1. My father was always saying the inn would be ruined, for people would soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down, and sent shivering to their beds; but I really believe his presence did us good. People were frightened at the time, but on looking back they rather liked it; it was a fine excitement in a quiet country life; and there was even a party of the younger me who pretended to admire him, calling him a 'true sea-dog, and a 'real old salt, and suchlike names, and saying there was the sort of man that made England terrible at sea.
1. In one way (с одной стороны), indeed, he bade fair to ruin us (действительно, он, казалось, мог разорить нас; to bid fair — сулить, казаться вероятным; to bid — просить; предлагать /цену/; выражать ритуальные пожелания при встрече, прощании и т. п.; fair — честно, откровенно); for he kept on staying week after week (так как продолжал оставаться неделю за неделей), and at last month after month (наконец месяц за месяцем) so that all the money had been long exhausted (так что все деньги были давно исчерпаны = истрачены), and still (и все же) my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having more (мой отец никогда не собирался с духом, чтобы настаивать на имении еще = потребовать еще; heart — сердце, мужество). If ever he mentioned it (если когда-нибудь он /и/ упоминал об этом), the captain blew through his nose so loudly (/то/ капитан дул через нос = сопел так громко), that you might say he roared (что вы могли бы сказать, он рычит), and stared my poor father out of the room (грозно смотрел на моего бедного отца, что тот вылетал из комнаты; to stare — уставиться). I have seen him wringing his hand after such a rebuff (я видел его скручивающим = как он ломал себе руку /отчаянно/ после подобного отказа), and I am sure the annoyance and the terror he lived in (и я уверен, /что/ раздражение и ужас, /в которых/ он жил) must have greatly hastened his early and unhappy death (должны были весьма ускорить = наверняка значительно ускорили его раннюю и горестную кончину).
exhausted [Ig`zLstId] mentioned [`menSnd] wringing [`rININ] annoyance [q`nOIqns]
1. In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month so that all the money had been long exhausted, and still my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having more. If ever he mentioned it, the captain blew through his nose so loudly, that you might say he roared, and stared my poor father out of the room. I have seen him wringing his hand after such a rebuff, and I am sure the annoyance and the terror he lived in must have greatly hastened his early and unhappy death.