Английский язык с Л. Ф. Баумом - Волшебник страны Оз

"No," she answered, "one is of tin, and one of straw (один /из них/ из железа, а один из соломы); one is a girl and another a Lion (одна — девчонка, а другой — Лев). None of them is fit to work (никто из них не годен для работы), so you may tear them into small pieces (поэтому вы можете разорвать их на маленькие кусочки)."

"Very well (очень хорошо)," said the wolf (сказал волк), and he dashed away at full speed (и бросился прочь со всех ног: «на полной скорости»; speed — скорость, быстрота; at full speed — полным ходом, во все лопатки), followed by the others (/и за ним/ последовали все остальные: «сопровождаемый остальными»).

It was lucky the Scarecrow and the Woodman were wide awake (к счастью, Страшила и Дровосек не спали; lucky — счастливый, удачный; wide awake — бодрствующий, недремлющий; начеку) and heard the wolves coming (и услышали, что приближаются волки).

tear [teə], leader [ˈliːdə], work [wɜːk], dash [dæʃ], speed [spiːd], lucky [ˈlʌkɪ]

"Go to those people," said the Witch, "and tear them to pieces."

"Are you not going to make them your slaves?" asked the leader of the wolves.

"No," she answered, "one is of tin, and one of straw; one is a girl and another a Lion. None of them is fit to work, so you may tear them into small pieces."

"Very well," said the wolf, and he dashed away at full speed, followed by the others.

It was lucky the Scarecrow and the Woodman were wide awake and heard the wolves coming.

"This is my fight (это мое сражение = я буду драться; fight — бой; драка)," said the Woodman, "so get behind me and I will meet them as they come (поэтому зайди за меня = спрячься за меня, а я встречу их, когда они приблизятся)."

He seized his axe (он схватил свой топор), which he had made very sharp (который он очень хорошо наточил), and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm (и когда вожак волков приблизился, Железный Дровосек взмахнул рукой; to swing — качаться, колебаться; махать, размахивать) and chopped the wolf’s head from its body (и срубил голову волка /с его тела/), so that it immediately died (так что тот тут же сдох).

As soon as he could raise his axe (как только он /снова/ смог поднять свой топор) another wolf came up (подбежал другой волк), and he also fell under the sharp edge of the Tin Woodman’s weapon (и он также пал под острым лезвием оружия Железного Дровосека; edge — кромка, край; лезвие, острие; weapon — оружие /для боевых действий/). There were forty wolves (их было сорок волков), and forty times a wolf was killed (и сорок раз было убито по волку), so that at last they all lay dead in a heap before the Woodman (так что, в конце концов, они все лежали мертвыми в куче перед Дровосеком).

fight [faɪt], seize [siːz], swung [swʌŋ], immediately [ɪ’miːdɪətlɪ], weapon [ˈwepən], dead [ded], heap [hiːp]

"This is my fight," said the Woodman, "so get behind me and I will meet them as they come." He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf’s head from its body, so that it immediately died.

As soon as he could raise his axe another wolf came up, and he also fell under the sharp edge of the Tin Woodman’s weapon. There were forty wolves, and forty times a wolf was killed, so that at last they all lay dead in a heap before the Woodman.