Английский язык с Джеком Лондоном. В далекой стране (рассказы)

In fact, the blood of so many was upon his hands (на самом деле, на его руках была кровь столь многих) that the killings attributed to him did not permit of precise enumeration (что убийства, приписываемые ему, не позволяли точно установить количество; to permit — позволять, давать возможность; enumeration — подсчёт, установление количества). Smoking a pipe by the trailside or lounging around the stove (покуривая трубку на обочине или слоняясь вокруг печки), men made rough estimates of the numbers (люди делали грубые прикидки количества /жертв/; to make estimate — оценивать; estimate — оценка; rough estimate — грубая оценка) that had perished at his hand (которые погибли от его руки). They had been whites (они были белыми), all of them (все они), these poor murdered people (эти бедные убитые люди), and they had been slain singly, in pairs, and in parties (и их убивали поодиночке, парами и группами;

to slay — убивать, уничтожать, лишать жизни). And so purposeless and wanton had been these killings (и настолько бессмысленными и беспричинными были эти убийства; purpose — намерение, цель; замысел; wanton — распутный; беспричинный), that they had long been a mystery to the mounted police (что они давно были загадкой для конной полиции; to mount — подниматься; садиться на лошадь

), even in the time of the captains (даже в эпоху вожаков[3]), and later, when the creeks realized (и позднее, когда стали получать выручку с рек;[4]

creek — бухта; речушка; ручей; to realize — выручить /сумму/; получить /такую-то сумму за что-либо/), and a governor came from the Dominion to make the land pay for its prosperity (и из Доминиона приехал губернатор, чтобы заставить область платить за свое процветание). But more mysterious still was the coming of Imber to Dawson to give himself up (но более таинственным все-таки был приезд Имбера в Доусон, чтобы сдаться). It was in the late spring (/это было/ в конце весны), when the Yukon was growling and writhing under its ice (когда Юкон рокотал и корчился подо льдом; to growl — рычать; рокотать), that the old Indian climbed painfully up the bank from the river trail and stood blinking on the main street (старый индеец с трудом/мучениями взобрался на берег с тропы вдоль реки и стоял, щурясь, на главной улице).

precise [prI'saIz], police [pq'lJs], mysterious [mIs'tIqrIqs]

In fact, the blood of so many was upon his hands that the killings attributed to him did not permit of precise enumeration. Smoking a pipe by the trailside or lounging around the stove, men made rough estimates of the numbers that had perished at his hand. They had been whites, all of them, these poor murdered people, and they had been slain singly, in pairs, and in parties. And so purposeless and wanton had been these killings, that they had long been a mystery to the mounted police, even in the time of the captains, and later, when the creeks realized, and a governor came from the Dominion to make the land pay for its prosperity. But more mysterious still was the coming of Imber to Dawson to give himself up. It was in the late spring, when the Yukon was growling and writhing under its ice, that the old Indian climbed painfully up the bank from the river trail and stood blinking on the main street.