Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море

He let the line slip through his fingers (он позволил лесе скользить сквозь его пальцы) while he reached down with his left hand and made fast the free end of the two reserve coils (одновременно он дотянулся своей левой рукой и прикрепил свободный конец двух запасных мотков) to the loop of the two reserve coils of the next line (к петле двух запасных мотков другой лесы). Now he was ready (теперь он был готов). He had three forty-fathom coils of line in reserve now (у него в запасе было три сорокасаженных мотка лесы), as well as the coil he was using (а также моток, который он использовал /сейчас/).

"Eat it a little more (поешь еще немного)," he said. "Eat it well (кушай хорошо)."

Eat it so that the point of the hook goes into your heart and kills you (ешь так, чтобы острие крючка воткнулось тебе в сердце и убило тебя), he thought. Come up easy and let me put the harpoon into you (всплыви легко и позволь мне воткнуть в тебя гарпун). All right (хорошо). Are you ready (ты готова)? Have you been long enough at table (ты достаточна была у стола = насытилась вволю)?

"Now!" he said aloud and struck hard with both hands (и резко дернул обеими руками), gained a yard of line and then struck again and again (вытащив целый ярд лесы, а затем дернул снова и снова; to gain — добывать, зарабатывать), swinging with each arm alternately on the cord (поочередно меняя руки на леске) with all the strength of his arms (со всей силой своих рук) and the pivoted weight of his body (и всем весом своего упершегося в одну точку/сохраняющего равновесие тела; pivot — стержень; to pivot — надевать на стержень, закреплять на оси; вертеться, поворачиваться /вокруг своей оси/).

reserve [rI'zWv], alternately [Ll'tWnqtlI], pivot ['pIvqt]

"He's taken it," he said. "Now I'll let him eat it well."

He let the line slip through his fingers while he reached down with his left hand and made fast the free end of the two reserve coils to the loop of the two reserve coils of the next line. Now he was ready. He had three forty-fathom coils of line in reserve now, as well as the coil he was using.

"Eat it a little more," he said. "Eat it well."

Eat it so that the point of the hook goes into your heart and kills you, he thought. Come up easy and let me put the harpoon into you. All right. Are you ready? Have you been long enough at table?

"Now!" he said aloud and struck hard with both hands, gained a yard of line and then struck again and again, swinging with each arm alternately on the cord with all the strength of his arms and the pivoted weight of his body.

Nothing happened (ничего не произошло). The fish just moved away slowly (рыба просто медленно уплывала) and the old man could not raise him an inch (и старик не мог поднять ее и на дюйм). His line was strong and made for heavy fish (его леса была прочной: «сильной», и была сделана для тяжелой рыбы) and he held it against his back until it was so taut (он держал ее на спине, пока она не натянулась так туго; against — против; на /указывает на опору, контакт, соприкосновение с чем-л./) that beads of water were jumping from it (что капельки/бусинки воды прыгали с нее; bead — бусина; капля). Then it began to make a slow hissing sound in the water (затем она начала издавать низкий шипящий звук в воде) and he still held it (а он все еще держал ее), bracing himself against the thwart and leaning back against the pull (опираясь на банку лодки и подаваясь в противоположную сторону натяжения; to lean — наклоняться). The boat began to move slowly off toward the north-west (лодка начала медленно двигаться на северо-запад).

The fish moved steadily (рыба двигалась равномерно/неуклонно; steady — устойчивый; прочный, твердый; равномерный) and they travelled slowly on the calm water (и они передвигались медленно по спокойной воде). The other baits were still in the water (другие наживки все еще были в воде) but there was nothing to be done (но ничего нельзя было сделать).