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

thief [Ti:f], acquaint [@'kweInt], technical ['teknIk(@)l], minute [maI'nju:t], miscreant ['mIskrI@nt], prove [pru:v]

"It is quite certain that the thief or thieves were well acquainted with the house, for Mr. Jones's well-known technical knowledge and his powers of minute observation have enabled him to prove conclusively that the miscreants could not have entered by the door or by the window, but must have made their way across the roof of the building, and so through a trap-door into a room which communicated with that in which the body was found. This fact, which has been very clearly made out, proves conclusively that it was no mere haphazard burglary. The prompt and energetic action of the officers of the law shows the great advantage of the presence on such occasions of a single vigorous and masterful mind. We cannot but think that it supplies an argument to those who would wish to see our detectives more decentralized, and so brought into closer and more effective touch with the cases which it is their duty to investigate."

"Isn't it gorgeous!" said Holmes, grinning over his coffee-cup (разве не великолепно! — сказал Холмс, ухмыляясь над своей чашкой кофе; gorgeous — эффектный, яркий; замечательный, превосходный). "What do you think of it (что вы об этом думаете)?"

"I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested for the crime (я думаю, что мы сами едва избежали ареста за это преступление; to have a close shave — быть на волосок от гибели, едва избежать опасности; close shave — опасное, рискованное положение: «близкое /к коже/ бритье»)."

"So do I (я думаю так же). I wouldn't answer for our safety now (я бы не поручился за нашу безопасность сейчас; to answer — отвечать; нести ответственность; ручаться), if he should happen to have another of his attacks of energy (случись с ним очередной приступ энергии)."

At this moment there was a loud ring at the bell (в это время раздалось громкое дребезжание дверного колокольчика; ring — дребезжание, звон; звонок в дверь; bell — колокол; колокольчик), and I could hear Mrs. Hudson, our landlady, raising her voice in a wail of expostulation and dismay (и я услышал, как миссис Хадсон, наша домовладелица, громко и взволновано запричитала, пытаясь устыдить кого-то; to raise — поднимать; wail — продолжительный скорбный крик; вопль; причитания, стенания; expostulation — увещевание, попытка усовестить; dismay — испуг, волнение, смятение).

"By heaven, Holmes," I said, half rising (господи боже, Холмс, — сказал я, приподнимаясь; heaven — небеса, небо; Царство Небесное), "I believe that they are really after us (по-моему, за нами в самом деле пришли)."

"No, it's not quite so bad as that (нет, все не так плохо). It is the unofficial force, — the Baker Street irregulars (это наши внештатные силы — нерегулярное подразделение Бейкер-стрит)."

gorgeous ['gO:dZ@s], heaven ['hev(@)n]

"Isn't it gorgeous!" said Holmes, grinning over his coffee-cup. "What do you think of it?"

"I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested for the crime."

"So do I. I wouldn't answer for our safety now, if he should happen to have another of his attacks of energy."

At this moment there was a loud ring at the bell, and I could hear Mrs. Hudson, our landlady, raising her voice in a wail of expostulation and dismay.

"By heaven, Holmes," I said, half rising, "I believe that they are really after us."

"No, it's not quite so bad as that. It is the unofficial force, — the Baker Street irregulars."