Английский язык с В. Ирвингом. Рип ван Винкль

If left to himself (если /он/ оставался наедине с собой; to leave [li:v] — left [left] — left — оставлять, покидать), he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment (он, бывало, просвистывал жизнь в прекрасном довольстве); but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness (но его жена продолжала постоянно жужжать в его уши о его безделье; to din [dIn] — шуметь; надоедать, настойчиво повторять), his carelessness (его беспечности: «беззаботности»; care [kFq] — забота, уход), and the ruin he was bringing on his family (и упадке/крахе, /который/ он навлекает на семью). Morning, noon, and night (утром, днем и вечером/ ночью), her tongue was incessantly going (ее язык непрерывно двигался; incessantly [In’sesntlI] — непрерывно, непрестанно), and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence (и все: «каждая вещь», /что/ он говорил или делал, непременно производила поток домашнего красноречия; eloquence [‘elqVkw(q)ns] — красноречие, ораторское искусство). Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind (Рип имел один способ отвечать на все проповеди этого рода), and that, by frequent use (и это из-за частого использования; frequent [‘fri:kwqnt] — частый), had grown into a habit (переросло в привычку; to grow [grqV] — grew [gru:] — grown [grqVn] — расти; становиться). He shrugged his shoulders (он пожимал плечами), shook his head (тряс своей головой; to shake [SeIk] — shook [SVk] — shaken [SeIkn] — трясти, дрожать), cast up his eyes (закатывал свои глаза), but said nothing (но ничего не говорил; to say [seI] — said [sed] — said — сказать). This, however (это, однако), always provoked a fresh volley from his wife (всегда провоцировало новый залп от его жены); so that he was fain to draw off his forces (таким образом, он был вынужден уводить свои войска; to draw [drO:] — drew [dru:] — drawn [drO:n] — тащить, тянуть), and take to the outside of the house (и отправляться за пределы дома; to take [teIk] — took [tVk] — taken [teIkn] — брать; отправляться /дорогой/) — the only side which, in truth (к единственной стороне, которая, по правде), belongs to a hen-pecked husband (принадлежит забитому: «подкаблучному» мужу).

If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying to all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the house — the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband.