Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки (ASCII-IPA)

I reminded him of George (я напомнил ему о Джордже), and how we had to get the boat up to Shepperton by five o'clock to meet him (и о том, что нам нужно привести лодку в Шеппертон к пяти часам, чтобы встретить его), and then he went for George (и тут он /Гаррис/ принялся за Джорджа). Why was George to fool about all day

(почему Джордж должен болтаться без дела весь день), and leave us to lug this lumbering old top-heavy barge up and down the river by ourselves to meet him (а нам предоставляет таскать эту громоздкую старую перегруженную баржу = лодку вверх и вниз по реке, чтобы встретить его; top-heavy — неустойчивый; перевешивающий в своей верхней части)? Why couldn't George come and do some work (почему Джордж не мог прийти и выполнить какую-нибудь работу)? Why couldn't he have got the day off, and come down with us (почему он не мог взять выходной и отправиться с нами)

? Bank be blowed (будь проклят этот банк; to blow — веять, дуть /о ветре/; взрывать)! What good was he at the bank (какой прок от него /Джорджа/ в банке)?

tomb [tu:m] epitaph ['epItA:f]

Then I turned and fled, and as I sped I heard him calling to me:

"Oh, come and see the skulls; come back and see the skulls!"

Harris, however, revels in tombs, and graves, and epitaphs, and monumental inscriptions, and the thought of not seeing Mrs. Thomas's grave made him crazy. He said he had looked forward to seeing Mrs. Thomas's grave from the first moment that the trip was proposed — said he wouldn't have joined if it hadn't been for the idea of seeing Mrs. Thomas's tomb.

I reminded him of George, and how we had to get the boat up to Shepperton by five o'clock to meet him, and then he went for George. Why was George to fool about all day, and leave us to lug this lumbering old top-heavy barge up and down the river by ourselves to meet him? Why couldn't George come and do some work? Why couldn't he have got the day off, and come down with us? Bank be blowed! What good was he at the bank?