Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит - Джон Толкиен

busy [ˈbɪzɪ] abominable [ǝˈbɔmɪnǝb (ǝ) l] thread [Ɵred]

Then the great spider, who had been busy tying him up while he dozed, came from behind him and came at him. He could only see the things’s eyes, but he could feel its hairy legs as it struggled to wind its abominable threads round and round him. It was lucky that he had come to his senses in time. Soon he would not have been able to move at all. As it was, he had a desperate fight before he got free. He beat the creature off with his hands — it was trying to poison him to keep him quiet, as small spiders do to flies — until he remembered his sword and drew it out. Then the spider jumped back, and he had time to cut his legs loose. After that it was his turn to attack. The spider evidently was not used to things that carried such stings at their sides, or it would have hurried away quicker. Bilbo came at it before it could disappear and struck it with his sword right in the eyes. Then it went mad and leaped and danced and flung out its legs in horrible jerks, until he killed it with another stroke; and then he fell down and remembered nothing more for a long while.

There was the usual dim grey light (обычный сумрачный серый свет) of the forest-day about him (лесного дня был вокруг него) when he came to his senses (когда он пришел в себя). The spider lay dead beside him (паук лежал мертвым рядом с ним), and his sword-blade was stained black (и клинок его меча был запачкан черным; to stain — пятнать, покрывать пятнами). Somehow the killing of the giant spider (каким-то образом убийство гигантского паука), all alone by himself (/совершенное/ им совершенно одним) in the dark (в темноте) without the help of the wizard (без помощи волшебника) or the dwarves or of anyone else (или гномов, или кого бы то ни было еще), made a great difference to Mr. Baggins (возымело для мистера Бэггинса огромное значение; difference — разница, различие). He felt a different person (он чувствовал себя другим человеком; different — различный, разный; иной, особый), and much fiercer and bolder (и гораздо более свирепым и храбрым) in spite of an empty stomach (несмотря на пустой желудок), as he wiped his sword on the grass (когда он вытер свой меч о траву) and put it back into its sheath (и вложил его обратно в ножны).

“I will give you a name (я дам тебе имя), ” he said to it (сказал он ему), “and I shall call you Sting (и я буду называть тебя Жало). ” After that he set out to explore (после этого он отправился на разведку; to explore — исследовать, изучать, разведывать). The forest was grim and silent (лес был зловещим и молчаливым), but obviously (но совершенно очевидно) he had first of all (он должен был, в первую очередь) to look for his friends (поискать своих друзей; to look for smb., smth. — искать что-либо, кого-либо), who were not likely to be very far off (которые вряд ли были очень далеко; likely — вероятно), unless they had been made prisoners by the elves (если только они не стали пленниками эльфов: «не были взяты в плен эльфами»; to make smb. prisoner — взять кого-либо в плен) (or worse things (или еще более худших существ)).

sword-blade [ˈsɔ: dbleɪd] giant [ˈdʒaɪǝnt] sheath [ʃi: Ɵ] explore [ɪkˈsplɔ:]

There was the usual dim grey light of the forest-day about him when he came to his senses. The spider lay dead beside him, and his sword-blade was stained black. Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.

“I will give you a name, ” he said to it, “and I shall call you Sting. ” After that he set out to explore. The forest was grim and silent, but obviously he had first of all to look for his friends, who were not likely to be very far off, unless they had been made prisoners by the elves (or worse things).

Bilbo felt (Бильбо чувствовал) that it was unsafe to shout (что было небезопасно кричать; unsafe — опасный, рискованный), and he stood a long while (и он стоял достаточно долгое время) wondering in what direction the path lay (размышляя, в каком направлении лежала тропа), and in what direction he should go first (и в каком направлении ему следует направиться в первую очередь) to look for the dwarves (чтобы искать гномов).

“O! why did we not remember Beorn’s advice, and Gandalf’s (о, почему же мы забыли: «не помнили» совет Беорна и Гэндальфа)!” he lamented (сокрушался он; to lament — плакать, оплакивать, горевать). “What a mess we are in now (в какой же беде мы теперь находимся; mess—беспорядок, грязь, неприятность; to be in a mess — быть в беде, иметь неприятности)! We (мы)! I only wish it was we (как бы мне только хотелось, чтобы это были "мы"): it is horrible being all alone (это ужасно — быть совершенно одному). ”

In the end (наконец) he made as good a guess as he could (он угадал настолько хорошо: «он сделал настолько хорошее предположение», насколько мог»; guess — догадка, предположение) at the direction from which the cries for help (о направлении, из которого = откуда крики о помощи) had come in the night (доносились ночью) — and by luck (и по счастью) (he was born with a good share of it (а он родился: «был рожден» с хорошей долей удачи; to bear (born, born) — рождать, производить на свет) he guessed more or less right (он угадал более или менее правильно; to guess — догадываться, предполагать, приблизительно определять), as you will see (как вы увидите). Having made up his mind (приняв решение) he crept along as cleverly as he could (он пополз так ловко, как только мог). Hobbits are clever at quietness (у хоббитов способности к бесшумным /передвижениям/; to be clever at smth. — умело, хорошо делающий что-либо; quietness — тишина, бесшумность), especially in woods (особенно в лесах), as I have already told you (как я вам уже рассказал; to tell (told) — рассказывать, говорить); also Bilbo had slipped on his ring (так же Бильбо надел свое кольцо) before he started (до того, как он отправился /в путь/). That is why the spiders (вот почему пауки) neither saw nor heard him coming (не видели и не слышали, как он идет; to see (saw, seen) — видеть, смотреть; to hear (heard) — слышать, услышать).

unsafe [ʌnˈseɪf] lamented [lǝˈmentɪd] guess [ɡes]

Bilbo felt that it was unsafe to shout, and he stood a long while wondering in what direction the path lay, and in what direction he should go first to look for the dwarves. “O! why did we not remember Beorn’s advice, and Gandalf’s!” he lamented. “What a mess we are in now! We! I only wish it was we: it is horrible being all alone. ”

In the end he made as good a guess as he could at the direction from which the cries for help had come in the night — and by luck (he was born with a good share of it) he guessed more or less right, as you will see. Having made up his mind he crept along as cleverly as he could. Hobbits are clever at quietness, especially in woods, as I have already told you; also Bilbo had slipped on his ring before he started. That is why the spiders neither saw nor heard him coming.

He had picked his way stealthily (он двигался: «выбирал свой путь» украдкой/осторожно; to pick — выбирать, собирать; stealth — хитрость, уловка; stealthy — тайный, осторожный) for some distance (порядочное расстояние), when he noticed a place (когда он заметил место) of dense black shadow (из плотной черной тьмы; shadow — тень, полумрак) ahead of him (впереди перед ним) black even for that forest (черное даже для этого леса), like a patch of midnight (как клочок непроглядной тьмы: «полуночи»; patch — заплата, лоскут; пятно) that had never been cleared away (которая так никогда и не рассеивалась: «не была расчищена»; to clear — очищать, становиться ясным, чистым). As he drew nearer (когда он подобрался поближе), he saw that it was made by spider-webs (он увидел, что она была образована паутинами; spider — паук; web — ткань; паутина) one behind and over and tangled with another (спутанными друг с другом: «одна позади и сверху и перепутана с другой»).

Suddenly he saw, too (внезапно он увидел также), that there were spiders huge and horrible (что огромнейшие и ужасные пауки) sitting in the branches above him (сидели в ветвях над ним), and ring or no ring (и, кольцо-то кольцом: «кольцо или без кольца») he trembled with fear (он задрожал от страха) lest they should discover him (как бы они не обнаружили его). Standing behind a tree (стоя за деревом) he watched a group of them for some time (он наблюдал за группой их = пауков некоторое время), and then in the silence and stillness of the wood (и затем, в тишине и спокойствии леса) he realized (он понял) that these loathsome creatures (что эти отвратительнейшие создания) were speaking one to another (разговаривали друг с другом: «один с другим»). Their voices were a sort of thin creaking and hissing (их голоса были подобны тонким поскрипываниям и шипениям; to creak — скрипеть; to hiss — шипеть, свистеть), but he could make out (но он смог разобрать; to make out — составлять; разобрать, понять) many of the words that they said (многие из слов, которые они произнесли: «сказали»). They were talking about the dwarves (они разговаривали о гномах)!

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