Английский язык с Дж. Лондоном. Любовь к жизни (рассказы)

The man who followed slipped on a smooth boulder, nearly fell, but recovered himself with a violent effort, at the same time uttering a sharp exclamation of pain. He seemed faint and dizzy and put out his free hand while he reeled, as though seeking support against the air. When he had steadied himself he stepped forward, but reeled again and nearly fell. Then he stood still and looked at the other man, who had never turned his head.

The man stood still for fully a minute (мужчина постоял целую минуту), as though debating with himself (как будто споря с собой/обсуждая что-то с самим собой; to debate — обсуждать, дискутировать, полемизировать; спорить

). Then he called out (затем он /вы/крикнул):

"I say, Bill (послушай: «я говорю», Билл), I've sprained my ankle (я вывихнул лодыжку)."

Bill staggered on through the milky water (Бил шел шатаясь дальше сквозь молочную воду; to stagger — идти шатаясь). He did not look around (он не обернулся). The man watched him go (мужчина смотрел, как он уходит), and though his face was expressionless as ever (и хотя его лицо было невыразительным, как всегда; expression — выражение

), his eyes were like the eyes of a wounded deer (его глаза были = стали похожими на глаза раненого оленя).

The other man limped up the farther bank and continued straight on without looking back (другой мужчина тяжело поднялся на другой берег и продолжал идти прямо вперед, не оборачиваясь; farther — далекий; дальний /из двух имеющихся/). The man in the stream watched him (человека в потоке наблюдал за ним). His lips trembled a little (его губы немного задрожали), so that the rough thatch of brown hair which covered them was visibly agitated (так что грубая солома коричневых волос, которая покрывала их, заметно затряслась: «была заметно сотрясаема»; to agitate — трясти; взбалтывать, сотрясать; thatch — солома, тростник /как материал для кровли крыши/

). His tongue even strayed out to moisten them (его язык даже выбрался наружу, чтобы облизать их; to stray — блуждать; бродить; to moisten the lips — облизать губы).

The man stood still for fully a minute, as though debating with himself. Then he called out:

"I say, Bill, I've sprained my ankle."

Bill staggered on through the milky water. He did not look around. The man watched him go, and though his face was expressionless as ever, his eyes were like the eyes of a wounded deer.

The other man limped up the farther bank and continued straight on without looking back. The man in the stream watched him. His lips trembled a little, so that the rough thatch of brown hair which covered them was visibly agitated. His tongue even strayed out to moisten them.