Лев Толстой - Hadji Murad / Хаджи-Мурат. Книга для чтения на английском языке

The nightingales, which were silent while the shooting lasted, again burst into Song, first one near by, then others in the distance.

This was the death that was brought to my mind by the crushed thistle in the ploughed field.

aoul– a Tatar village

kizyak– a fuel made of straw and manure

saklya– a Caucasian house, clay-plastered and often built of earth

naib– a Tatar lieutenant or governor

murid– a disciple or follower: “One who desires” to find the way in Muridism. Muridism Almost identical with Sufism.

burka– a long round felt cape

beshmet– a Tatar undergarment with sleeves

yok– no, not

kunak– a sworn friend, an adopted brother

“Eh bien! vous allez me dire ce que c’est.”– Well! You tell me what it is.

“Mais, ma chère …”– But, my dear…

“Pas de ma chère ! C’etait un emissaire, n’est-ce pas?”– Don’t my dear me! He was an emissary, was he not?

“Quand même, je ne puis pas vous le dire.”– Even so, I can not tell you.

“Vous ne pouvez pas? Alors, c’est moi qui vais vous le dire!”– You can not? So I'll tell you!

“Vous?”– You?

djhigit– the same as a brave among American Indians, but the word is inseparably connected with the idea of skilful horsemanship

C’est un objet de prix!– It is an item of value!

Il faudra trouver l’occasion de lui faire cadeau– We will have to find an opportunity to make him a gift.

pilau– an oriental dish prepared with rice and mutton or chicken

Vous feriez bien mieux de rester– c’est mon affaire, non pas la vôtre…– You’d better stay – it’s my business, not yours…

Vous ne pouvez pas m’empecher d’aller voir madame la générale!– You can not prevent me from going to see Madam General!

Excellentes, chère amie! … Simon a eu de la chance!– They are excellent, my friend! … Simon was lucky!

Quelle horreur!– What a horror!

Tout cela est grâce à vous!– This is all thanks to you!

Ghazavat– a holy war against the infidels

Imam– the leader in the holy war, uniting in himself supreme spiritual and temporal power

L’empereur?– The emperor?

Sa majesté vient de rentrer– His majesty has just returned.

Il y a quelq’un!– There is someone there!

La Pologne et le Caucases, ce sont les deux cautères de la Russie … Il nous faut cent mille hommes à peu près, dans chacun de ces deux pays.– Poland and the Caucasus are the two nonhealing wounds of Russia. We need about a hundred thousand men in each of these countries.

Vous dites, la Pologne– You say, Poland

Oh, oui, c’était un coup de maître de Metternich de nous en avoir laissé l’embarras…– Oh, yes, it was a master stroke of Metternich to have left us embarrassed…

Tarikat– “The Path” leading to the higher life

Shariat– the written Mohammedan law