Английский язык с Р.Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ (Стивенсон) - страница 39


repent [rI`pent] confessions [kqn`feSnz] neighbours [`neIbqz] funeral [`fjHnqrql]


1. He fell at last into a heavy, swoon-like sleep, in which I left him.


2. What I should have done had all gone well I do not know. Probably I should have told the whole story to the doctor; for I was in mortal fear lest the captain should repent of his confessions and make an end of me. But as things fell out, my poor father died quite suddenly that evening, which put all other matters on one side. Cur natural distress, the visits of the neighbours, the arranging of the funeral, and all the work of the inn to be carried on in the meanwhile, kept me so busy that I had scarcely time to think of the captain, far less to be afraid of him.


He got downstairs next morning, to be sure (он спустился вниз следующим утром, конечно), and had his meals as usual (и ел как обычно; meal — еда, пища), though he ate little (хотя он ел мало), and had more, I am afraid, than his usual supply of rum (и, боюсь, /выпил/ больше, чем обычно, рому; supply — обеспечение, запас), for he helped himself out of the bar (так как помогал себе = угощался у стойки), scowling and blowing through his nose (хмурясь и фыркая через нос; to scowl — хмуриться, смотреть сердито), and no one dared to cross him (и никто не смел перечить ему; to cross — пересекать, противодействовать). On the night before the funeral he was as drunk as ever (вечером перед = накануне похорон он был пьян, как всегда); and it was shocking, in that house of mourning (и было отвратительно, в том доме скорби = в нашем печальном доме), to hear him singing away at his ugly old sea-song (слышать, как он распевал свою безобразную морскую песню; to sing away — петь без перерыва); but, weak as he was, we were all in the fear of death for him (но, хотя он был /очень/ слабым, мы все до смерти боялись его), and the doctor was suddenly taken up with a case many miles away (а доктор был внезапно отнят вызовом: «случаем/обстоятельством» = вызван к больному за много миль от нас; to take up — поднимать, поглощать; заниматься; удалять), and was never near the house after my father's death (и был никогда = ни разу рядом с нашим домом после смерти моего отца).


supply [sq`plaI] scowling [`skaulIN] mourning [`mLnIN] death [deT]


He got downstairs next morning, to be sure, and had his meals as usual, though he ate little, and had more, I am afraid, than his usual supply of rum, for he helped himself out of the bar, scowling and blowing through his nose, and no one dared to cross him. On the night before the funeral he was as drunk as ever; and it was shocking, in that house of mourning, to hear him singing away at his ugly old sea-song; but, weak as he was, we were all in the fear of death for him, and the doctor was suddenly taken up with a case many miles away, and was never near the house after my father's death.