H. Wells - Английский язык с Г. Уэллсом "Человек-невидимка"

disfigured [dIs`fIgqd], accident [`xksId(q)nt], wrapped [rxpt], hitherto ["hIDq`tH]

When Mrs. Hall went to clear away the stranger’s lunch, her idea that his mouth must also have been cut or disfigured in the accident she supposed him to have suffered, was confirmed, for he was smoking a pipe, and all the time that she was in the room he never loosened the silk muffler he had wrapped round the lower part of his face to put the mouthpiece to his lips. Yet it was not forgetfulness, for she saw he glanced at it as it smouldered out. He sat in the corner with his back to the window-blind and spoke now, having eaten and drunk and being comfortably warmed through, with less aggressive brevity than before. The reflection of the fire lent a kind of red animation to his big spectacles they had lacked hitherto.

“I have some luggage (у меня кое-какой багаж),” he said, “at Bramblehurst station (/остался/ на станции Брэмблхерст),” and he asked her how he could have it sent (и гость спросил ее, нельзя ли послать за ним; to send — посылать, отправлять ). He bowed his bandaged head quite politely in acknowledgment of her explanation (он наклонил забинтованную голову весьма вежливо, выслушав ее ответ: «объяснение»; acknowledgment — признание; подтверждение; in acknowledgement of something — взнакблагодарностизачто-либо ). “To-morrow (завтра)?” he said. “There is no speedier delivery (/неужели/ нельзя раньше; speedy — быстрый, скорый; delivery — поставка, доставка )?” and seemed quite disappointed when she answered (и казался очень расстроенным = сильнорасстроился , когда она ответила; to seem — казаться, представляться; выглядеть; to disappoint — разочаровывать, расстраивать/планы/; обманывать/надежды/ ), “No (нет).” Was she quite sure (она в самом деле уверена)? No man with a trap who would go over (/разве/ нет никого, кто съездил бы на двуколке /за вещами/; trap— рессорная двуколка )?

Mrs. Hall, nothing loath, answered his questions and then developed a conversation (миссис Холл охотно отвечала на его вопросы, развивая = поддерживая разговор; nothingloath— охотно; loath— не склонный /делать что-либо/; делающий неохотно ).

acknowledgment [qk`nOlIGmqnt], answered [`Rnsqd], developed [dI`velqpt]

“I have some luggage,” he said, “at Bramblehurst station,” and he asked her how he could have it sent. He bowed his bandaged head quite politely in acknowledgment of her explanation. “To-morrow?” he said. “There is no speedier delivery?” and seemed quite disappointed when she answered, “No.” Was she quite sure? No man with a trap who would go over?

Mrs. Hall, nothing loath, answered his questions and then developed a conversation.

“It’s a steep road by the down, sir (дорога с холма крутая, сэр),” she said in answer to the question about a trap (сказала она в ответ на вопрос о двуколке); and then, snatching at an opening, said (затем, пользуясь случаем, добавила; to snatch — хватать/ся/: to snatch at a chance — ухватитьсязавозможность, неупуститьшанс; opening — открытие; отверстие; брешь, пролом; удобныйслучай, благоприятнаявозможность ), “It was there a carriage was upsettled (на ней /на этой дороге/ опрокинулся экипаж; upsettled = upset; to upset — опрокидывать/ся/, переворачивать/ся/ ), a year ago and more (больше года тому назад). A gentleman killed, besides his coachman (джентльмен /в экипаже/ убился, как и кучер; to kill — убивать; уничтожать; besides — крометого, болеетого; coach — карета, экипаж ). Accidents, sir, happen in a moment, don’t they (крушения/несчастные случаи, сэр, случаются в один миг, не правда ли)?”

But the visitor was not to be drawn so easily (но приезжего не так легко было втянуть /в разговор/; todraw— тащить, тянуть; привлекать; вызывать на разговор ).

“They do (правда),” he said through his muffler (сказал он через шарф), eyeing her quietly through his impenetrable glasses (глядя на нее спокойно сквозь непроницаемые очки; toeye— смотреть, пристально разглядывать; topenetrate— проникать внутрь ).

eyeing [`aIIN], impenetrable [Im`penItrqb(q)l], glasses [`glRsIz]

“It’s a steep road by the down, sir,” she said in answer to the question about a trap; and then, snatching at an opening, said, “It was there a carriage was upsettled, a year ago and more. A gentleman killed, besides his coachman. Accidents, sir, happen in a moment, don’t they?”

But the visitor was not to be drawn so easily.

“They do,” he said through his muffler, eyeing her quietly through his impenetrable glasses.

“But they take long enough to get well, don’t they (а выздоровление идет долго, ведь так; to take long to — заниматьмноговремени/чтобысделатьчто-либо/; long enough — достаточнодолго; to get well — выздоравливать, поправляться )?.. There was my sister’s son, Tom (сын моей сестры = мойплемянник , Том), jest cut his arm with a scythe (порезал себе руку косой; jest = just — точно, какраз; прямо, всамомделе/дляусиления/ ), tumbled on it in the ’ayfield, and, bless me (споткнулся об нее на сенокосе и порезался, и — честное слово!; to tumble — падать; спотыкаться; упасть, споткнувшисьобочто-либо; натыкаться; ’ayfield = hayfield — луг/подпокос/, сенокос; hay — сено; field — поле; луг; bless me — «/Богда/ благословименя» выражение удивления, негодования, эвфемизмвместоdamn me — проклянименя )! he was three months tied up sir (три месяца ходил с перевязанной рукой, сэр; to tie up — забинтовать, перевязать ). You’d hardly believe it (вы навряд ли поверите; hardly— едва, с трудом ). It’s regular given me a dread of a scythe, sir (и с тех пор я ужасно боюсь кос, сэр; regular— систематический, постоянный; togive-gave-given; togiveadread— напугать; dread— ужас; благоговейный страх ).”

“I can quite understand that (вполне понимаю это),” said the visitor.

“He was afraid, one time, that he’d have to have an op’ration (мы боялись одно время, что ему придется сделать операцию; op’ration = operation ) — he was that bad, sir (настолько ему было плохо, сэр).”

The visitor laughed abruptly, a bark of a laugh that he seemed to bite and kill in his mouth (приезжий отрывисто засмеялся, будто залаял, и подавил свой смех: «лай смеха, который он, как показалось, откусил и убил во рту»; abruptly — внезапно, резко, отрывисто; bark — лай; резкийотрывистыйзвук; laugh — смех; to kill — убивать; подавлять ).

enough [I`nAf], scythe [saID], regular [`regjulq]

“But they take long enough to get well, don’t they?.. There was my sister’s son, Tom, jest cut his arm with a scythe, tumbled on it in the ’ayfield, and, bless me! he was three months tied up sir. You’d hardly believe it. It’s regular given me a dread of a scythe, sir.”

“I can quite understand that,” said the visitor.

“He was afraid, one time, that he’d have to have an op’ration — he was that bad, sir.”

The visitor laughed abruptly, a bark of a laugh that he seemed to bite and kill in his mouth.

“ Was he (настолько плохо/неужели)?” he said.

“He was, sir (да, сэр). And no laughing matter to them (и было вовсе не до смеха тем; no laughing matter — нешуточноедело; ненадчемсмеяться, этонешутка ) as had the doing for him, as I had (кому приходилось ухаживать за ним, например, мне; to do for — заботиться, присматривать ) — my sister being took up with her little ones so much (/потому что/ моя сестра нянчилась со своими малышами; to take up — опекать/кого-либо/; заниматься/чем-либо/ ). There was bandages to do, sir, and bandages to undo (то накладывай повязки, то снимай их; to undo — открывать; расстегивать; развязывать ). So that if I may make so bold as to say it, sir — (так что осмелюсь сказать, сэр…; to make bold as to — осмелиться, позволитьсебе; bold — отважный, смелый; наглый )”

“Will you get me some matches (не дадите ли мне спички)?” said the visitor, quite abruptly (сказал гость довольно резко). “My pipe is out (моя трубка погасла).”

Mrs. Hall was pulled up suddenly (миссис Холл внезапно прервали = она замолчала; to pull up — останавливать/ся/; осаживать ). It was certainly rude of him (безусловно, это было грубо с его стороны), after telling him all she had done (после того, как она рассказала ему обо всем, что сделала). She gasped at him for a moment (она с изумлением смотрела на него с минуту; togasp— дышать с трудом, ловить воздух; открывать рот /от изумления/ ), and remembered the two sovereigns (вспомнила про два соверена). She went for the matches (она пошла за спичками).

certainly [`sq:t(q)nlI], gasped [gRspt], sovereign [`sOvrIn]

“ Was he?” he said.

“He was, sir. And no laughing matter to them as had the doing for him, as I had — my sister being took up with her little ones so much. There was bandages to do, sir, and bandages to undo. So that if I may make so bold as to say it, sir — ”