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рассказать ему) at least enough (по крайней мере, /рассказать/ достаточно, для

того) to make him put a stop to whatever was going on (чтобы он положил конец

тому, что возможно происходило: «что бы там ни происходило»).

brusque [bru(:)sk] fortnight ['fO:tnaIt] conclusion [kqn'klu:Z(q)n]

Not she; she hadn't the courage. Even after all these years she was a little

frightened of Julia. Julia was a very good-tempered woman, and though her

language was often brusque it was hard to ruffle her; but there was something

about her that prevented you from taking liberties with her; you had a feeling that

if once you went too far you would regret it. But something must be done. Dolly

turned the matter over in her mind for a fortnight, anxiously; she tried to put her

own wounded feelings aside and look at it only from the point of view of Julia's

career, and at last she came to the conclusion that Michael must speak to her. She

had never liked Michael, but after all he was Julia's husband and it was her duty to

tell him at least enough to make him put a stop to whatever was going on.

She rang Michael up and made an appointment with him at the theatre (она

позвонила Майклу и договорилась о встрече с ним в театре). Michael liked

Dolly as little as she liked him (Майклу Долли нравилась также мало, как и он

ей), though for other reasons (хотя и по другим причинам), and when he heard

that she wanted to see him (и, когда он услышал, что она хочет видеть его) he

swore (он выругался; to swear (swore, sworn) — клясться, сквернословить).

He was annoyed (его раздражало) that he had never been able to induce her (что

ему никогда не удавалось склонить ее к тому /чтобы/) to sell out her shares in

the management (/она/ продала /ему/ свои акции предприятия; share — доля,

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часть,акция,

пай), and he resented whatever suggestions she made (и он

возмущался любыми предложениями, которые она вносила) as an

unwarrantable interference (как недопустимым вмешательством). But when she

was shown into his office (но, когда ее провели в его офис; to show smb. to /into,

over, round/ a place —провожать,сопровождатького-либокуда-либо) he

greeted her with cordiality (он приветствовал ее с радушием: «сердечностью»).

He kissed her on both cheeks (он расцеловал ее в обе щеки).

"Sit down and make yourself comfy (присаживайся и устраивайся поудобнее;

comfy = comfortable). Come to see (заглянула, чтобы увидеть) that the old firm's

still raking in dividends for you (что старое дельце: «старая фирма» загребает

для тебя дивиденды; to rake — сгребать граблями, ворошить)?"

appointment [q'pOIntmqnt] unwarrantable [An'wOrqntqb(q)l]

cordiality ["kO:dI'xlItI]

She rang Michael up and made an appointment with him at the theatre. Michael

liked Dolly as little as she liked him, though for other reasons, and when he heard

that she wanted to see him he swore. He was annoyed that he had never been able

to induce her to sell out her shares in the management, and he resented whatever

suggestions she made as an unwarrantable interference. But when she was shown

into his office he greeted her with cordiality. He kissed her on both cheeks.

"Sit down and make yourself comfy. Come to see that the old firm's still raking in

dividends for you?"

Dolly de Vries was now a woman of sixty (Долли де Фриз было сейчас

шестьдесят: «была женщина шестидесяти лет»). She was very fat (она была

очень толстой), and her face, with its large nose and heavy red lips (и ее лицо, с

большим носом и полными: «крупными, тяжелыми» красными губами),

seemed larger than life (казалась великаншей; larger-than-life — больше

натуральнойвеличины,колоссальный). There was a slightly masculine touch

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(было что-то слегка мужское; touch — прикосновение, зд. черта, стиль,

манера) in her black satin dress (в ее черном атласном платье), but she wore a

double string of pearls round her neck (но она также носила двойную нить

жемчуга на шее: «вокруг шеи»), a diamond brooch at her waist (бриллиантовую

брошь на талии) and another in her hat (и еще одну /брошь/ на шляпе). Her

short hair was dyed a rich copper (ее короткие волосы были окрашены в яркий

медно-красный цвет). Her lips and her finger-nails were bright red (ее губы и

ногти были ярко-красными). Her voice was loud and deep (ее голос был

громким и низким), but when she got excited (но, когда она волновалась) the

words were apt to tumble over one another (слова имели свойство спотыкаться

одно о другое) and a slight cockney accent revealed itself (и легкий акцент