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

triumphant [traI'Vmf@nt], savage ['s&vIdZ], statue ['st&tju:], roar [rO:], fierce [fI@s]

The whole thing occurred in a moment — so quickly that I had no time to realize it. I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes' triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman's dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists. For a second or two we might have been a group of statues. Then, with an inarticulate roar of fury, the prisoner wrenched himself free from Holmes's grasp, and hurled himself through the window. Woodwork and glass gave way before him; but before he got quite through, Gregson, Lestrade, and Holmes sprang upon him like so many staghounds. He was dragged back into the room, and then commenced a terrific conflict. So powerful and so fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off again and again. He appeared to have the convulsive strength of a man in an epileptic fit. His face and hands were terribly mangled by his passage through the glass, but loss of blood had no effect in diminishing his resistance. It was not until Lestrade succeeded in getting his hand inside his neckcloth and half-strangling him that we made him realize that his struggles were of no avail; and even then we felt no security until we

had pinioned his feet as well as his hands. That done, we rose to our feet breathless and panting.

"We have his cab (у нас его кеб)," said Sherlock Holmes. "It will serve to take him to Scotland Yard (воспользуемся им: «он послужит», чтобы доставить его в Скотленд-Ярд). And now, gentlemen," he continued, with a pleasant smile (а теперь, джентльмены, — продолжил он с приятной улыбкой), "we have reached the end of our little mystery (мы добрались до конца нашей маленькой тайны). You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now (пожалуйста, задавайте теперь любые вопросы, что придут к вам в голову: «вы очень приветствуетесь задавать мне сейчас любые вопросы, что вы захотите»), and there is no danger that I will refuse to answer them (и не опасайтесь: «и нет опасности», что я откажусь отвечать на них)."

pleasant [pleznt], danger ['deIndZ@], answer ['A:ns@]

"We have his cab," said Sherlock Holmes. "It will serve to take him to Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen," he continued, with a pleasant smile, "we have reached the end of our little mystery. You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now, and there is no danger that I will refuse to answer them."

PART II. The Country of the Saints

(часть II. Страна святых)

Chapter I. On The Great Alkali Plain

(На огромной соляной равнине; alkali — щелочь; растворимая минеральная соль)