/людей/ моложе меня) who pretended to admire him (которые делали вид, что
восхищаются им), calling him a 'true sea-dog,' (называя его «настоящим
морским волком») and a 'real old salt,' (настоящим бывалым /просоленным/
моряком: «настоящей старой солью») and suchlike names (и /другими/
подобными именами), and saying there was the sort of man that made England
terrible at sea (говоря, /что/ там был тип человека, который сделал Англию
страшной на море = благодаря таким людям Англия стала грозою морей).
sease [sJs] tyrannized [`tIrqnaIzd] excitement [Ik`saItmqnt] admire [qd`maIq]
1. My father was always saying the inn would be ruined, for people would
soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down, and sent
shivering to their beds; but I really believe his presence did us good. People
were frightened at the time, but on looking back they rather liked it; it was a
fine excitement in a quiet country life; and there was even a party of the
younger me who pretended to admire him, calling him a 'true sea-dog,' and a
'real old salt,' and suchlike names, and saying there was the sort of man that
made England terrible at sea.
1. In one way (с одной стороны), indeed, he bade fair to ruin us (действительно,
он, казалось, мог разорить нас;
week after week (так как продолжал оставаться неделю за неделей), and at last
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month after month (наконец месяц за месяцем) so that all the money had been
long exhausted (так что все деньги были давно исчерпаны = истрачены), and
still (и все же) my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having more (мой
отец никогда не собирался с духом, чтобы настаивать на имении еще =
потребовать еще;
когда-нибудь он /и/ упоминал об этом), the captain blew through his nose so
loudly (/то/ капитан дул через нос = сопел так громко), that you might say he
roared (что вы могли бы сказать, он рычит), and stared my poor father out of the
room (грозно смотрел на моего бедного отца, что тот вылетал из комнаты;
видел его скручивающим = как он ломал себе руку /отчаянно/ после
подобного отказа), and I am sure the annoyance and the terror he lived in (и я
уверен, /что/ раздражение и ужас, /в которых/ он жил) must have greatly
hastened his early and unhappy death (должны были весьма ускорить =
наверняка значительно ускорили его раннюю и горестную кончину).
exhausted [Ig`zLstId] mentioned [`menSnd] wringing [`rININ] annoyance
[q`nOIqns]
1. In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week
after week, and at last month after month so that all the money had been long
exhausted, and still my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having
more. If ever he mentioned it, the captain blew through his nose so loudly,
that you might say he roared, and stared my poor father out of the room. I
have seen him wringing his hand after such a rebuff, and I am sure the
annoyance and the terror he lived in must have greatly hastened his early and
unhappy death.
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1. All the time he lived with us (за все то время, /которое/ он жил с нами) the
captain made no change whatever in his dress (капитан не сделал никакого
изменения совсем в одежде = не сделал какого-либо) but to buy some stockings