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Drinking together (/теперь/, когда они пили вместе), with no pain now except the discomfort of lying in the one position (и боль исчезла, только неудобно: «теперь без боли, кроме неудобства» лежать в одном положении), the boys lighting a fire (а бои разводили: «зажигали» костер), its shadow jumping on the tents (и тень от него металась: «прыгала» по стенкам палаток), he could feel the return of acquiescence in this life of pleasant surrender (он чувствовал, как к нему снова возвращается примиренность с этой жизнью, ставшей приятной неволей: «чувствовал возвращение примиренности с этой жизнью /полной/ приятной неволи»; to acquiesce — уступать, молча соглашаться; surrender — сдача; капитуляция; отказ /от права/). She was very good to him (она /в самом деле/ очень добра к нему). He had been cruel and unjust in the afternoon (он был жесток и несправедлив /сегодня/ после обеда). She was a fine woman (она хорошая женщина), marvellous really (просто замечательная). And just then it occurred to him (и в эту минуту: «прямо сейчас» он вдруг понял; to occur — встречаться, попадаться; случаться; приходить в голову) that he was going to die (что все-таки умирает).
mosquito [mq'skJtqV], hyena [haI'Jnq], acquiescence ["xkwI'es(q)ns]
"Should we have a drink? The sun is down."
"Do you think you should?"
"I'm having one."
"We'll have one together. Molo, letti dui whiskey-soda!" she called.
"You'd better put on your mosquito boots," he told her.
"I'll wait till I bathe..."
While it grew dark they drank and just before it was dark and there was no longer enough light to shoot, a hyena crossed the open on his way around the hill.
"That bastard crosses there every night," the man said. "Every night for two weeks."
"He's the one makes the noise at night. I don't mind it. They're a filthy animal though."
Drinking together, with no pain now except the discomfort of lying in the one position, the boys lighting a fire, its shadow jumping on the tents, he could feel the return of acquiescence in this life of pleasant surrender. She was very good to him. He had been cruel and unjust in the afternoon. She was a fine woman, marvellous really. And just then it occurred to him that he was going to die.
It came with a rush (это налетело вихрем; rush — стремительное движение, напор, натиск; стремительная атака); not as a rush of water nor of wind (не как поток воды или /порыв/ ветра); but of a sudden evil-smelling emptiness (но как /наплыв/ внезапной, дурно пахнущей/зловонной пустоты) and the odd thing was that the hyena slipped lightly along the edge of it (и самое странное было то, что по ее краю