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

"Probably a wedding picture," said Poirot (наверное, свадебная фотография) . "Regard, Hastings (смотрите, Гастингс) , did I not tell you (/разве/ я не говорил вам) that she had been a beautiful woman (что она была красивой женщиной) ?"

blur [bl@:], bygone [baI'gOn], whole [h@Ul]

The second was a more expensive type of picture — an artistically blurred reproduction of an elderly woman with white hair. A high fur collar stood up round the neck.

I guessed that this was probably the Miss Rose who had left Mrs. Ascher the small legacy which had enabled her to start in business.

The third photograph was a very old one, now faded and yellow. It represented a young man and woman in somewhat old-fashioned clothes standing arm in arm. The man had a flower in his buttonhole and there was an air of bygone festivity about the whole pose.

"Probably a wedding picture," said Poirot. "Regard, Hastings, did I not tell you that she had been a beautiful woman?"

He was right (он был прав) . Disfigured by old-fashioned hair-dressing and weird clothes (ни старомодная прическа, ни нелепая одежда: «испорченная старомодной прической и нелепой одеждой»; weird — странный, жуткий) , there was no disguising the handsomeness of the girl in the picture (не могли скрыть привлекательности девушки на фотографии: «там не было изменения в привлекательности девушки на фотографии»; to disguise — искажать; изменять облик; скрывать) with her clear-cut features (с ее ясно-очерченными чертами; to cut — резать) and spirited bearing (и одухотворенностью: «и одухотворенной манерой»; bearing — манера держаться, поведение; осанка) . I looked closely at the second figure (я посмотрел поближе на вторую фигуру) . It was almost impossible to recognize the seedy Ascher (это было почти невозможно узнать потрепанного Эшера; seedy — наполненный семенами; изношенный; убогий) in this smart young man with the military bearing (в этом изящном молодом человеке с военной выправкой) .

I recalled the leering drunken old man (я припомнил кривляющегося пьяницу-старика; to leer — смотреть искоса, хитро, злобно, с вожделением) , and the worn (и изнуренное; to wear — носить; изнашивать) , toil-worn face of the dead woman (постаревшее от тяжелой работы лицо убитой; toil — тяжелый труд) — and I shivered a little at the remorselessness of time (и я слегка вздрогнул от беспощадности времени; remorse — раскаяние; сожаление) .

From the parlour a stair led to two upstairs rooms (из гостиной лестница вела к двум комнатам наверху; to lead — вести) . One was empty and unfurnished (одна была пуста и не обставлена /мебелью/) , the other had evidently been the dead woman's bedroom (другая явно была спальней убитой) .

weird [wI@d], disguise [dIs'gaIz], remorselessness [rI'mO:slIsnIs]

He was right. Disfigured by old-fashioned hair-dressing and weird clothes, there was no disguising the handsomeness of the girl in the picture with her clear-cut features and spirited bearing. I looked closely at the second figure. It was almost impossible to recognize the seedy Ascher in this smart young man with the military bearing.

I recalled the leering drunken old man, and the worn, toil-worn face of the dead woman — and I shivered a little at the remorselessness of time.

From the parlour a stair led to two upstairs rooms. One was empty and unfurnished, the other had evidently been the dead woman's bedroom.

After being searched by the police (после того, /как ее/ обыскала полиция) it had been left as it was (ее оставили так, как есть) . A couple of old worn blankets on the bed (пара старых потертых одеял на кровати) , a little stock of well-darned underwear in a drawer (небольшой запас хорошо заштопанного нижнего белья в ящике; to darn — штопать, чинить) , cookery recipes in another (кулинарные рецепты в другом) , a paperbacked novel entitled The Green Oasis (роман под названием «Зеленый оазис» в бумажной обложке) , a pair of new stockings (пара новых чулок) — pathetic in their cheap shininess (/вызывающие/ жалость своим дешевым блеском: «патетические в своем дешевом сиянии»; to shine — сиять) — a couple of china ornaments (пара фарфоровых фигурок; ornament — украшение, орнамент) , a Dresden shepherd much broken (сильно разбитый дрезденский пастух; to break) , and a blue and yellow spotted dog (и собака с желтыми и синими пятнами) , a black raincoat (черный плащ) and a woolly jumper (и шерстяной свитер) hanging on pegs (висящие на /деревянных/ колышках) — such were the worldly possessions of the late Alice Ascher (такова была вся мирская собственность покойной Элис Эшер; to possess — владеть, обладать; late — поздний; покойный, недавно умерший) .

If there had been any personal papers (если там были какие-нибудь личные бумаги) , the police had taken them (полиция /уже/ взяла их) .

drawer ['drO:@], recipe ['resIpI], shepherd ['Sep@d]

After being searched by the police it had been left as it was. A couple of old worn blankets on the bed, a little stock of well-darned underwear in a drawer, cookery recipes in another, a paperbacked novel entitled The Green Oasis, a pair of new stockings — pathetic in their cheap shininess — a couple of china ornaments, a Dresden shepherd much broken, and a blue and yellow spotted dog, a black raincoat and a woolly jumper hanging on pegs — such were the worldly possessions of the late Alice Ascher.

If there had been any personal papers, the police had taken them.

"Pauvre femme," murmured Poirot (фр. бедная женщина, — пробормотал Пуаро) . "Come, Hastings (идемте, Гастингс) , there is nothing for us here (здесь для нас ничего /нет/) ."

When we were once more in the street (когда мы снова были на улице) , he hesitated for a minute or two (Пуаро поколебался минуту-другую: «минуту или две») , then crossed the road (затем перешел дорогу) . Almost exactly opposite Mrs. Ascher's was a greengrocer's shop (почти точно напротив /магазина/ миссис Эшер была лавка зеленщика) — of the type (того типа) that has most of its stock outside rather than inside (который имеет большую часть своего товара скорее снаружи, чем внутри; stock — запас; ассортимент /товаров/) .