She was in love herself (она была влюблена сама), was Mrs. Harris (была миссис Харрис), with Natasha (в Наташу), with Mme. Colbert (в мадам Кольбер), but above all with life and the wonderful thing it had become (но больше всего в жизнь и в ту замечательную вещь, какой она
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She was in love herself, was Mrs. Harris, with Natasha, with Mme. Colbert, but above all with life and the wonderful thing it had become. The back of her card was already covered with penciled numbers of frocks and dresses and frantic notes, messages and reminders to herself that she would never be able to decipher. How could one choose between them all?
And then Natasha glided into the salon wearing an evening gown (а затем Наташа плавно вошла в салон, одетая в вечернее платье;
glide [glaId], enrapture [In'rxptSq], bridal [braIdl]
And then Natasha glided into the salon wearing an evening gown, number eighty-nine, called "Temptation." Mrs. Harris had just a fleeting instant in which to note the enraptured expression on the face of the young man by the door before he turned away quickly, as though that was what he had come for, and then it was all up with her. She was lost, dazzled, blinded, overwhelmed by the beauty of the creation. This was IT! Thereafter there were yet to come further stunning examples of evening gowns until the traditional appearance of the bridal costume brought the show to a close, but the char saw none of them. Her choice was made. Feverish excitement accelerated her heartbeat. Desire coursed like fire in her veins.
"Temptation (искушение)" was a black velvet gown (было черным бархатным платьем), floor-length (длиной до пола), encrusted halfway from the bottom up (покрытое частично от низа вверх) with a unique design (уникальным рисунком) picked out in beads of jet (вышитым бусинами черного янтаря) that gave to the skirt weight and movement (которые придавали юбке тяжесть и подвижность). The top was a froth of cream (верх был пеной кремового), delicate pink and white chiffon (изысканно розового и белого шифона), tulle and lace (тюля и кружев) from which arose the ivory shoulders and neck (из которых возвышались цвета слоновой кости плечи и шея;
length [leNT], encrusted [In'krAstId], unique [ju:'ni:k]