Английский язык с Р.Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

чувствуя себя так плохо), I would go to my prayers, like a Christian man (я бы

помолился, как /подобает/ христианину; to go to — обратиться, прибегнуть к

помощи; prayer — молитва).'

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1. Hands lay as I had left him, all fallen together in a bundle, and with his

eyelids lowered, as though he were too weak to bear the light. He looked up,

however, at my coming, knocked the neck off the bottle, like a man who had

done the same thing often, and took a good swig, with his favourite toast of

'Here's luck!' Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of

tobacco, begged me to cut him a quid.

2. 'Cut me a junk o' that,' says he, 'for I haven't no knife, and hardly strength

enough, so be as I had. Ah, Jim, Jim, I reckon I've missed stays! Cut me a

quid, as 'll likely be the last, lad; for I'm for my long home, and no mistake.'

3. 'Well,' said I, 'I'll cut you some tobacco; but if I was you and thought

myself so badly, I would go to my prayers, like a Christian man.'

1. 'Why (зачем)?' said he. 'Now, you tell me why (скажи мне, зачем).'

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2. 'Why (зачем)?' I cried (воскликнул я). 'You were asking me just now about the

dead (вы только что спрашивали меня о мертвых). You've broken your trust (вы

разрушили = изменили своему долгу); you've lived in sin and lies and blood (вы

жили /всю жизнь/ в грехе, во лжи и крови); there's a man you killed lying at

your feet this moment (человек, которого вы убили, лежит у ваших ног

сейчас); and you ask me why (и вы спрашиваете зачем)! For God's mercy, Mr.

Hands, that's why (ради милосердия Господа, мистер Хендс, вот зачем).'

3. I spoke with a little heat (я говорил с небольшим/некоторым жаром =

раздражением), thinking of the bloody dirk he had hidden in his pocket (думая о

кровавом кинжале, который он спрятал в карман), and designed, in his ill

thoughts, to end me with (и /о том, что он/ задумал, в своих дурных мыслях,

покончить со мной). He, for his part, took a great draught of the wine (он, в свою

очередь, сделал большой глоток вина), and spoke with the most unusual

solemnity (и заговорил с необычайной: «с крайне необычной»

торжественностью; usual — обычный).

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1. 'Why?' said he. 'Now, you tell me why.'

2. 'Why?' I cried. 'You were asking me just now about the dead. You've

broken your trust; you've lived in sin and lies and blood; there's a man you

killed lying at your feet this moment; and you ask me why! For God's mercy,

Mr. Hands, that's why.'

3. I spoke with a little heat, thinking of the bloody dirk he had hidden in his

pocket, and designed, in his ill thoughts, to end me with. He, for his part, took

a great draught of the wine, and spoke with the most unusual solemnity.

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1. 'For thirty years (тридцать лет),' he said, 'I've sailed the seas (я плавал по

морям), and seen good and bad, better and worse, fair weather and foul (хорошее

и плохое, лучшее и худшее, хорошую погоду и шторм; foul — нечистый,

мерзкий,отвратительный;бурный,ветреный,неспокойный /оморе,

погоде/), provisions running out, knives going, and what not (/как/ съестные

припасы кончались = голод и ножи шли /в дело/ = поножовщину, и чего

только еще /не видел/). Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness