Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Знак четырех (ASCII-IPA)
"Well, there's no use my telling you gentlemen what came of the Indian mutiny (ну, мне ни к чему рассказывать вам, джентльмены, чем закончилось восстание сипаев: «индийский мятеж»; mutiny — мятеж, восстание, бунт). After Wilson took Delhi and Sir Colin relieved Lucknow the back of the business was broken (после того как Вилсон взял Дели, а сэр Колин освободил Лакхнау, их дело было проиграно: «спинной хребет этого дела был сломан»; to relieve — помогать, выручать; снимать осаду; back — спина; позвоночник). Fresh troops came pouring in (/к англичанам/ постоянно прибывали свежие войска; to pour — литься; хлынуть), and Nana Sahib made himself scarce over the frontier (а Нана Сахиб сбежал за границу; scarce — недостаточный, скудный; редкий; to make oneself scarce — улизнуть, потихоньку ретироваться, удрать). A flying column under Colonel Greathed came round to Agra and cleared the Pandies away from it (летучий отряд под руководством полковника Грейтхэда подошел к Агре и очистил город от мятежников; column — колонна; the Pandies = the Punjabi — пенджабцы). Peace seemed to be settling upon the country (казалось, мир воцарялся в стране; to settle — урегулировать; установиться), and we four were beginning to hope that the time was at hand when we might safely go off with our shares of the plunder (и мы четверо начали надеяться, что приближалось время, когда мы в безопасности могли бы разъехаться со своими долями добычи; at hand — под рукой, близко; plunder — воровство, разорение; трофеи; добыча; собственность, полученная обманом, нечестным или сомнительным путем). In a moment, however, our hopes were shattered by our being arrested as the murderers of Achmet (но в один миг наши надежды рухнули — нас арестовали как убийц Ахмета; to shatter — разбить вдребезги).
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"After we had counted our treasures we put them back into the chest and carried them to the gate-way to show them to Mahomet Singh. Then we solemnly renewed our oath to stand by each other and be true to our secret. We agreed to conceal our loot in a safe place until the country should be at peace again, and then to divide it equally among ourselves. There was no use dividing it at present, for if gems of such value were found upon us it would cause suspicion, and there was no privacy in the fort nor any place where we could keep them. We carried the box, therefore, into the same hall where we had buried the body, and there, under certain bricks in the best-preserved wall, we made a hollow and put our treasure. We made careful note of the place, and next day I drew four plans, one for each of us, and put the sign of the four of us at the bottom, for we had sworn that we should each always act for all, so that none might take advantage. That is an oath that I can put my hand to my heart and swear that I have never broken.
"Well, there's no use my telling you gentlemen what came of the Indian mutiny. After Wilson took Delhi and Sir Colin relieved Lucknow the back of the business was broken. Fresh troops came pouring in, and Nana Sahib made himself scarce over the frontier. A flying column under Colonel Greathed came round to Agra and cleared the Pandies away from it. Peace seemed to be settling upon the country, and we four were beginning to hope that the time was at hand when we might safely go off with our shares of the plunder. In a moment, however, our hopes were shattered by our being arrested as the murderers of Achmet.
"It came about in this way (это произошло следующим образом). When the rajah put his jewels into the hands of Achmet (когда раджа доверил драгоценности Ахмету: «вложил свои драгоценности в руки Ахмета») he did it because he knew that he was a trusty man (он сделал это, потому что знал, что ему можно доверять; to trust — доверять; trusty — верный, надежный, заслуживающий доверия). They are suspicious folk in the East, however (но все же на Востоке люди подозрительны; suspicious — подозрительный, недоверчивый): so what does this rajah do but take a second even more trusty servant and set him to play the spy upon the first (поэтому что делает раджа, как не обращается к другому — еще более доверенному — слуге, с тем чтобы приставить его шпионить за первым; to play — играть; исполнять роль; spy — шпион)? This second man was ordered never to let Achmet out of his sight (этому второму было приказано не спускать с Ахмета глаз: «никогда не выпускать из вида»), and he followed him like his shadow (и он следовал за ним, как тень). He went after him that night, and saw him pass through the door-way (той ночью он шел за ним и увидел, как тот прошел через ворота). Of course he thought he had taken refuge in the fort (конечно, он подумал, что тот укрылся в крепости; refuge — убежище; прибежище; to take refuge — находить убежище), and applied for admission there himself next day, but could find no trace of Achmet (и на следующий день попросил укрытия там: «подал заявление о доступе туда» сам, но не смог обнаружить и следа Ахмета; to apply — обращаться с просьбой, письменным заявлением; admission — допущение, принятие; вход, доступ). This seemed to him so strange that he spoke about it to a sergeant of guides (это показалось ему настолько странным, что он поговорил об этом с сержантом разведки; guide — проводник, гид; разведчик), who brought it to the ears of the commandant (кто донес это до сведения: «до ушей» коменданта; to bring — приносить). A thorough search was quickly made (немедленно организовали: «были быстро сделаны» тщательные поиски), and the body was discovered (и тело обнаружили). Thus at the very moment that we thought that all was safe we were all four seized and brought to trial on a charge of murder (таким образом, в тот самый момент, когда мы думали, что ни нам, ни сокровищам ничего не угрожает: «все было безопасно», нас всех четверых схватили и отдали: «привели» под суд по обвинению в убийстве; trial — испытание, проба; судебное разбирательство; суд; charge — заряд; обвинение), — three of us because we had held the gate that night (нас троих, потому что мы стояли на страже у ворот: «держали ворота» в ту ночь), and the fourth because he was known to have been in the company of the murdered man (а четвертого, потому что было известно, что он сопровождал убитого). Not a word about the jewels came out at the trial (ни слова о сокровищах не прозвучало на суде; to come out — обнаруживаться; становиться известным), for the rajah had been deposed and driven out of India (так как раджу свергли и изгнали из Индии; to drive — гнать; to drive out — вытеснять, изгонять): so no one had any particular interest in them (поэтому никто ими особенно не интересовался). The murder, however, was clearly made out (факт убийства же был доказан со всей очевидностью; to make out — разобрать, увидеть; доказать), and it was certain that we must all have been concerned in it (и не было сомнений, что все мы были замешаны в нем; certain — точный, определенный; to concern — касаться; иметь отношение). The three Sikhs got penal servitude for life, and I was condemned to death (три сикха получили пожизненные каторжные работы, а меня приговорили к смерти; penal — уголовный; карательный; servitude — рабство; каторга, каторжные работы; penal servitude — каторжные работы), though my sentence was afterwards commuted into the same as the others (хотя мой приговор позднее был заменен на такой же, как и у остальных; to commute — заменять /смягчать/ наказание).
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"It came about in this way. When the rajah put his jewels into the hands of Achmet he did it because he knew that he was a trusty man. They are suspicious folk in the East, however: so what does this rajah do but take a second even more trusty servant and set him to play the spy upon the first? This second man was ordered never to let Achmet out of his sight, and he followed him like his shadow. He went after him that night, and saw him pass through the door-way. Of course he thought he had taken refuge in the fort, and applied for admission there himself next day, but could find no trace of Achmet. This seemed to him so strange that he spoke about it to a sergeant of guides, who brought it to the ears of the commandant. A thorough search was quickly made, and the body was discovered. Thus at the very moment that we thought that all was safe we were all four seized and brought to trial on a charge of murder, — three of us because we had held the gate that night, and the fourth because he was known to have been in the company of the murdered man. Not a word about the jewels came out at the trial, for the rajah had been deposed and driven out of India: so no one had any particular interest in them. The murder, however, was clearly made out, and it was certain that we must all have been concerned in it. The three Sikhs got penal servitude for life, and I was condemned to death, though my sentence was afterwards commuted into the same as the others.
