должно быть, беден как церковная мышь)." The room reminded her very much
(комната напомнила ей так сильно) of some of the lodgings she had lived in
(некоторые из тех съемных комнат, в которых она жила) when she was first on
the stage (когда она только поступила в театр: «была впервые на сцене»). She
noticed the pathetic attempts he had made (она заметила те жалкие попытки,
которые он предпринял) to conceal the fact (чтобы скрыть тот факт) that it was
a bedroom as well as a sitting-room (что это была также и спальная комната, и
гостиная). The divan against the wall (тахта у стены) was evidently his bed at
night (была очевидно и его постелью ночью). The years slipped away from her
in fancy (годы улетучились /от нее/ как по волшебству: «в воображении,
фантазии»;
felt strangely young again (и она почувствовала себя снова
удивительно/странно молодой).
pew [pju:] lodging ['lOdZIN] pathetic [pq'TetIk] fancy ['fxnsI]
"Take a pew," he said. "The water's just on the boil. I'll only be a minute. I've
got a gas-ring in the bathroom."
He left her and she looked about. "Poor lamb, he must be as poor as a church
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mouse." The room reminded her very much of some of the lodgings she had
lived in when she was first on the stage. She noticed the pathetic attempts he
had made to conceal the fact that it was a bedroom as well as a sitting-room.
The divan against the wall was evidently his bed at night. The years slipped
away from her in fancy and she felt strangely young again.
What fun they had had in rooms very like that (как весело проводили они время
в таких комнатах: «комнатах, похожих на эти»;
они наслаждались фантастической едой, которую они ели), things in paper
bags (/еда/ из бумажных пакетов) and eggs and bacon fried on the gas-ring (и
яичница с ветчиной, поджаренная на газовой горелке;
вошел с чаем в коричневом чайнике). She ate a square sponge-cake (она съела
квадратный бисквит;
she had not done for years (этого: «это было нечто, что» она не делала уже
долгие годы). The Ceylon tea, very strong, with milk and sugar in it (цейлонский
чай, очень крепкий, с молоком и сахаром /в нем/;
thought she had forgotten (вернул ее /назад/ в те дни, которые, как она думала,
она давно забыла). She saw herself as a young, obscure, struggling actress (она
увидела себя молодой, неизвестной, ведущей борьбу /за успех/ актрисой;
(это было просто восхитительным). It needed a gesture (/ситуация/ требовала
какого-то жеста), but she could only think of one (но она могла подумать
только об одном): she took off her hat (она сняла шляпку) and gave her head a
shake (и встряхнула головой).
sponge [ |
] sugar ['SVgq] obscure [qb'skjVq]
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What fun they had had in rooms very like that and how they had enjoyed the
fantastic meals they had had, things in paper bags and eggs and bacon fried
on the gas-ring! He came in with the tea in a brown pot. She ate a square
sponge-cake with pink icing on it. That was a thing she had not done for
years. The Ceylon tea, very strong, with milk and sugar in it, took her back to