365 дней английского. Тетрадь шестая - страница 4

Ключ. 1. “Guess what! Our new acquaintance [-´kwein-] turned out to be a police inspector!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” 2. “Guess what! Our new acquaintance turned out to be a jewel thief!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” 3. “Guess what! Our new acquaintance turned out to be a marriage swindler!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” (A swindler – это мошенник, жулик, аферист.) 4. “Guess what! Our new acquaintance turned out to be a gangster! They say, he belongs to the gang of Al Capone.” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” 5. “Guess what! Our new acquaintance turned out to be a wanted criminal!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” (Wanted – это также разыскиваемый полицией.) 6. “Guess what! Our new acquaintance turned out to be a criminal wanted for murder!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” (Или проще: Our new acquaintance turned out to be wanted for murder!) 7. “Guess what! Our new acquaintance turned out to be wanted for bank robbery!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” 8. “Guess what! Maggie’s fiancé turned out to be a married man with three children!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” 9. “Guess what! His rich relatives turned out to be some travelling actors!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” 10. “Guess what! His yacht turned out to be a leaky old boat!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.” (To leak – это «пропускать воду», «давать течь».) 11. “Guess what! All paintings in his collection turned out to be stolen!” “I must say, I suspected something like that.”

One Friday afternoon, a jewel thief got into a country house. He tied up the woman, and at knife-point asked the man to hand over the jewelry. The man started sobbing and said, “You can take anything you want. You can even pistol-whip me, but please untie the rope and free her.”

Thief: “You must really love your wife!”

Man: “No, but she will be home shortly.”

country house загородный дом; tie up связать; at knife-point угрожая ножом; hand over передать, вручить; started sobbing разрыдался; pistol-whip ударить рукоятью пистолета; untie развязать; free освободить; must нужно полагать, по-видимому (здесь глагол must выражает предположение