Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)

The more I thought of it the more extraordinary did my companion's hypothesis, that the man had been poisoned, appear. I remembered how he had sniffed his lips, and had no doubt that he had detected something which had given rise to the idea. Then, again, if not poison, what had caused the man's death, since there was neither wound nor marks of strangulation? But, on the other hand, whose blood was that which lay so thickly upon the floor? There were no signs of a struggle, nor had the victim any weapon with which he might have wounded an antagonist. As long as all these questions were unsolved, I felt that sleep would be no easy matter, either for Holmes or myself. His quiet self-confident manner convinced me that he had already formed a theory which explained all the facts, though what it was I could not for an instant conjecture.

He was very late in returning — so late, that I knew that the concert could not have detained him all the time. Dinner was on the table before he appeared.

"It was magnificent," he said, as he took his seat (это было великолепно, — сказал он, усаживаясь за стол; to take one’s seat — занять свое место, сесть на свое место). "Do you remember what Darwin says about music (вы помните, что Дарвин сказал о музыке)? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it (он утверждает, что способность ее творить: «производить» и ценить ее) existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at (появилась у человека: «существовала среди человеческой расы» задолго до появления речи: «прежде чем способность к речи была достигнута»). Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it (возможно, поэтому она так глубоко действует на нас; subtle — неуловимый, тонкий; едва различимый; subtly — тонко; to influence — оказывать влияние, воздействовать). There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries (в наших душах смутные воспоминания о тех далеких веках; misty — туманный; неясный; смутный; mist — дымка, туман) when the world was in its childhood (когда мир был еще в колыбели; childhood — детство)."

"That's rather a broad idea," I remarked (довольно смелая идея, — заметил я; broad — широкий; обширный; свободный; незашоренный).

"One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature (если вы собираетесь объяснить Природу, ваши идеи должны быть такими же смелыми, как Природа; to interpret — объяснять, толковать, интерпретировать)," he answered. "What's the matter (в чем дело)? You're not looking quite yourself (вы на себя не похожи: «вы не выглядите вполне самим собой»). This Brixton Road affair has upset you (этот случай на Брикстон-роуд расстроил вас)."

"To tell the truth, it has (по правде говоря, да)," I said. "I ought to be more case-hardened after my Afghan experiences (имея за плечами мой опыт Афганистана, я бы должен быть более невосприимчив к таким делам; case-hardened — загрубелый; нечувствительный). I saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve (я не теряя самообладания видел, как моих товарищей рубили на куски при Мейванде; to lose one's nerve — струсить, потерять мужество, самообладание: «утратить свой нерв»)."

appreciate [@'pri:SIeIt], subtly ['sVtlI], vague [veIg], broad [brO:d]

"It was magnificent," he said, as he took his seat. "Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood."