Jane and Michael trailed after her (Джейн и Майк тянулись за ней), wondering (гадая) when she would have come to the end of her shopping list (когда она придет к концу своего хождения по магазинам: «своего списка покупок») but, because of the look on her face (но, из-за выражения на ее лице), not daring to ask her (не смея спросить ее).
Mary Poppins gazed up and down the street (Мэри Поппинс оглядела вверх и вниз улицу) as if deep in thought (как будто глубоко задумавшись: «глубоко в мыслях»), and then (а затем), suddenly making up her mind (неожиданно приняв решение), she snapped (она сказала отрывисто;
“Fishmonger (торговец рыбой)!” and turned the perambulator in at the shop next to the Butchers (и повернула коляску в магазин рядом с мясной лавкой).
“One Dover Sole (одну дуврскую камбалу), pound and a half of Halibut (полтора фунта: «один фунт и половину» палтуса), pint of Prawns (пинту креветок;
The Fishmonger (продавец рыбы), unlike the Butcher (в отличие от мясника), was a long thin man (был длинный худой мужчина), so thin (такой худой) that he seemed to have no front to him (что он, казалось, не имел передней/фронтальной части) but only two sides (а только две стороны). And he looked so sad (и он выглядел таким печальным) that you felt (что вы чувствовали) he had either just been weeping (/что/ он /либо/ только что плакал) or was just going to (либо только собирался). Jane said that this was due to some secret sorrow (что это из-за какой-то тайной скорби) that had haunted him since his youth (которое преследовала его со времен его юности), and Michael thought (и Майкл подумал) that the Fishmonger’s Mother must have fed him entirely on bread and water (что мама продавца рыбы, должно быть, кормила его всецело хлебом с водой;
fishmonger [‘fI∫,mAŋgә] prawns [prO:ns] youth [ju:T]
Jane and Michael trailed after her, wondering when she would have come to the end of her shopping list but, because of the look on her face, not daring to ask her.
Mary Poppins gazed up and down the street as if deep in thought, and then, suddenly making up her mind, she snapped:
“Fishmonger!” and turned the perambulator in at the shop next to the Butchers.
“One Dover Sole, pound and a half of Halibut, pint of Prawns and a Lobster,” said Mary Poppins, talking so quickly that only somebody used to taking such orders could possibly have understood her.
The Fishmonger, unlike the Butcher, was a long thin man, so thin that he seemed to have no front to him but only two sides. And he looked so sad that you felt he had either just been weeping or was just going to. Jane said that this was due to some secret sorrow that had haunted him since his youth, and Michael thought that the Fishmonger’s Mother must have fed him entirely on bread and water when he was a baby, and that he had never forgotten it.
“Anything else (что-нибудь еще)?” said the Fishmonger hopelessly (сказал продавец рыбы безнадежно), in a voice that suggested he was quite sure (голосом, который предполагал, что он был достаточно уверен) there wouldn’t be (что ничего не будет).
“Not today (не сегодня),” said Mary Poppins.
The Fishmonger shook his head sadly (продавец рыбы покачал своей головой печально) and did not look at all surprised (и не выглядел вообще удивленным). He had known all along (он знал все время/всегда = с самого начала) there would be nothing else (что не будет ничего еще/больше).
Sniffing gently (фыркнув мягко), he tied up the parcel (он перевязал сверток) and dropped it into the perambulator (и опустил его в коляску).
“Bad weather (плохая погода),” he observed (он отметил), wiping his eye with his hand (потирая свой глаз своей рукой;
Mary Poppins tossed her head (Мэри Поппинс вскинула голову).