Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

As I was saying (как я говорил), the mother of this hobbit (мать этого самого хоббита) — of Bilbo Baggins, that is (Бильбо Бэггинса, то есть) — was the fabulous Belladonna Took (была легендарная Белладонна Тук), one of the three remarkable daughters of the Old Took (одна из трех замечательных дочерей Старого Тука), head of the hobbits (главы хоббитов) who lived across The Water (которые жили по ту сторону Воды), the small river (маленькой речки) that ran at the foot of The Hill (которая текла у подножия Холма; to run (ran, run) — бежать, гнать; foot (feet) — нога, ступня, основание). It was often said (часто поговаривали) (in other families (в других семьях)) that long ago (что давным-давно) one of the Took ancestors (один из предков семейства Туков) must have taken a fairy wife (должно быть, взял в жены волшебницу). That was, of course, absurd (это было, конечно же, нелепо), but certainly there was still (но, несомненно, было все-таки) something not entirely hobbit-like about them (что-то не совсем хоббитовское: «похожее на хоббитов» в них), — and once in a while (и, время от времени) members of the Took-clan would go and have adventures (члены клана Туков отправлялись и искали: «имели» приключения). They discreetly disappeared (они незаметно: «обдуманно, осмотрительно» исчезали), and the family hushed it up (и /их/ семья заминала этот /факт/; to hush — водворять тишину, успокаивать); but the fact remained (но факт оставался фактом) that the Tooks were not as respectable as the Bagginses (что семейство Туков не было таким же почтенным, как семейство Бэггинсов), though they were undoubtedly richer (хотя они были, вне всякого сомнения, богаче).

fabulous [ˈfæbjʋlǝs] ancestor [ˈænsǝstǝ, ˈænsestǝ] undoubtedly [ʌnˈdaʋtɪdlɪ]

As I was saying, the mother of this hobbit — of Bilbo Baggins, that is — was the fabulous Belladonna Took, one of the three remarkable daughters of the Old Took, head of the hobbits who lived across The Water, the small river that ran at the foot of The Hill. It was often said (in other families) that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife. That was, of course, absurd, but certainly there was still something not entirely hobbit-like about them, — and once in a while members of the Took-clan would go and have adventures. They discreetly disappeared, and the family hushed it up; but the fact remained that the Tooks were not as respectable as the Bagginses, though they were undoubtedly richer.