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bubbled and chattered like a little mountain stream. One cut with my sea-

gully, and theHispaniola would go humming down the tide.

3. So far so good; but it next occurred to my recollection that a taut hawser,

suddenly cut, is a thing as dangerous as a kicking horse. Ten to one, if I were

so foolhardy as to cut theHispaniola from her anchor, I and the coracle would

be knocked clean out of the water.

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1. This brought me to a full stop (это меня полностью остановило), and if

fortune had not again particularly favoured me (и если бы судьба не была вновь

особенно благосклонна ко мне), I should have had to abandon my design (мне

бы пришлось отказаться от своей затеи; to abandon — покидать, бросать;

отказываться). But the light airs which had begun blowing from the south-east

and south (но легкие ветерки, начавшие дуть с юго-востока и юга) had hauled

round after nightfall into the south-west (изменили направление после

наступления ночи на юго-западное). Just while I was meditating (и пока я

размышлял; to meditate — затевать, обдумывать), a puff came, caught the

Hispaniola (шквал налетел, подхватил Испаньолу), and forced her up into the

current (и заставил ее идти вверх = против течения); and to my great joy (и к

моей большой радости), I felt the hawser slacken in my grasp (я почувствовал,

что /натяжение/ каната ослабло в моей руке; grasp — хватка, зажим), and the

hand by which I held it dip for a second under water (и рука, которой я держал

его, погрузилась на мгновение под воду).

2. With that I made my mind up (с этим = тут я принял решение), took out my

gully (достал нож), opened it with my teeth (открыл его зубами), and cut one

strand after another (и /принялся/ перерезать одно волокно за другим), till the

vessel swung only by two (пока судно /не осталось/ держаться только на двух;

to swing —качать,висеть.поворачиваться). Then I lay quiet (затем я

отпустил канат), waiting to sever these last (ожидая /момента/, чтобы

перерезать эти последние /волокна/; to sever — разъединить, оторвать,

отсечь) when the strain should be once more lightened by a breath of wind (когда

дуновение ветра снова ослабит натяжение).

favoured [`feIvqd] hauled [hLld] slacken [`slxkqn] gully [`gAlI] lightened

[`laItnd]

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1. This brought me to a full stop, and if fortune had not again particularly

favoured me, I should have had to abandon my design. But the light airs

which had begun blowing from the south-east and south had hauled round

after nightfall into the south-west. Just while I was meditating, a puff came,

caught theHispaniola, and forced her up into the current; and to my great

joy, I felt the hawser slacken in my grasp, and the hand by which I held it dip

for a second under water.

2. With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth,

and cut one strand after another, till the vessel swung only by two. Then I lay

quiet, waiting to sever these last when the strain should be once more

lightened by a breath of wind.

1. All this time I had heard the sound of loud voices from the cabin (все это время

я услышал звук голосов /доносившийся/ из каюты); but, to say truth (но,

сказать по правде), my mind had been so entirely taken up with other thoughts

(мой разум был полностью поглощен другими мыслями) that I had scarcely

given ear (что я едва мог слушать; to give ear to — выслушать). Now, however,

when I had nothing else to do (теперь, однако, когда мне нечего было делать), I

began to pay more heed (я начал обращать больше внимания /на разговор/).