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a well – колодец, отверстие в земле|.
Either the well was very deep, or |Или… или| she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about |вокруг| her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out |разобраться| what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs |которые висели на крючках|. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled “ORANGE MARMALADE”, but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop |ронять| the jar for fear of killing somebody underneath |внизу|, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.
“Well!” thought Alice to herself, “after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs |скатиться со ступеней – сущая ерунда|! How brave they’ll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house |дажееслиясвалюсьскрышидома|!” (Which was very likely true.)
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere |должно быть я приближаюсь| near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think —” (for, you see, Alice had learnt |ужевыучила| several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off |чтобыблеснуть| her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over |повторить|) “– yes, that’s about the right distance – but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude |широтаидолгота| I’ve got to?” (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand |внушительные| words to say.)
Presently she began again. “I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out |это будет| among the people that walk with their heads downward |вверх ногами|! The Antipathies |антипатии. Алиса предполагает, какбыназываисьлюдинатойсторонеЗемли|, I think —” (she was