtations. It was understood that one of these days Arrow would make a third man happy.
"Only you mustn't get any heavier, darling (только ты не должна больше поправляться: «становиться сколько-нибудь тяжелее», дорогая)," said Mrs. Richman (сказала миссис Ричман).
"And for goodness' sake (и ради Бога) make certain of his bridge," said Miss Hickson (выясни насчет его /игры в/ бридж = хорошо ли он играет в бридж, — сказала мисс Хиксон; tomakecertainof— удостовериться в).
They saw for her a man of about fifty (они придумали для нее мужчину около пятидесяти /лет/; tosee—
encumbrance [In`kAmbr(q)ns], sonorous [sq`nLrqs, sq`nqurqs,`sOnqrqs], lineage [`lInIIG]
"Only you mustn't get any heavier, darling," said Mrs. Richman.
"And for goodness' sake make certain of his bridge," said Miss Hickson.
They saw for her a man of about fifty, but well-preserved and of distinguished carriage, an admiral on the retired list and a good golfer, or a widower without encumbrances, but in any case with a substantial income. Arrow listened to them amiably, and kept to herself that fact that this was not at all her idea. It was true that she would have liked to marry again, but her fancy turned to a dark slim Italian with flashing eyes and a sonorous title or to a Spanish don of noble lineage; and not a day more than thirty. There were times when, looking at herself in her mirror, she was certain she did not look any more than that herself.
They were great friends, Miss Hickson, Mrs. Richman and Arrow Sutcliffe (они были большими подругами: мисс Хиксон, миссис Ричман и Эрроу Сатклифф). It was their fat that had brought them together (именно их полнота свела их вместе; it is … that/who — усилительнаяконструкция) and bridge that had cemented their alliance (а /игра в/ бридж скрепила их союз). They had met first at Carlsbad (впервые они встретились в Карлсбаде; Carlsbad— бывшее название г. Карлови-Вари в Чехии, бальнеологический курорт, минеральные источники), where they were staying at the same hotel (где они проживали в одном и том же отеле; tostay— оставаться; останавливаться, жить) and were treated by the same doctor (и лечились у одного и того же доктора: «одним и тем же доктором») who used them with the same ruthlessness (который обращался /с/ ними с одинаковой беспощадностью; ruthless— безжалостный, беспощадный, жестокий). Beatrice Richman was enormous (Беатрис Ричман была огромна). She was a handsome woman (она была красивой женщиной), with fine eyes, rouged cheeks and painted lips (с прекрасными глазами, нарумяненными щеками и накрашенными губами; fine— тонкий; мелкий; прекрасный, замечательный). She was very well content to be a widow with a handsome fortune (она была очень хорошо готова = ее вполне устраивало быть вдовой с огромным состоянием; content— довольный; согласный /на что-либо/; готовый /сделать что-либо/;handsome— красивый; значительный, большой;fortune— удача, счастье, фортуна; судьба; богатство, состояние). She adored her food (она обожала есть: «свою еду»). She liked bread and butter (ей нравились хлеб с маслом), cream (сливки), potatoes and suet puddings (картофель и пудинги на сале; suet— почечное или нутряное сало), and for eleven months of the year (и в течение одиннадцати месяцев в году) ate pretty well everything she had a mind to (/она/ ела практически все, /что/ хотела: «к /чему/ она имела желание/намерение»; prettywell— вполне хорошо; почти; в большой степени), and for one month went to Carlsbad to reduce (и на один месяц уезжала в Карлсбад, чтобы похудеть). But every year she grew fatter (но /с/ каждым годом она становилась /все/ толще). She upbraided the doctor (она упрекала доктора), but got no sympathy from him (но /не/ получала = не вызывала у него никакого сочувствия). He pointed out to her various plain and simple facts (он указывал ей /на/ разные понятные и простые факты; plain— ясный, понятный, простой).
alliance [q`laIqns], rouge [rHZ], suet [`sHIt]
They were great friends, Miss Hickson, Mrs. Richman and Arrow Sutcliffe. It was their fat that had brought them together and bridge that had cemented their alliance. They had met first at Carlsbad, where they were staying at the same hotel and were treated by the same doctor who used them with the same ruthlessness. Beatrice Richman was enormous. She was a handsome woman, with fine eyes, rouged cheeks and painted lips. She was very well content to be a widow with a handsome fortune. She adored her food. She liked bread and butter, cream, potatoes and suet puddings, and for eleven months of the year ate pretty well everything she had a mind to, and for one month went to Carlsbad to reduce. But every year she grew fatter. She upbraided the doctor, but got no sympathy from him. He pointed out to her various plain and simple facts.
"But if I’m never to eat a thing I like (но если я никогда /не/ должна /буду/ есть ничего, /что/ мне нравится; to be to do — означаетдолженствование, возможность, намерение; thing — вещь), life isn't worth living (жизнь не стоит /того, чтобы/ жить)," she expostulated (возражала она; to expostulate — увещевать; спорить;протестовать).
He shrugged his disapproving shoulders (он /только/ неодобрительно пожимал своими плечами: «пожимал своими неодобрительными
"What the deuce should I look like in frills and furbelows (/на/ какого черта я была бы похожа в /этих/ тряпках; tolooklike— выглядеть как, быть похожим на;frill— оборка; что-либо, напоминающее оборку; /мн.ч./ излишества, ненужные украшения;furbelow— оборка; /мн.ч./ безвкусные украшения;frillsandfurbelows— тряпки)?" she said. "When you're as fat as I am (когда ты такая толстая, как я) you may just as well be comfortable (тебе лучше носить удобную одежду: «тебе точно не мешало бы, /чтобы/ было удобно»; may/mightaswell— не мешало бы; пожалуй; почему бы не)."
expostulate [Iks`pOstjuleIt], guffaw [gA`fL, gq`fL], bass [beIs]
"But if I’m never to eat a thing I like, life isn't worth living," she expostulated.
He shrugged his disapproving shoulders. Afterwards she told Miss Hickson that she was beginning to suspect he wasn't so clever as she had thought. Miss Hickson gave a great guffaw. She was that sort of woman. She had a deep bass voice, a large flat sallow face from which twinkled little bright eyes; she walked with a slouch, her hands in her pockets, and when she could do so without exciting attention smoked a long cigar. She dressed as like a man as she could.
"What the deuce should I look like in frills and furbelows?" she said. "When you're as fat as I am you may just as well be comfortable."
She wore tweeds and heavy boots (она носила твидовый костюм и тяжелые ботинки) and whenever she could (и всякий раз, когда она могла = когда была такая возможность) went about bareheaded (она расхаживала с непокрытой головой). But she was as strong as an ox (но она была сильна как бык) and boasted that few men could drive a longer ball than she (и хвасталась, что немногие мужчины могли отбить мяч дальше: «отбить более длинный мяч», чем она; todrive— везти; ехать; быстро и резко отбивать мяч /в бейсболе, теннисе/). She was plain of speech (она была резка в речи; plain— простой; прямой, резкий), and she could swear more variously than a stevedore (и могла ругаться более разнообразно, чем портовый грузчик). Though her name was Frances (хотя ее звали: «ее имя было» Фрэнсис) she preferred to be called Frank (она предпочитала зваться = чтобы ее звали Фрэнк). Masterful, but with tact (властная, но /в то же время/ тактичная: «с тактом»), it was her jovial strength of character that held the three together (именно ее жизнерадостная сила характера сплачивала: «держала вместе» /их/ троих; itis…that/who— усилительная конструкция;jovial— веселый; общительный). They drank their waters together (они вместе пили свою минеральную воду; water— вода; /мн.ч./ минеральные воды;todrinkthewaters— побывать на водах, пить лечебные воды /на курорте/), had their baths at the same hour (принимали свои /лечебные/ ванны в одно и то же время; hour— час), they took their strenuous walks together (вместе совершали: «брали» свои энергичные прогулки; strenuous— требующий усилий), pounded about the tennis court with a professional to make them run (гоняли /мячи/ по всему теннисному корту с каким-нибудь профессиональным игроком, чтобы /он/ заставлял их бегать; topound— бить/ся/, колотить/ся/; наносить удары;about— повсюду; туда-сюда), and ate at the same table their sparse and regulated meals (и ели за одним и тем же столом свою скудную, предписанную /им/ пищу; regulation— регулирование; предписание, правило;meal— прием пищи; еда). Nothing impaired their good humour but the scales (ничто /не/ портило их хорошего настроения, кроме весов), and when one or other of them weighed as much on one day as she had the day before (и когда кто-нибудь: «одна или другая» из них в один /прекрасный/ день весила столько же, сколько она /весила/ накануне) neither Frank's coarse jokes (ни грубые шутки Фрэнк), the bonhomie of Beatrice (/ни/ добродушие Беатрис /фр./) nor Arrow's pretty kittenish ways sufficed to dispel the gloom (ни милые игривые манеры Эрроу /не/ были достаточными, чтобы рассеять это уныние; neither…nor— ни…ни;kittenish— похожий на котенка; игривый как котенок;kitten— котенок;way— путь; способ, прием; манера, привычка, образ действия). Then drastic measures were resorted to (тогда принимались суровые меры; toresortto— прибегать к чему-либо), the culprit went to bed for twenty-four hours (виновница ложилась в кровать на сутки: «шла в кровать на двадцать четыре часа») and nothing passed her lips but the doctor's famous vegetable soup (и ничего не проходило через ее губы = и она ничего не ела, кроме знаменитого овощного супа доктора) which tasted like hot water (который на вкус был словно горячая вода; totaste— пробовать /на вкус/; иметь вкус) in which a cabbage had been well rinsed (в которой /до этого/ хорошенько вымыли капусту; torinse— полоскать; промывать).
bonhomie [`bOnq" mI, "bOnq`mI], kittenish [`kItnIS], suffice [sq`faIs]
She wore tweeds and heavy boots and whenever she could went about bareheaded. But she was as strong as an ox and boasted that few men could drive a longer ball than she. She was plain of speech, and she could swear more variously than a stevedore. Though her name was Frances she preferred to be called Frank. Masterful, but with tact, it was her jovial strength of character that held the three together. They drank their waters together, had their baths at the same hour, they took their strenuous walks together, pounded about the tennis court with a professional to make them run, and ate at the same table their sparse and regulated meals. Nothing impaired their good humour but the scales, and when one or other of them weighed as much on one day as she had the day before neither Frank's coarse jokes, the bonhomie of Beatrice nor Arrow's pretty kittenish ways sufficed to dispel the gloom. Then drastic measures were resorted to, the culprit went to bed for twenty-four hours and nothing passed her lips but the doctor's famous vegetable soup which tasted like hot water in which a cabbage had been well rinsed.