Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказов (ASCII-IPA)

knee [ni:], azure ['&Z@; '&zju@; @'zju@], mature [m@'tSu@], foreign ['fOrIn]

“Here he is,” said he, sitting down and flattening it out upon his knee. “Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral. Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable. Born in 1846. He’s forty-one years of age, which is mature for marriage. Was Under-Secretary for the colonies in a late administration. The Duke, his father, was at one time Secretary for Foreign Affairs. They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side. Ha! Well, there is nothing very instructive in all this. I think that I must turn to you Watson, for something more solid.”

“I have very little difficulty in finding what I want (мне было совсем нетрудно найти то, что нужно) ,” said I, “for the facts are quite recent (так как эти события /произошли/ совсем недавно) , and the matter struck me as remarkable (и эта история показалась мне примечательной) . I feared to refer them to you, however (однако я боялся = не стал рассказывать вам о них) , as I knew that you had an inquiry on hand (потому что я знал, что вы занимаетесь каким-то расследованием; on hand — на руках, в наличии) and that you disliked the intrusion of other matters (и не любите, когда вас отвлекают: «не любите вторжения других дел») .”

“Oh, you mean the little problem of the Grosvenor Square furniture van (а, вы имеете в виду ту пустяковую историю с фургоном для перевозки мебели с Гроувенор-Сквер; Grosvenor Square — Гросвенор-Сквер /большая площадь в центральной части Лондона/) . That is quite cleared up now (теперь она совершенно выяснена) — though, indeed, it was obvious from the first (хотя в действительности она была очевидной/ясной с самого начала) . Pray give me the results of your newspaper selections (пожалуйста, поделитесь со мной тем, что вы узнали из газет; selection — выбор/ка/; подбор/ка/; to select) .”

“Here is the first notice which I can find (вот первая заметка, которую я нашел) . It is in the personal column of the Morning Post (она помещена в разделе частных объявлений в «Морнинг Пост») , and dates, as you see, some weeks back (и датируется, как видите, несколькими неделями тому назад) : ‘A marriage has been arranged (состоялась помолвка: «договорились о свадьбе»; to arrange — устраивать; договариваться, подготавливать) ,’ it says, ‘and will, if rumour is correct (и, если верить слухам) , very shortly take place (очень скоро состоится бракосочетание) , between Lord Robert St. Simon (лорда Роберта Сент-Саймона) , second son of the Duke of Balmoral (второго сына герцога Балморалского) , and Miss Hatty Doran, the only daughter of Aloysius Doran, Esq. (и мисс Хэтти Доран, единственной дочери господина Алоизиуса Дорана; Esq. = esquire — господин, эсквайр /письменная форма вежливого обращения; обычно стоит после имени адресата/) , of San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A (из Сан-Франциско, Калифорния, США; Cal. = California) .’ That is all (это все) .”

difficulty ['dIfIk(@)ltI], refer [rI'f@:], furniture ['f@:nItS@], daughter ['dO:t@]

“I have very little difficulty in finding what I want,” said I, “for the facts are quite recent, and the matter struck me as remarkable. I feared to refer them to you, however, as I knew that you had an inquiry on hand and that you disliked the intrusion of other matters.”

“Oh, you mean the little problem of the Grosvenor Square furniture van. That is quite cleared up now — though, indeed, it was obvious from the first. Pray give me the results of your newspaper selections.”

“Here is the first notice which I can find. It is in the personal column of the Morning Post, and dates, as you see, some weeks back: ‘A marriage has been arranged,’ it says, ‘and will, if rumour is correct, very shortly take place, between Lord Robert St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral, and Miss Hatty Doran, the only daughter of Aloysius Doran, Esq., of San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A.’ That is all.”

“Terse and to the point (кратко и по существу; terse — сжатый, краткий /о стиле/) ,” remarked Holmes, stretching his long, thin legs towards the fire (заметил Холмс, протягивая свои длинные, тонкие ноги к огню) .

“There was a paragraph amplifying this in one of the society papers of the same week (в одной из светских газет от той же недели была заметка, в которой об этом говорилось более подробно; to amplify — расширять; развивать /мысль/; вдаваться в подробности, излагать подробно, со всеми деталями) . Ah, here it is (а, вот она) : ‘There will soon be a call for protection in the marriage market (скоро возникнет необходимость охраны брачного рынка; call — звонок; требование; просьба; нужда, необходимость; marriage market — ярмарка невест) , for the present free-trade principle appears to tell heavily against our home product (поскольку нынешний принцип свободной торговли, похоже, очень пагубно влияет на нашу отечественную продукцию) . One by one the management of the noble houses of Great Britain (/один за другим/ власть над /отпрысками/ благородных фамилий Великобритании) is passing into the hands of our fair cousins from across the Atlantic (переходит в ручки наших прекрасных кузин из-за Атлантического океана) . An important addition has been made during the last week to the list of the prizes (на прошлой неделе было сделано важное, значительное добавление в список трофеев; prize — награда, премия; приз; трофей) which have been borne away by these charming invaders (захваченных этими очаровательными завоевательницами; to bear away — выиграть /приз, кубок/; увести; to invade — вторгаться, нападать; захватывать) .

amplify ['&mplIfaI], market ['mA:kIt], cousin ['kVz(@)n], charming ['tSA:mIN]

“Terse and to the point,” remarked Holmes, stretching his long, thin legs towards the fire.

“There was a paragraph amplifying this in one of the society papers of the same week. Ah, here it is: ‘There will soon be a call for protection in the marriage market, for the present free-trade principle appears to tell heavily against our home product. One by one the management of the noble houses of Great Britain is passing into the hands of our fair cousins from across the Atlantic. An important addition has been made during the last week to the list of the prizes which have been borne away by these charming invaders.