Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории

 “Now, Captain Scarrow, we must take our leave of you,” said the pirate. “If I had half a dozen of my brisk boys at my heels I should have had your cargo and your ship, but Roaring Ned could not find a foremast hand with the spirit of a mouse. I see there are some small craft about, and we shall get one of them. When Captain Sharkey has a boat he can get a smack, when he has a smack he can get a brig, when he has a brig he can get a barque, and when he has a barque he’ll soon have a full-rigged ship of his own – so make haste into London town, or I may be coming back, after all, for the Morning Star.”

Captain Scarrow heard the key turn in the lock as they left the cabin (капитан Скарроу услышал, как в замке повернулся ключ, когда они вышли из каюты). Then, as he strained at his bonds (чуть позже, /пытаясь/ расслабить свои путы; to strain – натягивать, растягивать), he heard their footsteps pass up the companion and along the quarter-deck (он услышал их шаги вверх по трапу и /затем/ на юте; to pass – проходить, проезжать; companion /зд./ = companion ladder – лестница, соединяющая палубы) to where the dinghy hung in the stern (/туда/, где на корме был подвешен ялик; to hang). Then, still struggling and writhing (затем, все еще напрягая мышцы и извиваясь; to struggle – бороться; делать усилия), he heard the creak of the falls and the splash of the boat in the water (он услыхал скрип фалов и всплеск шлюпки, /упавшей/ на воду). In a mad fury he tore and dragged at his ropes (в /приступе/ безумной ярости он рвал и растягивал веревки; to tear; to drag – тянуть, тащить), until at last, with flayed wrists and ankles (и, наконец, с ободранными запястьями и лодыжками; until – /до тех пор/ пока /не/; to flay – свежевать /туши/, сдирать кожу), he rolled from the table, sprang over the dead mate (скатился со стола, перепрыгнул через мертвого помощника; to spring), kicked his way through the closed door (выбил закрытую дверь ударом ноги: «ударом ноги /проложил/ себе путь сквозь закрытую дверь»; to kick – ударять ногой, лягать; way – путь, дорога), and rushed hatless on to the deck (и с непокрытой головой устремился на палубу; hat – шляпа, головной убор; – less – образует от существительных прилагательные со значением «лишенный чего-л.», «не имеющий чего-л.»).

 Captain Scarrow heard the key turn in the lock as they left the cabin. Then, as he strained at his bonds, he heard their footsteps pass up the companion and along the quarter-deck to where the dinghy hung in the stern. Then, still struggling and writhing, he heard the creak of the falls and the splash of the boat in the water. In a mad fury he tore and dragged at his ropes, until at last, with flayed wrists and ankles, he rolled from the table, sprang over the dead mate, kicked his way through the closed door, and rushed hatless on to the deck.