Hereafter I shall write only about work (в будущем я буду писать только о работе;
My re-examinations in Latin and geometry came last week (мои переэкзаменовки по латыни и геометрии состоялись на прошлой неделе). I passed them both (я сдала обе) and am now free from conditions (и сейчас свободна от «хвостов»).
Yours truly (преданная вам),
Jerusha Abbott
hereafter ["hI(q)r'Q:ftq], geometry [dZI'OmItrI], truly ['tru:lI]
Hereafter I shall write only about work.
My re-examinations in Latin and geometry came last week. I passed them both and am now free from conditions.
Yours truly,
Jerusha Abbott
April 2d.
I am a BEAST (я — свинья: «зверь, животное»).
Please forget about that dreadful letter (пожалуйста, забудьте о том ужасном письме) I sent you last week (которое я отправила вам на прошлой неделе) — I was feeling terribly lonely (я чувствовала себя ужасно одинокой) and miserable (и несчастной) and sore-throaty (и у меня очень болело горло;
sore [sO:], throaty ['TrqVtI], tonsillitis ["tOnsI'laItIs], grippe [gri(:)p], bossy ['bOsI]
I am a BEAST. Please forget about that dreadful letter I sent you last week — I was feeling terribly lonely and miserable and sore-throaty the night I wrote. I didn't know it, but I was just sickening for tonsillitis and grippe and lots of things mixed. I'm in the infirmary now, and have been here for six days; this is the first time they would let me sit up and have a pen and paper. The head nurse is
But I've been thinking about it all the time (но я думала об этом письме все это время) and I shan't get well (и я не поправлюсь) until you forgive me (пока вы не простите меня).
Here is a picture of the way I look (вот портрет, как я выгляжу;
I am having sublingual gland swelling (у меня опухоль подъязычной железы;
I can't write any more (больше я писать не могу); I get rather shaky (я становлюсь слабой = я чувствую слабость;
Yours with love (ваша, с любовью),
Judy Abbott
bandage ['bxndIdZ], tie [taI], sublingual [sAb'lINgwql], futile ['fju:taIl]
But I've been thinking about it all the time and I shan't get well until you forgive me. Here is a picture of the way I look, with a bandage tied around my head in rabbit's ears.