Английский язык с Конаном-варваром

Conan ran on (Конан побежал дальше / продолжал бежать). He had been running now for the better part of an hour, with a long, loping stride that ate up the leagues (он бежал теперь /уже/ большую часть часа длинным размашистым шагом, который пожирал лиги). At first he had run effortlessly (сначала он бежал без усилий; effort — усилие), but now the grueling exertions of his flight through the black jungles and his eight-day trek across the plain began to take their toll (но теперь изнуряющие усилия его пробега через черные джунгли и его восьмидневный переход по равнине начал иметь /их/ последствия = начали сказываться: «начали брать свою пошлину / дань»). His eyes blurred; the muscles of his legs ached (его глаза затуманились, мускулы его ног болели). Every beat of his bursting heart seemed to drain away the strength remaining in his giant form (каждый удар его разрывающегося сердца, казалось, высасывает/истощает силу, оставшуюся в его гигантской фигуре).

part [p: t], began [b'aen], drain [dren]

Conan ran on. He had been running now for the better part of an hour, with a long, loping stride that ate up the leagues. At first he had run effortlessly, but now the grueling exertions of his flight through the black jungles and his eight-day trek across the plain began to take their toll. His eyes blurred; the muscles of his legs ached. Every beat of his bursting heart seemed to drain away the strength remaining in his giant form.

He prayed to his savage gods for the moon to emerge from the dense, stormy clouds that veiled most of the sky (он молился своим дикарским богам, чтобы луна вышла: «для луны выйти» из плотных грозовых туч, которые скрыли большую часть неба; veil — покрывало, вуаль). He prayed for a hillock or a tree to break the gently rolling flatness of the plain, or even a boulder against which he could set his back to make a last stand against the pride (он молился, чтобы холмик или дерево нарушили ровно тянущуюся плоскость равнины, или даже глыба, к которой он мог прислонить свою спину, /чтобы/ оказать последнее сопротивление /против/ прайду).[15]

savage ['saev], emerge ['m: ], stormy ['st: m]

He prayed to his savage gods for the moon to emerge from the dense, stormy clouds that veiled most of the sky. He prayed for a hillock or a tree to break the gently rolling flatness of the plain, or even a boulder against which he could set his back to make a last stand against the pride.

But the gods heard not (но боги не услышали). The only trees in this region were dwarfish, thorny growths (единственными деревьями в этом районе были карликовые колючие деревца: «поросли»; dwarf — карлик; thorn — колючка, шип), which rose to a height of six or eight feet and then spread their branches out horizontally in a mushroom shape (которые поднимались на высоту шести или восьми футов = шести-восьми футов, а потом простирали свои ветви горизонтально в форме гриба). If he managed to climb such a tree despite the thorns (если бы он смог забраться на такое дерево, несмотря на колючки), it would be easy for the first lion to reach the base to spring upon him from below and bear him to the ground in one leap (/это/ было бы легко для первого льва — достичь основания, /чтобы/ прыгнуть на него снизу и стащить его на землю одним прыжком; to manage — смочь, умудриться). The only hillocks were termite nests (единственными холмиками были термитные гнезда = термитники), some rising several feet in height but too small for purposes of defense (некоторые поднимались /на/ несколько футов в высоту, но /были/ слишком малы для целей обороны). There was nothing to do but run on (/там/ было ничего делать = делать было нечего,[16] кроме как бежать дальше / продолжать бежать).

termite ['t: mat], purpose ['p: ps], defense [d'fens]

But the gods heard not. The only trees in this region were dwarfish, thorny growths, which rose to a height of six or eight feet and then spread their branches out horizontally in a mushroom shape. If he managed to climb such a tree despite the thorns, it would be easy for the first lion to reach the base to spring upon him from below and bear him to the ground in one leap. The only hillocks were termite nests, some rising several feet in height but too small for purposes of defense. There was nothing to do but run on.