Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Знак четырех (ASCII-IPA)

There was a scuffling of feet (послышалось шарканье ног; to scuffle — драться; ходить шаркая), and the lantern began to come steadily down the side of the wall (и фонарь начал медленно спускаться вдоль стены; to begin — начинать; steadily — монотонно; неуклонно). Then with a light spring he came on to the barrel, and from there to the earth (затем легким прыжком он оказался на бочке, а оттуда спрыгнул на землю).

sign [saIn], confound [k@n'faund], earth [@:T]

"Top on it?"

"Yes."

"No sign of a ladder?"

"No."

"Confound the fellow! It's a most break-neck place. I ought to be able to come down where he could climb up. The water-pipe feels pretty firm. Here goes, anyhow."

There was a scuffling of feet, and the lantern began to come steadily down the side of the wall. Then with a light spring he came on to the barrel, and from there to the earth.

"It was easy to follow him," he said, drawing on his stockings and boots (легко было идти по его следу, — сказал он, натягивая носки и ботинки; to draw — рисовать; чертить; тянуть). "Tiles were loosened the whole way along (черепица была смещена по всему его маршруту; tile — черепица; loosen — ослаблять; разъединять), and in his hurry he had dropped this (а в спешке он обронил вот это; to drop — капать; ронять). It confirms my diagnosis, as you doctors express it (это подтверждает мой диагноз, как говорите вы, доктора; to express — изображать; высказываться)."

The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch (предмет, который он мне протянул, представлял собой маленький мешочек или кошелек; to hold — держать; pocket — карман; мешок; мешочек; pouch — сумка; мешочек; кошелек) woven out of coloured grasses (сплетенный из разноцветных трав; to weave — ткать; плести) and with a few tawdry beads strung round it (оплетенный несколькими рядами дешевого бисера; tawdry — мишурный, кричаще безвкусный; bead — шарик, бусина, бисерина; beads — бусы; бисер; to string — завязывать, шнуровать; нанизывать). In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case (по форме и размеру он напоминал портсигар). Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood (внутри было полдюжины шипов темного дерева; spine — спинной хребет; позвоночник; игла, колючка, шип), sharp at one end and rounded at the other (острых с одного конца и закругленных с другого), like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto (подобных тому, что поразил Бартоломью Шолто; to strike — ударяться; поражать; сражать).

loosen ['lu:s(@)n], diagnosis [,daI@g'n@usIs]

"It was easy to follow him," he said, drawing on his stockings and boots. "Tiles were loosened the whole way along, and in his hurry he had dropped this. It confirms my diagnosis, as you doctors express it."

The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of coloured grasses and with a few tawdry beads strung round it. In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case. Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood, sharp at one end and rounded at the other, like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto.