Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории

Copley Banks said little when he heard the news (Копли Бэнкс ничего не сказал, когда услышал эту новость), but he sank into a morose and enduring melancholy (но погрузился в мрачную и продолжительную меланхолию; to sink; enduring – выносливый, терпеливый; длительный, долгий). He neglected his business, avoided his friends (он запустил торговлю: «свое дело», /стал/ избегать друзей), and spent much of his time in the low taverns of the fishermen and seamen (и проводил много времени в дешевых тавернах для рыбаков и матросов; to spend – тратить; проводить /время/; low – низкий, невысокий; низший /в определенной иерархии/). There, amidst riot and devilry (там, среди пьяного разгула и разврата; riot – бунт, мятеж; дебош; devilry – злоба; порочность), he sat silently puffing at his pipe (он молча сидел, попыхивая трубкой), with a set face and a smouldering eye (с неподвижным лицом и поблекшими глазами). It was generally supposed that his misfortunes had shaken his wits (многие считали, что из-за горя он повредился в рассудке: «горе потрясло его разум»; generally – обычно, как правило; повсеместно; to shake), and his old friends looked at him askance (а старые друзья смотрели на него искоса; askance – наклонно, косо; неодобрительно), for the company which he kept was enough to bar him from honest men (поскольку той компании, с которой он водился, было достаточно, чтобы отгородить его от порядочных людей; to keep company – водить компанию, дружбу).

 Copley Banks said little when he heard the news, but he sank into a morose and enduring melancholy. He neglected his business, avoided his friends, and spent much of his time in the low taverns of the fishermen and seamen. There, amidst riot and devilry, he sat silently puffing at his pipe, with a set face and a smouldering eye. It was generally supposed that his misfortunes had shaken his wits, and his old friends looked at him askance, for the company which he kept was enough to bar him from honest men.