Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Знак четырех

thigh [Ɵaɪ], straighten [streɪtn], bestiality [ˌbestɪˈælɪtɪ], sombre [ˈsɔmbǝ], writhe [ˈraɪð]

At our hail the man in the stern sprang up from the deck and shook his two clinched fists at us, cursing the while in a high, cracked voice. He was a good-sized, powerful man, and as he stood poising himself with legs astride I could see that from the thigh downwards there was but a wooden stump upon the right side. At the sound of his strident, angry cries there was movement in the huddled bundle upon the deck. It straightened itself into a little black man — the smallest I have ever seen — with a great, misshapen head and a shock of tangled, dishevelled hair. Holmes had already drawn his revolver, and I whipped out mine at the sight of this savage, distorted creature. He was wrapped in some sort of dark ulster or blanket, which left only his face exposed; but that face was enough to give a man a sleepless night. Never have I seen features so deeply marked with all bestiality and cruelty. His small eyes glowed and burned with a sombre light, and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chattered at us with a half animal fury.

"Fire if he raises his hand," said Holmes, quietly (стреляйте, если он поднимет руку, — спокойно сказал Холмс; quietly — спокойно, тихо; не двигаясь)

. We were within a boat's-length by this time, and almost within touch of our quarry (к этому времени мы находились на расстоянии корпуса катера от них — почти в пределах досягаемости от нашей добычи; within touch — близко, под рукой; доступно, в пределах досягаемости; quarry — добыча; преследуемый зверь). I can see the two of them now as they stood (я как сейчас вижу эту парочку, как они стояли)

, the white man with his legs far apart, shrieking out curses (белый широко расставив ноги, выкрикивая проклятия; far — вдали, далеко; apart — в стороне, отдельно; врозь; to shriek — пронзительно кричать, орать; to shriek out — выкрикивать), and the unhallowed dwarf with his hideous face, and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the light of our lantern (а карлик-язычник с его отвратительным лицом, скрежеща крепкими желтыми зубами в нашу сторону; to hallow — освящать; unhallowed — неосвященный; нечестивый, порочный; dwarf — карлик; strong — сильный; крепкий; to gnash — скрежетать зубами).