Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом Трое в лодке, не считая собаки jerome k. Jerome (Джером К. Джером) three men in a boat

Montmorency hailed this compromise with much approval. He does not revel in romantic solitude. Give him something noisy; and if a trifle low, so much the jollier. To look at Montmorency you would imagine that he was an angel sent upon the earth, for some reason withheld from mankind, in the shape of a small fox-terrier. There is a sort of Oh-what-a-wicked-world-this-is-and-how-I-wish-I-could-do-something-to-make-it-better-and-nobler expression about Montmorency that has been known to bring the tears into the eyes of pious old ladies and gentlemen.

When first he came to live at my expense, I never thought I should be able to get him to stop long. I used to sit down and look at him, as he sat on the rug and looked up at me, and think: "Oh, that dog will never live. He will be snatched up to the bright skies in a chariot, that is what will happen to him."

But, when I had paid for about a dozen chickens that he had killed (но когда я заплатил за примерно дюжину цыплят, которых он убил; to pay); and had dragged him, growling and kicking, by the scruff of his neck (и вытащил его, рычащего и брыкающегося, за загривок; to take by the scruff of the neck — взять за шиворот; neck — шея), out of a hundred and fourteen street fights (из ста четырнадцати уличных драк); and had had a dead cat brought round for my inspection by an irate female, who called me a murderer (и /когда/ дохлая кошка была принесена мне для осмотра разгневанной женщиной, которая назвала меня убийцей; to bring round — доставлять, приносить); and had been summoned by the man next door but one for having a ferocious dog at large (/когда меня/ однажды вызвал в суд сосед: «человек /живущий/ следующей дверью, кроме одной = через дверь = через дом от меня» за содержание свирепого пса на свободе; to summon — вызывать в суд; созывать), that had kept him pinned up in his own tool-shed (который держал его /соседа/ пришпиленным в собственном сарае = держал взаперти в сарае; to keep; pin — булавка, кнопка; tool-shed — сарайчик для хранения инструментов; tool — инструмент; shed — навес, сарай), afraid to venture his nose outside the door for over two hours on a cold night (боящегося высунуть нос за дверь, более двух часов в холодную ночь; to venture — рисковать; отваживаться; outside — внешний, наружный); and had learned that the gardener, unknown to myself (и /когда я/ узнал, что садовник, без моего ведома; unknown — неизвестный; тайно, без ведома), had won thirty shillings by backing him to kill rats against time (выиграл тридцать шиллингов, делая ставки, сколько Монморенси убьет крыс; to win; to back — поддерживать; держать пари, делать ставку; against time — в пределах установленного времени; с целью побить рекорд), then I began to think that maybe they'd let him remain on earth for a bit longer, after all (тогда я начал думать, что, возможно, ему позволят остаться на земле немного подольше, в конце концов; to begin).

To hang about a stable (бродить/околачиваться возле конюшни), and collect a gang of the most disreputable dogs to be found in the town (собрать шайку /из/ самых недостойных собак, /каких только можно/ найти в городе; disreputable — пользующийся дурной репутацией, непорядочный, позорный; to find), and lead them out to march round the slums to fight other disreputable dogs (и вести их строем к трущобам, чтобы драться с другими недостойными псами; to lead — вести, руководить, возглавлять; to march — маршировать, идти строем), is Montmorency's idea of "life" (вот представление Монморенси о «жизни»); and so, as I before observed (и поэтому, как я заметил раньше/как уже говорил), he gave to the suggestion of inns, and pubs, and hotels his most emphatic approbation (он дал на предложение /ночевать/ на постоялых дворах, в трактирах и гостиницах свое самое живейшее одобрение; to give; emphatic — выразительный, подчеркнутый).

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But, when I had paid for about a dozen chickens that he had killed; and had dragged him, growling and kicking, by the scruff of his neck, out of a hundred and fourteen street fights; and had had a dead cat brought round for my inspection by an irate female, who called me a murderer; and had been summoned by the man next door but one for having a ferocious dog at large, that had kept him pinned up in his own tool-shed, afraid to venture his nose outside the door for over two hours on a cold night; and had learned that the gardener, unknown to myself, had won thirty shillings by backing him to kill rats against time, then I began to think that maybe they'd let him remain on earth for a bit longer, after all.

To hang about a stable, and collect a gang of the most disreputable dogs to be found in the town, and lead them out to march round the slums to fight other disreputable dogs, is Montmorency's idea of "life"; and so, as I before observed, he gave to the suggestion of inns, and pubs, and hotels his most emphatic approbation.

Having thus settled the sleeping arrangements to the satisfaction of all four of us (уладив, таким образом, вопрос о ночевке ко всеобщему удовлетворению: «всех четырех из нас»; to settle — устраивать/ся/; приводить в порядок, улаживать; arrangements — меры, приготовления), the only thing left to discuss was what we should take with us (единственной оставшейся вещью, чтобы обсудить было = осталось обсудить, что нам следует взять с собой; to leave); and this we had begun to argue (и это мы начали обсуждать; to argue — обсуждать, рассуждать, рассматривать), when Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night (когда Гаррис сказал, с него довольно разглагольствований на один вечер; oratory — риторика; красноречие; речь), and proposed that we should go out and have a smile (и предложил нам выйти и выпить чего-нибудь; smile — улыбка; выпивка), saying that he had found a place, round by the square (говоря, что он нашел одно место, недалеко от площади; to find), where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking (где действительно можно получить глоток стоящего ирландского виски; worth doing — стоящий, заслуживающий внимания и т.д.).

George said he felt thirsty (Джордж сказал, что чувствует жажду; to feel) (I never knew George when he didn't) (никогда не знал /случая/, чтобы Джордж ее не чувствовал); and, as I had a presentiment that a little whisky (и, поскольку у меня было предчувствие, что немного виски), warm, with a slice of lemon, would do my complaint good (теплого, с ломтиком лимона, принесет мне пользу; complaint — недовольство, жалоба; болезнь, недуг), the debate was, by common assent, adjourned to the following night (обсуждение/дебаты были, с общего согласия, отложены до следующего вечера); and the assembly put on its hats and went out (и /члены/ собрания надели шляпы и вышли; assembly — собрание, сход, общество; to go out).

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Having thus settled the sleeping arrangements to the satisfaction of all four of us, the only thing left to discuss was what we should take with us; and this we had begun to argue, when Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.

George said he felt thirsty (I never knew George when he didn't); and, as I had a presentiment that a little whisky, warm, with a slice of lemon, would do my complaint good, the debate was, by common assent, adjourned to the following night; and the assembly put on its hats and went out.

CHAPTER III (глава третья)

Arrangements settled (планы улаживаются/обговариваются). — Harris's method of doing work (способ выполнения работы Гарриса). — How the elderly, family-man puts up a picture (как пожилой/почтенный семейный человек = отец семейства вешает картину). — George makes a sensible remark (Джордж делает разумное замечание). — Delights of early morning bathing (прелести раннего утреннего купания; delight — удовольствие, развлечение, наслаждение; to bathe — купать, мыть). — Provisions for getting upset (запасы /провианта/ на случай опрокидывания; to upset — опрокидывать/ся/, переворачивать/ся/).

Arrangements settled. — Harris's method of doing work. — How the elderly, family-man puts up a picture. — George makes a sensible remark. — Delights of early morning bathing. — Provisions for getting upset.

SO, on the following evening, we again assembled (итак, на следующий вечер мы снова собрались), to discuss and arrange our plans (чтобы обсудить и привести в порядок наши планы). Harris said:

"Now, the first thing to settle is what to take with us (итак, первая вещь, чтобы решить = во-первых, необходимо решить, что взять с собой). Now, you get a bit of paper and write down, J. (ты берешь кусок бумаги и записываешь, Джей; bit — кусочек; небольшое количество), and you get the grocery catalogue, George (а ты достань прейскурант бакалейной лавки, Джордж; grocery — бакалейная лавка; бакалейно-продовольственный магазин), and somebody give me a bit of pencil, and then I'll make out a list (кто-нибудь, дайте мне карандаш, и /затем/ я составлю список)."

That's Harris all over (в этом весь Гаррис; all over — /по/всюду, кругом; типичный) — so ready to take the burden of everything himself (так = всегда готовый взять тяжесть всего на себя; burden — ноша, груз, тяжесть; бремя), and put it on the backs of other people (и взвалить ее на спины других людей).

grocery [`grqus(q)rI] catalogue [`kxtqlOg]

"Now, the first thing to settle is what to take with us. Now, you get a bit of paper and write down, J., and you get the grocery catalogue, George, and somebody give me a bit of pencil, and then I'll make out a list."

That's Harris all over — so ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people.
He always reminds me of my poor Uncle Podger (он всегда напоминает мне моего бедного дядю Поджера). You never saw such a commotion up and down a house, in all your life (вы никогда не видели такой суеты в доме за всю свою жизнь; commotion — беспокойство, тревога, суета; up and down — вверх и вниз, вперед и назад; здесь и там), as when my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job (как когда мой дядя Поджер принимался за работу; to undertake — предпринимать, совершать; брать на себя /обязательства, ответственность и т.д./). A picture would have come home from the frame-maker's (картина прибыла домой от рамочника = допустим, от рамочника привезли картину; frame — рама, оправа; каркас), and be standing in the dining-room, waiting to be put up (и /она/ стоит в столовой, ожидая, когда ее повесят); and Aunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it, and Uncle Podger would say (тетя Поджер спрашивала = спрашивает, что следует сделать с ней, и дядя Поджер говорит; would — выражает привычное действие, относящееся к прошедшему):
"Oh, you leave that to me (о, предоставьте это мне). Don't you, any of you, worry yourselves about that (/пусть/ никто из вас не беспокоится об этом). I'll do all that (я /сам/ все сделаю)."

And then he would take off his coat, and begin (затем он снимает свой пиджак и начинает). He would send the girl out for sixpen'orth of nails (посылает горничную /купить/ гвоздей на шесть пенсов; girl — девочка, девушка; служанка; sixpen'orth = sixpenworth; worth — цена, стоимость; to send out — отправлять, посылать), and then one of the boys after her to tell her what size to get (а потом одного из мальчиков за ней, чтобы сказать, какого размера /гвозди/ взять); and, from that, he would gradually work down, and start the whole house (и с этого /времени/ он постепенно занимает /работой/ весь дом; to start — начинать/ся/, приниматься; пускать в ход /машину/, дать толчок).

aunt [Rnt] gradually [`grxdjuqlI]
He always reminds me of my poor Uncle Podger. You never saw such a commotion up and down a house, in all your life, as when my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job. A picture would have come home from the frame-maker's, and be standing in the dining-room, waiting to be put up; and Aunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it, and Uncle Podger would say:
"Oh, you leave that to me. Don't you, any of you, worry yourselves about that. I'll do all that."

And then he would take off his coat, and begin. He would send the girl out for sixpen'orth of nails, and then one of the boys after her to tell her what size to get; and, from that, he would gradually work down, and start the whole house.

And then he would lift up the picture, and drop it (потом он поднимает картину и роняет ее), and it would come out of the frame (она вылетает из рамы), and he would try to save the glass, and cut himself (он пытается спасти стекло и режется); and then he would spring round the room, looking for his handkerchief (затем он скачет по комнате, ища свой носовой платок; to spring — пружинить; прыгать, скакать). He could not find his handkerchief, because it was in the pocket of the coat he had taken off (он не может найти свой носовой платок, потому что он в кармане пиджака, /который/ он снял; to take off), and he did not know where he had put the coat (он не знает, куда положил пиджак), and all the house had to leave off looking for his tools, and start looking for his coat (и всему дому приходится перестать искать его инструменты и начать искать пиджак; to leave off — прекращать делать что-либо; бросать привычку); while he would dance round and hinder them (в то время как он /дядя/ пляшет вокруг = по комнате и мешает им; to dance — танцевать; прыгать, скакать).

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"Now you go and get me my hammer, Will," he would shout; "and you bring me the rule, Tom; and I shall want the step-ladder, and I had better have a kitchen-chair, too; and, Jim! you run round to Mr. Goggles, and tell him, `Pa's kind regards, and hopes his leg's better; and will he lend him his spirit-level?' And don't you go, Maria, because I shall want somebody to hold me the light; and when the girl comes back, she must go out again for a bit of picture-cord; and Tom! — where's Tom? — Tom, you come here; I shall want you to hand me up the picture."

And then he would lift up the picture, and drop it, and it would come out of the frame, and he would try to save the glass, and cut himself; and then he would spring round the room, looking for his handkerchief. He could not find his handkerchief, because it was in the pocket of the coat he had taken off, and he did not know where he had put the coat, and all the house had to leave off looking for his tools, and start looking for his coat; while he would dance round and hinder them.

Then he'd get up, and find that he had been sitting on it, and would call out (затем он поднимается и обнаруживает, что сидел на нем, и кричит):

And, when half an hour had been spent in tying up his finger (и, когда полчаса потратили, перевязывая ему палец; to spend; to tie up — перевязывать, привязывать, связывать), and a new glass had been got (новое/другое стекло достали; to get), and the tools (инструменты), and the ladder (лестницу), and the chair (стул), and the candle had been brought (и свечу принесли; to bring), he would have another go (он делает еще одну попытку), the whole family, including the girl and the charwoman (вся семья, включая горничную и поденщицу; charwoman — поденщица для домашней работы; уборщица), standing round in a semi-circle, ready to help (становится рядом полукругом, готовая помочь). Two people would have to hold the chair (двоим приходится держать стул), and a third would help him up on it, and hold him there (третий помогает ему /дяде/ взобраться на него и поддерживает его), and a fourth would hand him a nail (четвертый подает ему гвоздь), and a fifth would pass him up the hammer (пятый подает ему молоток), and he would take hold of the nail, and drop it (а дядя хватает гвоздь и роняет его).

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"Doesn't anybody in the whole house know where my coat is? I never came across such a set in all my life — upon my word I didn't. Six of you! — and you can't find a coat that I put down not five minutes ago! Well, of all the — "

Then he'd get up, and find that he had been sitting on it, and would call out:

And, when half an hour had been spent in tying up his finger, and a new glass had been got, and the tools, and the ladder, and the chair, and the candle had been brought, he would have another go, the whole family, including the girl and the charwoman, standing round in a semi-circle, ready to help. Two people would have to hold the chair, and a third would help him up on it, and hold him there, and a fourth would hand him a nail, and a fifth would pass him up the hammer, and he would take hold of the nail, and drop it.

And we would all have to go down on our knees and grovel for it (и нам всем приходится опуститься на колени и ползать, /чтобы найти/ его; to grovel — лежать ниц; ползать), while he would stand on the chair, and grunt (пока он стоит на стуле и ворчит; to grunt — хрюкать; ворчать, бормотать), and want to know if he was to be kept there all the evening (и спрашивает: «хочет знать», не придется ли ему торчать там весь вечер; to keep — держать).

The nail would be found at last (гвоздь находится, наконец), but by that time he would have lost the hammer (но к этому времени он потерял молоток; to lose).

"Where's the hammer (где молоток)? What did I do with the hammer (что я сделал с молотком = куда девал молоток)? Great heavens (о Господи; heaven — небеса, небо; Боже)! Seven of you, gaping round there, and you don't know what I did with the hammer (вас семеро, /стоите/ тут, глазеете и не знаете, куда я девал молоток; to gape — зевать; глазеть; зиять)!"

injured [`InGqd] knee [nJ]
"There!" he would say, in an injured tone, "now the nail's gone."

And we would all have to go down on our knees and grovel for it, while he would stand on the chair, and grunt, and want to know if he was to be kept there all the evening.

The nail would be found at last, but by that time he would have lost the hammer.

"Where's the hammer? What did I do with the hammer? Great heavens! Seven of you, gaping round there, and you don't know what I did with the hammer!"

And we would all try to do it in our heads (и мы все пытаемся сделать это в своих головах), and all arrive at different results (и все приходим к различным результатам), and sneer at one another (и издеваемся друг над другом; to sneer at — насмехаться, глумиться над). And in the general row, the original number would be forgotten (и во всеобщем споре первоначальное число забывается; row — перебранка, ссора; to forget), and Uncle Podger would have to measure it again (и дяде Поджеру приходится мерить снова).