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

He turned away (он отвернулся). Well, Bill had deserted him (ну, Билл бросил его); but he would not take the gold (но он не возьмет ни золото), nor would he suck Bill's bones (и не будет обсасывать кости Билла). Bill would have, though (хотя Билл и поступил бы так), had it been the other way around (если бы это было наоборот; the other way around — наоборот), he mused as he staggered on (размышлял он, идя, шатаясь, вперед; to stagger — шататься; идти шатаясь

). He came to a pool of water (он подошел к луже воды). Stooping over in quest of minnows (наклонившись над ней в поисках гольянов), he jerked his head back as though he had been stung (он отдернул голову назад, словно его ужалили; to sting — жалить). He had caught sight of his reflected face (он увидел свое отраженное лицо = отражение своего лица; to catch sight of — заметить

). So horrible was it (оно было так ужасно) that sensibility awoke long enough to be shocked (что чувствительность проснулась до достаточной степени: «достаточно далеко», чтобы оказаться потрясенной; to shock — производить сильное впечатление, поражать, потрясать; to awake). There were three minnows in the pool (было три гольяна в луже), which was too large to drain (которая была слишком велика, чтобы ее осушить = вычерпать; to drain — осушать, отводить воду

); and after several ineffectual attempts to catch them in the tin bucket he forbore (и после нескольких безрезультатных попыток поймать их в оловянное ведро, он воздержался = прекратил; to forbear — сдерживаться, воздерживаться). He was afraid (он боялся), because of his great weakness (из-за своей большой слабости), that he might fall in and drown (что он может упасть в воду и утонуть). It was for this reason that he did not trust himself to the river astride one of the many drift-logs (именно по этой причине он не доверил себя реке, /чтобы плыть/ верхом на одном из многих плавучих бревен) which lined its sand-spits (которые выстроились вдоль ее длинных песчаных отмелей; to line — выстраиваться, тянуться вдоль; spit — длинная отмель; намывная коса

).

He turned away. Well, Bill had deserted him; but he would not take the gold, nor would he suck Bill's bones. Bill would have, though, had it been the other way around, he mused as he staggered on. He came to a pool of water. Stooping over in quest of minnows, he jerked his head back as though he had been stung. He had caught sight of his reflected face. So horrible was it that sensibility awoke long enough to be shocked. There were three minnows in the pool, which was too large to drain; and after several ineffectual attempts to catch them in the tin bucket he forbore. He was afraid, because of his great weakness, that he might fall in and drown. It was for this reason that he did not trust himself to the river astride one of the many drift-logs which lined its sand-spits.