Often back home Mrs. Harris had peered longingly into the windows of flower shops (часто, у себя дома =
certain [sq:tn], orchid ['O:kId], gardenia [gQ:'di:njq]
She explored thus the Left Bank and the Right and eventually through accident stumbled upon a certain paradise in the middle, the Flower Market, located by the Quai de Corse on the Ile de la Cit'e.
Often back home Mrs. Harris had peered longingly into the windows of flower shops, at the display of hothouse blooms, orchids, roses, gardenias, etc., on her way to and from her labors, but never in her life had she found herself in the midst of such an intoxicating profusion of blossoms of every kind, color and shape, ranged upon the sidewalks and filling booths and stands of the Flower Market within sight of the twin towers of Notre-Dame.
Here were streets that were nothing but a mass of azaleas (здесь были улицы, которые были не чем иным, как огромным количеством азалий), in pots plants in pink (в горшечных цветах розового), white (белого), red (красного), purple (пурпурного цвета), mingling with huge bunches of cream (перемежающихся с огромными связками кремовых), crimson and yellow carnations (малиновых и желтых гвоздик). There seemed to be acres of boxes of pansies (там, казалось, были акры ящиков анютиных глазок) smiling up into the sun (улыбающихся солнцу), blue irises (синих ирисов), red roses (красных роз), and huge fronds of gladioli (и огромных листьев гладиолусов;
Here were streets that were nothing but a mass of azaleas, in pots plants in pink, white, red, purple, mingling with huge bunches of cream, crimson and yellow carnations. There seemed to be acres of boxes of pansies smiling up into the sun, blue irises, red roses, and huge fronds of gladioli forced into early bud in hothouses.
There were many plants and flowers (там было много растений и цветов) Mrs. Harris did not even know the names of (названий которых миссис Харрис даже не знала), small rubbery-looking pink blooms (маленькие, похожие на резиновые, розовые цветы;
petal [petl], conceivable [kqn'si:vqbl], marguerite ["mQ:gq'ri:t]
There were many plants and flowers Mrs. Harris did not even know the names of, small rubbery-looking pink blooms, or flowers with yellow centers and deep blue petals, every conceivable kind of daisy and marguerite, bushy-headed peonies and, of course, row upon row of Mrs. Harris' own very dearest potted geraniums.