Английский язык с миссис Харрис, или платье от Диора

For the first time Mrs. Harris realized (впервые миссис Харрис поняла) that she was leaving England behind her (что она оставляла Англию позади) and was about to enter into a foreign country (и намеревалась въехать в иностранное государство/страну), to be amongst foreign people who spoke a foreign language (чтобы оказаться среди иностранцев, которые говорят на иностранном языке) and who, from all she had ever heard about them, were immoral (и кто, /судя/ по всему тому, что она слышала о них, были аморальны/безнравственны), grasping (скупы; to grasp — схватывать, хватать, зажимать /в руке/), ate snails and frogs (ели улиток и лягушек; to eat), and were particularly inclined to crimes of passion and dismembered bodies in trunks (и были очень склонны к преступлениям страсти и расчлененным телами в багажниках; trunk — ствол; чемодан; багажник (автомобиля)). She was still not afraid (она все равно не боялась), for fear has no place in the vocabulary of the British char (потому что /слову/ ‘страх’ нет места в словаре британской поденщицы), but she was now all the more determined to be on her guard (но она теперь была тем более решительна быть/оставаться начеку) and not stand for any nonsense (и не терпеть ерунды). It was a tremendous errand that was taking her to Paris (дело/поручение, которое вело ее в Париж, было потрясающей важности; to take — брать; to take to — вести /куда-л./; tremendous — жуткий, страшный, ужасный; разг. огромный, гигантский, громадный; потрясающий), but she hoped in the accomplishing of it to have as little to do with the French people as possible (но она надеялась, совершая его, иметь с французами как можно меньше дел: «так мало действовать с французами как возможно»).

behind [bI'haInd], language ['lxNgwIG], particularly [pq'tIkjulqlI]

For the first time Mrs. Harris realized that she was leaving England behind her and was about to enter into a foreign country, to be amongst foreign people who spoke a foreign language and who, from all she had ever heard about them, were immoral, grasping, ate snails and frogs, and were particularly inclined to crimes of passion and dismembered bodies in trunks. She was still not afraid, for fear has no place in the vocabulary of the British char, but she was now all the more determined to be on her guard and not stand for any nonsense. It was a tremendous errand that was taking her to Paris, but she hoped in the accomplishing of it to have as little to do with the French people as possible.

The airplane flew on (самолет продолжал полет; to fly — лететь) and a wholesome British steward served her a wholesome British breakfast (и надежный английский стюард принес ей здоровый английский завтрак: wholesome — полезный; благотворный; здравый, здравомыслящий; здоровый; нравственный) and then would take no money for it (и потом не захотел брать за него денег), saying that it came with the compliments of the airline, a little bit of all right (сказав, что это — любезность/подарок авиакомпании, /что было/ вполне удовлетворительно).

Mrs. Harris kept her face pressed to the window and her purse to her side (миссис Харрис продолжала прижимать лицо к окошку, а сумку — к себе: «к своему боку»; to keep — хранить, оберегать; сохранять). The steward came through, saying (стюард прошел со словами; through — через, насквозь): "You will see the Eiffel Tower in the distance on your right (вы увидите Эйфелеву башню вдалеке справа; distance — расстояние)".

wholesome ['hqulsqm], purse [pWs], through [TrH]

The airplane flew on and a wholesome British steward served her a wholesome British breakfast and then would take no money for it, saying that it came with the compliments of the airline, a little bit of all right.

Mrs. Harris kept her face pressed to the window and her purse to her side. The steward came through, saying: "You will see the Eiffel Tower in the distance on your right."