Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)

fortune ['fO:tS(@)n], sequence ['si:kw@ns], perplex [p@'pleks]

"All this seems strange to you," continued Holmes, "because you failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clue which was presented to you. I had the good fortune to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the logical sequence of it. Hence things which have perplexed you and made the case more obscure, have served to enlighten me and to strengthen my conclusions. It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn. This murder would have been infinitely more difficult to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the roadway without any of those outré and sensational accompaniments which have rendered it remarkable. These strange details, far from making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making it less so."

Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience (мистер Грегсон, который выслушивал эту речь с заметным нетерпением; address — обращение; речь; considerable — большой, значительный) , could contain himself no longer (больше не мог сдерживаться) . "Look here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes (но послушайте: «смотрите», мистер Шерлок Холмс) ," he said, "we are all ready to acknowledge that you are a smart man (мы все готовы признать, что вы проницательный человек; smart — толковый, сообразительный; умный) , and that you have your own methods of working (и что у вас свои методы работы) . We want something more than mere theory and preaching now, though (и все же нам нужно нечто большее, чем голая теория и разглагольствования; mere — простой, не более чем; to preach — проповедовать; читать проповедь; поучать, читать наставления) . It is a case of taking the man (суть в том, что: «это один из случаев, когда» нужно схватить убийцу: «нашего человека») . I have made my case out (я постарался доказать свою версию дела; to make out — стараться доказать; case — доводы, доказательства, факты) , and it seems I was wrong (и, похоже, я ошибался) . Young Charpentier could not have been engaged in this second affair (молодой Шарпентье не мог быть причастен к этому второму случаю; affair — дело) . Lestrade went after his man, Stangerson (у Лестрейда тоже был свой подозреваемый, Стенджерсон; to go after — набрасываться; преследовать) , and it appears that he was wrong too (и похоже, что он тоже ошибался) . You have thrown out hints here, and hints there (вы намекаете на то и на это; to throw — бросать; hint — намек) , and seem to know more than we do (и, похоже, знаете больше, чем мы) , but the time has come when we feel that we have a right to ask you straight (но пришло время, когда мы ощутили, что у нас есть право прямо спросить вас) how much you do know of the business (что именно: «сколько» вы знаете об этом деле) . Can you name the man who did it (можете вы назвать имя преступника) ?"

"I cannot help feeling that Gregson is right, sir," remarked Lestrade (не могу не согласиться с Грегсоном: «не могу не почувствовать, что Грегсон прав», — заметил Лестрейд) . "We have both tried, and we have both failed (мы оба попытались /найти разгадку/, и оба потерпели неудачу) . You have remarked more than once since I have been in the room (с тех пор как я оказался в этой комнате, вы уже не раз замечали) that you had all the evidence which you require (что у вас есть все необходимые улики) . Surely you will not withhold it any longer (вы, конечно, не будете их больше утаивать; to withhold — сдерживать, удерживать; утаивать, скрывать: to withhold information from the police — утаивать от полиции какие-либо факты) ."

impatience [Im'peIS(@)ns], straight [streIt], require [rI'kwaI@]

Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer. "Look here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," he said, "we are all ready to acknowledge that you are a smart man, and that you have your own methods of working. We want something more than mere theory and preaching now, though. It is a case of taking the man. I have made my case out, and it seems I was wrong. Young Charpentier could not have been engaged in this second affair. Lestrade went after his man, Stangerson, and it appears that he was wrong too. You have thrown out hints here, and hints there, and seem to know more than we do, but the time has come when we feel that we have a right to ask you straight how much you do know of the business. Can you name the man who did it?"

"I cannot help feeling that Gregson is right, sir," remarked Lestrade. "We have both tried, and we have both failed. You have remarked more than once since I have been in the room that you had all the evidence which you require. Surely you will not withhold it any longer."

"Any delay in arresting the assassin," I observed (любая задержка с арестом убийцы, — заметил я) , "might give him time to perpetrate some fresh atrocity (может дать ему время для совершения какого-нибудь нового злодеяния; atrocity — жестокость, зверство, злодеяние) ."

Thus pressed by us all, Holmes showed signs of irresolution (мы все так наседали на него, что Холмс явно заколебался: «показывал признаки нерешительности»; to press — давить; торопить, требовать немедленных действий) . He continued to walk up and down the room with his head sunk on his chest and his brows drawn down (он продолжал ходить взад и вперед по комнате, опустив голову на грудь и нахмурив брови; to sink — опускать) , as was his habit when lost in thought (как он обычно делал в глубокой задумчивости; habit — привычка; to lose — терять; lost in thought — погруженный в размышления) .

perpetrate ['p@:pItreIt], sign [saIn], thought [TO:t]

"Any delay in arresting the assassin," I observed, "might give him time to perpetrate some fresh atrocity."

Thus pressed by us all, Holmes showed signs of irresolution. He continued to walk up and down the room with his head sunk on his chest and his brows drawn down, as was his habit when lost in thought.