Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”

At first I had supposed (вначале я полагал) “the dead man’s chest” to be that identical big box of his (что «сундук мертвеца» — тот самый большой его сундук) upstairs in the front room (/стоявший/ наверху в передней комнате = выходящей окнами на главный фасад здания), and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares (эта мысль смешивалась в моих ночных кошмарах) with that of the one-legged seafaring man (с той /мыслью/ об одноногом моряке).

But by this time (но к этому времени) we had all long ceased to pay any particular notice to the song (мы все давно перестали обращать какое-либо особое внимание на эту песню); it was new, that night, to nobody but Dr Livesey (она была новой, в тот вечер, для никого, кроме доктора Ливси = только для доктора), and on him I observed (и на него, я заметил) it did not produce an agreeable effect (она не произвела приятного эффекта), for he looked up for a moment quite angrily (так как он поглядел /на капитана/ мгновение довольно сердито) before he went on with his talk to old Taylor (прежде чем продолжил свою беседу со старым Тейлором), the gardener (садовником), on a new cure for the rheumatics (о новом лекарстве от ревматизма). In the meantime (тем временем), the captain gradually brightened up at his own music (капитан, постепенно разгоряченный своей собственной музыкой = пением; to brighten up — наполнять радостью, прояснять), and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him (наконец ударил рукой = кулаком по столу перед собой) in a way we all knew to mean — silence (в известном смысле, /который/ мы все знали /что/ обозначает — молчание).

thought [θɔ:t] particular [pə`tɪkjulə] cure [kjuə] rheumatics [ru:`mætɪks]

At first I had supposed “the dead man’s chest” to be that identical big box of his upstairs in the front room, and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares with that of the one-legged seafaring man.

But by this time we had all long ceased to pay any particular notice to the song; it was new, that night, to nobody but Dr Livesey, and on him I observed it did not produce an agreeable effect, for he looked up for a moment quite angrily before he went on with his talk to old Taylor, the gardener, on a new cure for the rheumatics. In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all knew to mean — silence.

The voices stopped at once (голоса замерли сразу), all but Dr Livesey’s (все, кроме /голоса/ доктора Ливси); he went on as before (он продолжал как раньше), speaking clear and kind (говоря четко и дружелюбно), and drawing briskly at his pipe between every word or two (попыхивая энергично трубкой между каждым словом или двумя; to draw — вдыхать, тянуть). The captain glared at him for a while (капитан свирепо посмотрел на него некоторое время), flapped his hand again (ударил кулаком снова), glared still harder (взглянул еще суровее), and at last broke out with a villainous, low oath (в конце концов разразился мерзкой непристойной бранью; villain — /ист./ виллан, крепостной; злодей, негодяй):

“Silence, there, between decks (молчать, там, на палубе: «между палубами»)!”

“Were you addressing me, sir (вы обращались ко мне, сэр)?” says the doctor; and when the ruffian had told him (хулиган сказал ему), with another oath (другой бранью), that this was so (что это было так).