"Ah, the bally idiot!" you hear him mutter to himself; and then comes a savage haul, and away goes your side. You lay down the mallet and start to go round and tell him what you think about the whole business, and, at the same time, he starts round in the same direction to come and explain his views to you. And you follow each other round and round, swearing at one another, until the tent tumbles down in a heap, and leaves you looking at each other across its ruins, when you both indignantly exclaim, in the same breath:

"There you are! what did I tell you?"

Meanwhile the third man, who has been baling out the boat, and who has spilled the water down his sleeve, and has been cursing away to himself steadily for the last ten minutes, wants to know what the thundering blazes you're playing at, and why the blamed tent isn't up yet.

At last, somehow or other (наконец, с горем пополам/так или иначе), it does get up, and you land the things (она устанавливается, и вы выгружаете вещи). It is hopeless attempting to make a wood fire (бесполезно пытаться развести дровяной костер; hopeless — безнадежный, неисправимый; невозможно), so you light the methylated spirit stove, and crowd round that (поэтому вы зажигаете спиртовку и теснитесь вокруг нее; methylated spirit — денатурат, этиловый спирт; stove — печь, плита).

Rainwater is the chief article of diet at supper (дождевая вода — основное блюдо на ужин; chief — главный, основной; article — вещь, предмет; article of food — пищевой продукт). The bread is two-thirds rainwater (хлеб на две трети /состоит/ из дождевой воды), the beefsteak-pie is exceedingly rich in it (пирог с бифштексом = с мясом чрезвычайно богат ей), and the jam (варенье), and the butter (масло), and the salt (соль), and the coffee (кофе) have all combined with it to make soup (все соединились с ней, чтобы превратиться в суп).

After supper, you find your tobacco is damp, and you cannot smoke (после ужина вы обнаруживаете, /что/ ваш табак сырой, и вы не можете курить). Luckily you have a bottle of the stuff that cheers and inebriates (к счастью, у вас есть бутылка вещества, которое веселит и опьяняет; to cheer — создавать хорошее настроение, веселить), if taken in proper quantity (если принято = будучи принято в должном количестве), and this restores to you sufficient interest in life to induce you to go to bed (и это возвращает вам достаточный интерес к жизни, чтобы убедить вас лечь спать; to restore — возвращать в прежнее состояние, на место; to induce — заставлять, побуждать, склонять, убеждать).

methylated ['meletd] crowd [kraud] soup [su:p] inebriate ['ni:br(e)t]

At last, somehow or other, it does get up, and you land the things. It is hopeless attempting to make a wood fire, so you light the methylated spirit stove, and crowd round that.

Rainwater is the chief article of diet at supper. The bread is two-thirds rainwater, the beefsteak-pie is exceedingly rich in it, and the jam, and the butter, and the salt, and the coffee have all combined with it to make soup.

After supper, you find your tobacco is damp, and you cannot smoke. Luckily you have a bottle of the stuff that cheers and inebriates, if taken in proper quantity, and this restores to you sufficient interest in life to induce you to go to bed.