Agatha Christie - Английский язык с Агатой Кристи. Убийства по алфавиту (ASCII-IPA)

Dr. Thompson went out (доктор Томпсон вышел) . Japp remained (Джепп остался) .

"Does this alibi worry you?" Poirot asked (это алиби беспокоит вас?) .

"It does a little," admitted the inspector (/беспокоит/ немного, — признался инспектор) . "Mind you (имейте в виду) , I don't believe in it (я не верю в него) , because I know it isn't true (потому что я знаю, что это не правда) . But it is going to be the deuce to break it (но только дьявол разобьет его: «но это собирается дьявол разбить его») . This man Strange is a tough character (этот человек Стрейндж — крепкий орешек: «тип с крутым /нравом/») ."

"Describe him to me (опишите его мне) ."

foster ['fO:st@], deuce [dju:s], tough [tVf]

"Your words are very suggestive, doctor. They foster ideas —"

"Oh, it's only a suggestion. Well, I must be off."

Dr. Thompson went out. Japp remained.

"Does this alibi worry you?" Poirot asked.

"It does a little," admitted the inspector. "Mind you, I don't believe in it, because I know it isn't true. But it is going to be the deuce to break it. This man Strange is a tough character."

"Describe him to me."

"He's a man of forty (он мужчина лет сорока) . A tough (твердый) , confident (уверенный) , self-opinionated (имеющий собственное мнение) mining engineer (горный инженер) . It's my opinion (по-моему: «это мое мнение») that it was he (что это был он) who insisted on his evidence being taken now (кто настоял, чтобы его свидетельство было принято сейчас) . He wants to get off to Chile (он хочет уехать в Чили) . He hoped (он надеялся) the thing might be settled out of hand (что все может уладиться немедленно; of hand — немедленно) ."

"He's one of the most positive people I've ever seen," I said (он один из самых самоуверенных людей, которых я когда-либо видел; positive — позитивный; самоуверенный) .

"The type of man (тип человека) who would not like to admit (который не захочет признать) he was mistaken (что он ошибался) ," said Poirot thoughtfully (сказал Пуаро задумчиво; to mistake — делать ошибку) .

Chile [tSaIl], engineer [,endZI'nI@], positive ['pOzItIv]

"He's a man of forty. A tough, confident, self-opinionated mining engineer. It's my opinion that it was he who insisted on his evidence being taken now. He wants to get off to Chile. He hoped the thing might be settled out of hand."

"He's one of the most positive people I've ever seen," I said.

"The type of man who would not like to admit he was mistaken," said Poirot thoughtfully.

"He sticks to his story (он придерживается своей истории/настаивает на своей истории; to stick — липнуть) and he's not one to be heckled (и он не такой, /кого/ можно закидать вопросами; to heckle — трепать, чесать лен; прерывать, забрасывать вопросами /исполнителя, оратора/) . He swears by all that's blue (он клянется всеми чертями; by all that's blue! — черт побери!; blue — голубой, синий; непристойный) that he picked up Cust in the Whitecross Hotel at Eastbourne on the evening of July 24 th (что он познакомился с Кастом в отеле «Белый крест» в Истборне вечером двадцать четвертого июня; to pick up — подбирать; знакомиться) . He was lonely (ему было одиноко) and wanted someone to talk to (и /он/ хотел с кем-нибудь поговорить) . As far as I can see (насколько я могу понять) , Cust made an ideal listener (Каст оказался идеальным слушателем) . He didn't interrupt (он не прерывал) ! After dinner he and Cust played dominoes (после обеда он и Каст играли в домино) . It appears (оказывается) Strange was a whale on dominoes (Стрейндж был настоящий мастер в игре домино; whale — кит; знаток, мастак) and to his surprise (и к его удивлению) Cust was pretty hot stuff too (Каст был тоже был не промах: «Каст был довольно горячей штучкой тоже») . Queer game, dominoes (странная игра домино) . People go mad about it (люди с ума по ней сходят) . They'll play for hours (они играют часами) . That's what Strange and Cust did apparently (это то, что, по-видимому, делали Стрейндж и Каст) .

Cust wanted to go to bed (Каст хотел пойти спать) but Strange wouldn't hear of it (но Стрейндж и слышать не хотел об этом) — swore (клялся; to swear — клясться) they'd keep it up until midnight at least (что они продолжали по крайней мере до полуночи) . And that's what they did do (и это то, что они действительно делали) . They separated at ten minutes past midnight (они расстались в десять минут первого: «в десять минут после полуночи») . And if Cust was in the Whitecross Hotel at Eastbourne (и если Каст был в отеле «Белый крест» в Истборне) at ten minutes past midnight on the morning of the 25 th (в десять минут первого утром двадцать пятого) he couldn't very well be strangling Betty Barnard on the beach at Bexhill (он совершенно не мог душить Бетти Барнард на пляже в Бексхилле) between midnight and one o'clock (между полуночью и часом) ."

domino ['dOmIn@U], whale [weIl], separate ['sep@reIt]

"He sticks to his story and he's not one to be heckled. He swears by all that's blue that he picked up Cust in the Whitecross Hotel at Eastbourne on the evening of July 24 th. He was lonely and wanted someone to talk to. As far as I can see, Cust made an ideal listener. He didn't interrupt! After dinner he and Cust played dominoes. It appears Strange was a whale on dominoes and to his surprise Cust was pretty hot stuff too. Queer game, dominoes. People go mad about it. They'll play for hours. That's what Strange and Cust did apparently.

Cust wanted to go to bed but Strange wouldn't hear of it — swore they'd keep it up until midnight at least. And that's what they did do. They separated at ten minutes past midnight. And if Cust was in the Whitecross Hotel at Eastbourne at ten minutes past midnight on the morning of the 25 thhe couldn't very well be strangling Betty Barnard on the beach at Bexhill between midnight and one o'clock."