оbeyed [qu`beId] hollow [`hOlqu] incredible [In`kredqbl] accuracy [`xkjurqsI] palm [pRm]
1. We both obeyed him to the letter, and I saw him pass something from the hollow of the hand that held his stick into the palm of the captain's, which closed upon it instantly.
2. 'And now that's done, said the blind man; and at the words he suddenly left hold of me, and, with incredible accuracy and nimbleness, skipped out of the parlour and into the road, where, as I still stood motionless, I could hear his stick go tap-tap-tapping into the distance.
3. It was some time before either I or the captain seemed to gather our senses; but at length, and about at the same moment, I released his wrist, which I was still holding, and he drew in his hand and looked sharply into the palm.
1. 'Ten o'clock (/в/ десять часов)! he cried. 'Six hours (/осталось/ шесть часов). We'll do them yet (мы покажем им еще); and he sprang to his feet (и он вскочил на ноги).
2. Even as he did so (как только он сделал так), he reeled (он пошатнулся), put his hand to his throat, stood swaying for a moment (схватился за горло, постоял, покачиваясь, мгновение), and then, with a peculiar sound (затем, со странным звуком; peculiar — странный, особенный) fell from his whole height face foremost to the floor (упал со своего всего роста лицом = рухнул как подкошенный ничком на пол; foremost — передний, передовой).
3. I ran to him at once (я кинулся к нему сразу), calling to my mother (зовя мать). But haste was all in vain (но спешка была впустую = было поздно). The captain had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy (капитан был убит ужасным: «громоподобным» ударом). It is a curious thing to understand (это странная вещь чтобы понять = и странное дело), for I had certainly never liked the man (так как мне никогда определенно не нравился этот человек), though of late I had begun to pity him (хотя в последнее время я начал жалеть его), but as soon as I saw that he was dead (но, как только я увидел, что он мертв), I burst into a flood of tears (я залился потоком слез). It was the second death I had known (это была вторая смерть, которую я знал = случилась на моих глазах), and the sorrow of the first was still fresh in my heart (и печаль /от/ первой была еще свежа в моем сердце).
peculiar [pI`kjHlIq] height [haIt] thundering [`TAndqrIN] floor [flL] flood [flAd]
1. 'Ten o'clock! he cried. 'Six hours. We'll do them yet; and he sprang to his feet.
2. Even as he did so, he reeled, put his hand to his throat, stood swaying for a moment, and then, with a peculiar sound fell from his whole height face foremost to the floor.