Bateman shook hands with her (Бейтман пожал ее руку). She had dark, splendid eyes and a red mouth tremulous with laughter (у нее были темные, прекрасные глаза и алые уста, дрожавшие от смеха); but her skin was brown (но кожа ее была смуглой), and her curling hair, rippling down her shoulders, was coal black (и ее вьющиеся волосы, ниспадавшие с плеч, были угольно-черными;
resonant ['rezqnqnt], breathe [bri: D], idealism [aI'dIqlIz(q)m], tremulous ['tremjulqs], Mother Hubbard ["mADq'hAbqd], wreath [ri: T], Polynesian [pOlI'ni: zIqn]
His voice was deep and resonant. He seemed to breathe forth the purest idealism, and Bateman had to urge himself to remember that the man who spoke was a criminal and a cruel cheat. But Edward, as though he heard a sound, turned round quickly.
"Here is my daughter, Mr. Hunter."
Bateman shook hands with her. She had dark, splendid eyes and a red mouth tremulous with laughter; but her skin was brown, and her curling hair, rippling down her shoulders, was coal black. She wore but one garment, a Mother Hubbard of pink cotton, her feet were bare, and she was crowned with a wreath of white scented flowers. She was a lovely creature. She was like a goddess of the Polynesian spring.
She was a little shy, but not more shy than Bateman (она немного стеснялась, но не больше, чем Бейтман), to whom the whole situation was highly embarrassing (для которого вся эта сцена: «ситуация» была в высшей степени неловкой), and it did not put him at his ease (и смущение его не стало меньше;
"Let us have a kick in them, child (сделай их покрепче, дочка;
She poured them out (она разлила их = коктейли;
sylphlike ['sIlflaIk], practiced ['prxktIst], pour [pO: ], astonish [q'stOnIS], involuntary [In'vOl(q)nt(q)rI], appreciation [q'pri: SI'eIS(q)n]
She was a little shy, but not more shy than Bateman, to whom the whole situation was highly embarrassing, and it did not put him at his ease to see this sylph-like thing take a shaker and with a practiced hand mix three cocktails.