If I can turn my back on that (если бы я только могла распрощаться с этим: «повернуться к этому спиной») and shut out the remembrance (и оградить /себя/ от воспоминаний;
Anyway, Sallie McBride likes me (как бы то ни было, я нравлюсь Салли Макбрайд)!
Yours ever (всегда ваша),
Judy Abbott (
remembrance [rI'membrqns], desirable [dI'zaI(q)rqbl], nee [neI]
If I can turn my back on that and shut out the remembrance, I think, I might be just as desirable as any other girl. I don't believe there's any real, underneath difference, do you?
Anyway, Sallie McBride likes me!
Yours ever,
Judy Abbott (
Saturday morning (утро субботы).
I've just been reading this letter over (я только что перечитывала это письмо) and it sounds pretty uncheerful (/и выяснилось/, что звучит оно в значительной степени безрадостно). But can't you guess (но разве не могли вы догадаться) that I have a special topic due Monday morning (что у меня будет специальное сочинение =
uncheerful ["An'tSIqf(q)l], guess [ges]
I've just been reading this letter over and it sounds pretty uncheerful. But can't you guess that I have a special topic due Monday morning and a review in geometry and a very sneezy cold?
Sunday (воскресенье).
I forgot to post this yesterday (я забыла отправить это письмо вчера;
We had a bishop this morning (у нас был епископ сегодня утром), and
'The most beneficent promise made us in the Bible is this (самое милосердное обещание, данное: «сделанное» нам в Библии вот какое = звучит так), "The poor ye have always with you (бедных вы имеете всегда с собой)." They were put here in order to keep us charitable (они были помещены сюда для того, чтобы мы оставались милосердными;
The poor, please observe (бедные, пожалуйста, обратите внимание), being a sort of useful domestic animal (являются чем-то вроде полезных домашних животных). If I hadn't grown into such a perfect lady (если бы я не превратилась в такую безупречную даму;
indignant [In'dIgnqnt], postscript ['pqVst"skrIpt], bishop ['bISqp], beneficent [bI'nefIs(q)nt], domestic [dq'mestIk]
I forgot to post this yesterday, so I will add an indignant postscript.
We had a bishop this morning, and
'The most beneficent promise made us in the Bible is this, "The poor ye have always with you." They were put here in order to keep us charitable.'
The poor, please observe, being a sort of useful domestic animal. If I hadn't grown into such a perfect lady, I should have gone up after service and told him what I thought.
October 25th.