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

thigh [TaI], straighten [streItn], bestiality [,bestI'&lItI], sombre ['sOmb@], writhe ['raID]

At our hail the man in the stern sprang up from the deck and shook his two clinched fists at us, cursing the while in a high, cracked voice. He was a good-sized, powerful man, and as he stood poising himself with legs astride I could see that from the thigh downwards there was but a wooden stump upon the right side. At the sound of his strident, angry cries there was movement in the huddled bundle upon the deck. It straightened itself into a little black man — the smallest I have ever seen — with a great, misshapen head and a shock of tangled, dishevelled hair. Holmes had already drawn his revolver, and I whipped out mine at the sight of this savage, distorted creature. He was wrapped in some sort of dark ulster or blanket, which left only his face exposed; but that face was enough to give a man a sleepless night. Never have I seen features so deeply marked with all bestiality and cruelty. His small eyes glowed and burned with a sombre light, and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chattered at us with a half animal fury.

"Fire if he raises his hand," said Holmes, quietly (стреляйте, если он поднимет руку, — спокойно сказал Холмс; quietly — спокойно, тихо; не двигаясь). We were within a boat's-length by this time, and almost within touch of our quarry (к этому времени мы находились на расстоянии корпуса катера от них — почти в пределах досягаемости от нашей добычи; within touch — близко, под рукой; доступно, в пределах досягаемости; quarry — добыча; преследуемый зверь). I can see the two of them now as they stood (я как сейчас вижу эту парочку, как они стояли), the white man with his legs far apart, shrieking out curses (белый широко расставив ноги, выкрикивая проклятия; far — вдали, далеко; apart — в стороне, отдельно; врозь; to shriek — пронзительно кричать, орать; to shriek out — выкрикивать), and the unhallowed dwarf with his hideous face, and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the light of our lantern (а карлик-язычник с его отвратительным лицом, скрежеща крепкими желтыми зубами в нашу сторону; to hallow — освящать; unhallowed — неосвященный; нечестивый, порочный; dwarf — карлик; strong — сильный; крепкий; to gnash — скрежетать зубами).