Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm. Then I looked around me, and as the ship was now, in a sense, my own, I began to think of clearing it from its last passenger — the dead man, O’Brien.

He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks (он скатился, как я сказал, к фальшборту), where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet (где лежал, словно какая-то страшная, неуклюжая кукла); life-sized, indeed, but how different from life’s colour or life’s comeliness

(в натуральную величину = ростом с человека, но как отличалась /она/ по цвету от живого человека и как была безжизненна; different from — отличный, непохожий на; life — жизнь; comeliness — миловидность, привлекательность)! In that position, I could easily have my way with him (при таком положении /трупа/ я мог легко справиться с ним); and as the habit of tragical adventures had worn off almost all my terror for the dead (и так как привычка = частота /пережитых/ трагических приключений почти полностью стерла мой страх перед мертвецами), I took him by the waist as if he had been a sack of bran (я взял его за талию, как /если бы он был/ мешок с отрубями), and, with one good heave, tumbled him overboard

(и, одним хорошим броском, швырнул его за борт). He went in with a sounding plunge (он нырнул с громким всплеском; to go in — входить, заходить; plunge — ныряние, погружение); the red cap came off, and remained floating on the surface (красный колпак слетел и остался плавать на поверхности); and as soon as the splash subsided (как только брызги улеглись), I could see him and Israel lying side by side

(я увидел, что он и Израэль лежат бок о бок), both wavering with the tremulous movement of the water (оба колыхаясь с дрожащим движением воды). O’Brien, though still quite a young man, was very bald (О`Брайен, хотя еще довольно молодой, был очень плешивым). There he lay, with that bald head across the knees of the man who had killed him (он лежал, /положив/ плешивую голову на колени человека, который убил его), and the quick fishes steering to and fro over both (и быстрые рыбки сновали туда-сюда над обоими; to steer — следовать, идти /по курсу/, направлять

).

ungainly [ʌn`geɪnlɪ] puppet [`pʌpɪt] surface [`sə:fɪs] tremulous [`tremjuləs] bald [bɔ:ld]

He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet; life-sized, indeed, but how different from life’s colour or life’s comeliness! In that position, I could easily have my way with him; and as the habit of tragical adventures had worn off almost all my terror for the dead, I took him by the waist as if he had been a sack of bran, and, with one good heave, tumbled him overboard. He went in with a sounding plunge; the red cap came off, and remained floating on the surface; and as soon as the splash subsided, I could see him and Israel lying side by side, both wavering with the tremulous movement of the water. O’Brien, though still quite a young man, was very bald. There he lay, with that bald head across the knees of the man who had killed him, and the quick fishes steering to and fro over both.