Agatha Christie - Английский язык с Агатой Кристи. Убийства по алфавиту (ASCII-IPA)
"Bring them along (приведите их). Bring them along. We can do with anything helpful (нам бы не помешало что-нибудь полезное; can do with — не отказаться; не помешало бы)."
confident [' [email protected]], optimism ['OptImIzm], reckon [' [email protected]]
"You seem very confident, M. Poirot. Got any reason for this optimism?''
"Yes, Colonel Anderson. Up to now, the murderer has not made a mistake. He is bound to make one soon."
If that's all you've got to go on," began the Chief Constable with a snort, but he was interrupted.
"Mr. Ball of the Black Swan is here with a young woman, sir. He reckons he's got summat to say might help you."
"Bring them along. Bring them along. We can do with anything helpful."
Mr. Ball of the Black Swan was a large (мистер Болл из «Черного лебедя» был большой), slow-thinking (туго соображающий: «медленно думающий»), heavily-moving man (тяжело передвигающийся мужчина). He exhaled a strong odour of beer (он источал сильный запах пива; to exhale — выдыхать; производить выдох). With him was a plump young woman with round eyes clearly in a state of high excitement (с ним была пухленькая молодая женщина с круглыми глазами, явно в состоянии сильного волнения).
"Hope (надеюсь) I'm not intruding or wasting valuable time," said Mr. Ball (я не вторгаюсь = не помешаю и не трачу /вашего/ ценного времени) in a slow (медленным), thick voice (густым голосом; thick — толстый; густой). "But this wench (эта девушка), Mary here (вот, Мэри), reckons (считает) she's got something to tell (что ей есть что-то рассказать) as you ought to know (что вы должны знать)."
Mary giggled in a half-hearted way (Мэри неуверенно хихикнула).
exhale [eks'heIl], wench [wentS], giggle [gIgl]
Mr. Ball of the Black Swan was a large, slow-thinking, heavily-moving man. He exhaled a strong odour of beer. With him was a plump young woman with round eyes clearly in a state of high excitement.
"Hope I'm not intruding or wasting valuable time," said Mr. Ball in a slow, thick voice. "But this wench, Mary here, reckons she's got something to tell as you ought to know."
Mary giggled in a half-hearted way.
"Well, my girl, what is it?" said Anderson (так, девочка моя, что это?). "What's your name (как ваше имя)?"
"Mary, sir — Mary Stroud (Мэри Страуд)."
"Well, Mary, out with it (так, Мэри рассказывайте; out with it — давай/те/ же, говори/те/: «наружу с этим»)."
Mary turned her round eyes on her master (Мэри перевела свои круглые глаза на своего хозяина).
"It's her business to take up hot water to the gents' bedrooms," said Mr. Ball (это ее обязанность приносить горячую воду в спальни господ; gents' — gentlemen's), coming to the rescue (приходя на помощь). "About half a dozen gentlemen we've got staying (у нас остановилось около шести джентльменов; half a dozen — полдюжины). Some for the races (некоторые /приехали/ на скачки) and some just commercials (некоторые просто коммивояжеры)."
gent [dZent], rescue ['reskju:], commercial [ [email protected]' [email protected]:S(@)l]
"Well, my girl, what is it?" said Anderson. "What's your name?"
"Mary, sir — Mary Stroud."
"Well, Mary, out with it."
Mary turned her round eyes on her master.
"It's her business to take up hot water to the gents' bedrooms," said Mr. Ball, coming to the rescue. "About half a dozen gentlemen we've got staying. Some for the races and some just commercials."
"Yes, yes," said Anderson impatiently (нетерпеливо сказал Андерсон).
"Get on, lass," said Mr. Ball (продолжай, девушка). "Tell your tale (расскажи свою историю). Nothing to be afraid of (нечего бояться)."
Mary gasped (Мэри вздохнула; to gasp — дышать с трудом, задыхаться; ловить воздух), groaned (охнула) and plunged in a breathless voice into her narrative (и задыхающимся голосом начала свое повествование; to plunge — нырять, погружаться).
"I knocked on door (я постучала в дверь) and there wasn't no answer (но не было никакого ответа), otherwise I wouldn't have gone in (иначе бы я не вошла) leastways not unless gentleman had said (по крайней мере, пока джентльмен не скажет) 'Come in' (войдите), and as he didn't say nothing (а так как он ничего не сказал) I went in (я вошла) and he was there (он был там) washing his hands (мыл руки)."
breathless [' [email protected]], narrative ['n& [email protected]], leastways ['li:stweIz]
"Yes, yes," said Anderson impatiently.
"Get on, lass," said Mr. Ball. "Tell your tale. Nothing to be afraid of."
Mary gasped, groaned and plunged in a breathless voice into her narrative.
"I knocked on door and there wasn't no answer, otherwise I wouldn't have gone in leastways not unless gentleman had said 'Come in,' and as he didn't say nothing I went in and he was there washing his hands."
She paused and breathed deeply (она прервалась и глубоко перевела дыхание).
"Go on, my girl," said Anderson (продолжайте, девочка моя).
Mary looked sideways at her master (Мэри посмотрела вбок = скосила глаза на своего хозяина) and as though receiving inspiration from his slow nod (и, как будто получив вдохновение от его медленного кивка; to inspire — вдохновлять), plunged on again (снова начала).
"'It's your hot water, sir,' I said (это ваша горячая вода, сэр, — я сказала), 'and I did knock (и я на самом деле постучала),' but 'Oh,' he says (но «о», — он сказал), 'I've washed in cold,' he said (я /уже/ умылся холодной, — он сказал), and so (и так), naturally (естественно), I looks in basin (я смотрю в рукомойник), and oh! God help me, sir (и, Господи помоги мне, сэр), it were all red (это было все красное)!"
"Red?" said Anderson sharply (красное? — резко спросил Андерсон).
master ['mA: [email protected]], inspiration [, [email protected]'reIS(@)n], slow [ [email protected]]
She paused and breathed deeply.
"Go on, my girl," said Anderson.
Mary looked sideways at her master and as though receiving inspiration from his slow nod, plunged on again.
"'It's your hot water, sir,' I said, 'and I did knock,' but 'Oh,' he says, 'I've washed in cold,' he said, and so, naturally, I looks in basin, and oh! God help me, sir, it were all red!"
"Red?" said Anderson sharply.
Ball struck in (Болл вмешался; to strike — ударять/ся/). "The lass told me (девушка сказала мне) that he had his coat off (что он снял пальто: «имел пальто снятым») and that he was holding the sleeve of it (и что он держал его рукав), and it was all wet (и он был весь влажный) — that's right, eh, lass (это правильно, а, девушка)?"
"Yes, sir, that's right, sir (это правильно, сэр)."
She plunged on (она продолжала): "And his face, sir (и его лицо, сэр), it looked queer (оно выглядело странным), mortal queer it looked (смертельно странным оно выглядело). Gave me quite a turn (/это/ меня совершенно потрясло)."
"When was this?" asked Anderson sharply (когда это было? — резко спросил Андерсон).
"About a quarter after five (около четверти шестого), so near as I can reckon (насколько я могу определить: «так близко, как я могу подсчитать»)."
"Over three hours ago," snapped Anderson (более трех часов назад, — резко сказал Андерсон; to snap — щелкать, лязгать, хлопать; разговаривать отрывисто, раздраженно). "Why didn't you come at once (почему вы сразу не пришли)?"
lass [l&s], mortal ['mO: [email protected]], snap [sn&p]
Ball struck in. "The lass told me that he had his coat off and that he was holding the sleeve of it, and it was all wet — that's right, eh, lass?"
"Yes, sir, that's right, sir."
She plunged on: "And his face, sir, it looked queer, mortal queer it looked. Gave me quite a turn."
"When was this?" asked Anderson sharply.
"About a quarter after five, so near as I can reckon."
