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weather-eye — бдительность) and let him know the moment he appeared (дам

ему знать о моменте, когда он появится). Often enough (часто довольно =

всякий раз), when the first of the month came round (когда первое число месяца

наступало), and I applied to him for my wage (обращался к нему за моим

жалованьем), he would only blow through his nose at me (он лишь трубил

/свистел/ носом на меня), and stare me down (смущал меня взглядом =

свирепо глядел); but before the week was out (но прежде, чем неделя

заканчивалась) he was sure to think better of it (он менял мнение об этом =

передумывал), bring me my fourpenny piece (приносил мне четырехпенсовую

монету), and repeat his orders to look out for 'the seafaring man with one leg (и

повторял приказания высматривать «моряка с одной ногой»).'

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alarms [q`lRmz] seafaring [`sJfeqrIN] enough [I`nAf] wage [weIG] stare [steq]

1. For me, at least, there was no secret about the matter; for I was, in a way, a

sharer in his alarms. He had taken me aside one day, and promised me a

silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my 'weather-

eye open for a seafaring man with one leg,' and let him know the moment he

appeared. Often enough, when the first of the month came round, and I

applied to him for my wage, he would only blow through his nose at me, and

stare me down; but before the week was out he was sure to think better of it,

bring me my fourpenny piece, and repeat his orders to look out for 'the

seafaring man with one leg.'

1. How that personage haunted my dreams (как эта персона преследовала мои

сны = часто снилась мне; to haunt — часто заезжать проведать, навещать;

неотступно преследовать; мучить; не давать покоя /о мыслях и т. п./), I

need scarcely tell you (мне нужно едва ли рассказывать вам). On stormy nights

(бурными ночами), when the wind shook the four corners of the house (когда

ветер сотрясал четыре угла дома = весь дом), and the surf roared along the cove

and up the cliffs (и прибой ревел в бухте и в утесах: «вдоль бухты и вверх по

утесам»), I would see him in a thousand forms (я видел его /во сне/ в тысяче

образов), and with a thousand diabolical expressions (с тысячью дьявольских

выражений = обликов). Now the leg would be cut off at the knee (то нога была

отрезана по колено), now at the hip (то по бедро; now… now… — то… то…);

now he was a monstrous kind of a creature (то он был чудовищным видом

существа) who had never had but the one leg (которое никогда не имело

/ничего/, кроме одной ноги), and that in the middle of his body (/да/ и ту в

середине тела). To see him leap and run and pursue me (видеть его = как он

прыгал и бежал, и преследовал меня) over hedge and ditch (не разбирая

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дороги: «через изгородь и канаву») was the worst of nightmares (было худшим

из ночных кошмаров). And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly

fourpenny piece (в общем, я платил довольно дорого за месячную

четырехпенсовую монету), in the shape of these abominable fancies (в виде этих

отвратительных фантазий).

personage [`pq:sqnIG] haunted [`hLntId] knee [nJ] hedge [heG] nightmares

[`naItmeq]

1. How that personage haunted my dreams, I need scarcely tell you. On

stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house, and the

surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand

forms, and with a thousand diabolical expressions. Now the leg would be cut

off at the knee, now at the hip; now he was a monstrous kind of a creature

who had never had but the one leg, and that in the middle of his body. To see

him leap and run and pursue me over hedge and ditch was the worst of

nightmares. And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny

piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.

1. But though I was so terrified by the idea of the seafaring man with one leg (хотя

я был так напуган мыслью о моряке с одной ногой), I was far less afraid of the

captain himself (я гораздо меньше боялся самого капитана) than anybody else

who knew him (чем кто-либо другой, кто знал его). There were nights when he

took a deal more rum and water (были ночи, когда он выпивал больше рому с

водой; to take — взять, употребить; deal — некоторое количество) than his

head would carry (чем его голова могла вынести); and then he would sometimes

sit and sing (и затем иногда сидел и пел) his wicked, old, wild sea-songs,

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minding nobody (свои нечестивые, старые, дикие морские песни, не обращая

ни на кого внимания; wicked — злой); but sometimes he would call for glasses

round (но иногда требовал стаканов /рому/ для всех; round — порция), and

force all the trembling company to listen to his stories (и заставлял всю

дрожавшую компанию слушать его истории) or bear a chorus to his singing

(или поддерживать припев, подпевать его пению: «нести хор к его пению»).

Often I have heard the house shaking with (часто я слышал, как дом трясся от

/песни/) 'Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum;' all the neighbours joining in for dear life

(все соседи подхватывали /пение/ изо всех сил: «ради дорогой жизни»; to join

in — подхватить, присоединиться), with the fear of death upon them (с

боязнью смерти «на них»), and each singing louder than the other, to avoid

remark (и каждый пел громче, чем другой, чтобы избежать замечания). For in

these fits (так как в этих припадках) he was the most overriding companion ever

known (он был наиболее важным = грозным собеседником, чем когда-либо

/известный/; overriding — важнейший, доминирующий); he would slap his hand

on the table for silence all round (ударял рукой по столу для тишины вокруг);

he would fly up in a passion of anger at a question (приходил в ярость при

вопросе = когда его спрашивали; to fly up — взлететь, спорхнуть), or

sometimes because none was put (или иногда потому, что никакой /вопрос/ не

был задан), and so he judged the company was not following his story (поэтому

он решал, /что/ компания не следовала его истории = невнимательно

слушала). Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn (также не позволял он

кому-либо уйти из трактира; to leave — покидать, оставлять) till he had

drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed (пока не напивался до дремотного

состояния и ковылял к кровати; sleepy — сонный, вялый; to reel off —

сматывать, разматывать /трос/).

terrified [`terIfaId] wicked [`wIkId] bear [beq] neighbour [`neIbq] overriding

[quvq`raIdIN]

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1. But though I was so terrified by the idea of the seafaring man with one leg,

I was far less afraid of the captain himself than anybody else who knew him.

There were nights when he took a deal more rum and water than his head

would carry; and then he would sometimes sit and sing his wicked, old, wild

sea-songs, minding nobody; but sometimes he would call for glasses round,

and force all the trembling company to listen to his stories or bear a chorus to

his singing. Often I have heard the house shaking with 'Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle

of rum;' all the neighbours joining in for dear life, with the fear of death upon

them, and each singing louder than the other, to avoid remark. For in these

fits he was the most overriding companion ever known; he would slap his

hand on the table for silence all round; he would fly up in a passion of anger

at a question, or sometimes because none was put, and so he judged the

company was not following his story. Nor would he allow anyone to leave the

inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.

1. His stories were what frightened people worst of all (его истории были /тем/,

что пугало людей больше всего). Dreadful stories they were (ужасными

историями они были); about hanging (о повешении), and walking the plank (и

хождении по доске /в открытое море/ — вид казни: пираты часто

заставляли несчастных людей на захваченном корабле идти с завязанными

глазами по доске в море), and storms at sea (/о/ штормах на море), and the Dry

Tortugas (об /островах/ Драй Тортугас /группа мелких коралловых островов в

Мексиканском заливе, на юго-западе Флориды/), and wild deeds and places on

the Spanish Main (диких деяниях и местах у испанского материка /в районе

Карибского моря/).

2. By his own account (по его собственному рассказу) he must have lived his life

among some of the wickedest men (он, должно быть, прожил жизнь среди

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/неких/ самых отъявленных людей = злодеев) that God ever allowed upon the

sea (которым Господь когда-либо позволял /плавать/ по морю); and the

language in which he told these stories (язык, которым он рассказывал эти

истории) shocked our plain country people (шокировал наших простых

деревенских людей) almost as much as the crimes that he described (почти так

же, как и преступления, которые он описывал).

frightened [`fraItnd] dreadful [dredful] hanging [`hxNIN] language

[`lxNgwIG]

1. His stories were what frightened people worst of all. Dreadful stories they

were; about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry

Tortugas, and wild deeds and places on the Spanish Main.

2. By his own account he must have lived his life among some of the wickedest

men that God ever allowed upon the sea; and the language in which he told

these stories shocked our plain country people almost as much as the crimes

that he described.