smth. done – велеть, приказать сделать что-л. для себя; to show out – проводить, вывести /из комнаты и т. п./).
yours [jɔ:z], concerned [kǝn'sɜ:nd], Chinese [,tʃaɪ'ni:z], servant ['sɜ:v(ǝ)nt]
“You have bought it for less than I paid for it,” replied the man, rubbing his hands. “It is yours now; and, for my part, I am only concerned to see the back of you.”
And with that he rang for his Chinese servant, and had Keawe shown out of the house.
Now, when Keawe was in the street, with the bottle under his arm (теперь, когда Кэаве оказался на улице с бутылкой под мышкой; arm – рука /от плеча до кисти/), he began to think (он задумался: «начал думать»; to begin).
“If all is true about this bottle (если все /сказанное/ об этой бутылке – правда), I may have made a losing bargain (то я, возможно, заключил невыгодную сделку; to lose – терять; нести потери, убыток; losing – проигрышный),” thinks he. “But perhaps the man was only fooling me (но, может быть, этот человек просто дурачил меня; fool – дурак, глупец; to fool – дурачиться, баловаться; дурачить, обманывать /кого-л./).” The first thing he did was to count his money (первым делом он пересчитал свои деньги); the sum was exact – forty-nine dollars American money, and one Chili piece (сумма была верной: «точной»: сорок девять американских долларов: «американскими деньгами» и одна чилийская монета; piece – кусок, часть; монета).
“That looks like the truth (похоже на правду; to look – смотреть, глядеть; to look like smth. – быть похожим, напоминать что-л.),” said Keawe. “Now I will try another part (а теперь я испробую вот что: «другую часть /особенностей бутылки/»).”
losing ['lu:zɪŋ], perhaps [pǝ'hæps; præps], exact [ɪɡ'zækt]
Now, when Keawe was in the street, with the bottle under his arm, he began to think.
“If all is true about this bottle, I may have made a losing bargain,” thinks he. “But perhaps the man was only fooling me.” The first thing he did was to count his money; the sum was exact – forty-nine dollars American money, and one Chili piece.
“That looks like the truth,” said Keawe. “Now I will try another part.”
The streets in that part of the city were as clean as a ship's decks (улицы в той части города были чистыми, словно палубы корабля), and though it was noon, there were no passengers (и, хотя был полдень, там = на них не было /никаких/ прохожих; passenger – пассажир, седок; путник, странник).
Keawe set the bottle in the gutter and walked away (Кэаве бросил: «положил» бутылку в канаву и зашагал прочь). Twice he looked back (дважды он оглянулся: «посмотрел назад»), and there was the milky, round-bellied bottle where he left it (и по-прежнему молочного /цвета/ пузатая бутылка была там, где он ее оставил; to leave).
though [ðǝʋ], gutter ['ɡʌtǝ], round-bellied ['raʋnd,belɪd]
The streets in that part of the city were as clean as a ship's decks, and though it was noon, there were no passengers.
Keawe set the bottle in the gutter and walked away. Twice he looked back, and there was the milky, round-bellied bottle where he left it.
A third time he looked back, and turned a corner (в третий раз он оглянулся и повернул за угол); but he had scarce done so, when something knocked upon his elbow (но едва он повернул: «сделал так», как что-то ударило его по локтю; to knock – стучать, постучаться; ударять, бить), and behold! it was the long neck sticking up (и, гляди-ка! это было длинное торчащее горлышко; neck – шея; горлышко /бутылки/; to stick up – поставить; поднимать, задирать); and as for the round belly, it was jammed into the pocket of his pilot-coat (а что до самой пузатой бутылки: «круглого живота», она была засунута в карман его бушлата; to jam – сжимать, зажимать; впихивать, втискивать; pilot – летчик, пилот; /мор./ лоцман; coat – пиджак, мундир, китель; pilot-coat = pea jacket – бушлат).
“And that looks like the truth (и это похоже на правду),” said Keawe.
third [θɜ:d], jammed [dʒæmd], pilot coat ['paɪlǝt,kǝʋt]
A third time he looked back, and turned a corner; but he had scarce done so, when something knocked upon his elbow, and behold! it was the long neck sticking up; and as for the round belly, it was jammed into the pocket of his pilot-coat.
“And that looks like the truth,” said Keawe.
The next thing he did was to buy a cork-screw in a shop (следующим делом он купил штопор в магазине: «следующее дело, которое он сделал, это купил штопор в магазине»; cork – кора пробкового дерева; пробка; screw – винт,
