Dark Avenues / Темные аллеи. Книга для чтения на английском языке. Иван БунинЧитать онлайн книгу.
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to grow accustomed – привыкнуть
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coffee with chartreuse – кофе с шартрезом (Шартрез – название французского ликера)
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red corners: The name given to the corner of a room where the icons hang. (прим. перев.)
Примечания
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tarantass: A large, springless carriage.
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peaked cap – фуражка
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to bear resemblance – иметь сходство
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Nicholas I’s… Alexander II: Russian Emperors of the nineteenth century: Nicholas I (b.1796) ruled 1825–55 and was succeeded by his son Alexander II (b.1818), who ruled until his assassination in 1881.
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to come to a halt – остановиться
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dress uniform – мундир
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to make a living – зарабатывать на жизнь
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Thou shalt remember… away: “Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away.” Job 11:16.
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at a trot – рысцой
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to lend money on interest – давать деньги в рост
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All round… dark limes stood: A slightly inaccurate quotation from the poem ‘An Ordinary Tale’ (1842) by Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (1813–77): “all round” should be “nearby”.
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to put up at (some place) – остановиться где-либо
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to commit to memory – запоминать
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cab men’s droshkies – пролетки
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The second bell rang – Ударил второй звонок
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Narzan: Mineral water from the Caucasus.
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pressed dung – кизяк
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to grow accustomed – привыкнуть
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coffee with chartreuse – кофе с шартрезом
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red corners: The name given to the corner of a room where the icons hang.
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felt boots – валенки
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Hear my prayer… my fathers were: Psalms 39:12 (slightly inaccurate: the phrase “on the earth” has been added).
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Say unto God… thy works: Psalms 66:3.
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He that dwelleth… trample under foot: Psalms 91:1, 13.
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For every beast… on a thousand hills: Psalms 50:10 (slightly inaccurate: the word “his” replacing “mine”).
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Tiger-Euphrates: The Russian word for the river Tigris is the same as the word for “tiger”.
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(to be) at smb’s beck and call – (быть) всецело в чьем-либо распоряжении; на побегушках
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Howls the cold wind… the highway: A slightly inaccurate quotation from a poem by Alexei Fyodorovich Merzlyakov (1778–1830), “Black of brow and black of eye” (1803), set to music by D.N. Kashin (1769–1841).
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in the time of the great Tsarina: Catherine the Great (1729–96) ruled Russia after her husband, Peter III, was deposed and killed in 1762.
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to fall for smb – почувствовать влечение к кому-либо
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