mill – мельница
mill-dam – мельничная плотина
mill-stream – поток
mill-wheel – жернов
swan – лебедь
to – к
towards – по направлению к
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And the princess floated down the mill-stream, sometimes swimming and sometimes sinking, till she came near the mill. Now the miller's daughter was cooking that day, and needed water for her cooking. And as she went to draw it from the stream, she saw something floating towards the mill-dam, and she called out, “Father! father! draw your dam. There's something white – a merry maid or a milk-white swan – coming down the stream.” So the miller hastened to the dam and stopped the heavy cruel mill-wheels. And then they took out the princess and laid her on the bank.
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She выглядела такой светлой и прекрасной, пока lay there. In her golden hair были жемчужины и precious stones, её стан скрывал golden girdle, а the golden fringe её белого платья покрывала her lily feet. Но она was drowned, drowned!
А пока она лежала во всей своей красе на берегу, мимо мельничной плотины Биннори проходил a famous harper и увидел её прекрасное бледное лицо. Долго он странствовал по свету, но не смог forgot that face, и спустя много дней он вернулся to the bonny mill-stream Биннори. Но all he could find в месте ее вечного покоя – это her bones и golden hair.
all – всё
bone – кость
bonny – милый
could – мог
face – лицо
famous – знаменитый
feet – ноги (ступни)
find – найти
forgot – Past Simple от to forget (забывать)
fringe – бахрома
girdle – пояс
golden – золотой
hair – волосы
harper – арфист
he – он
her – её
in – в
lay – Past Simple от to lie (лежать)
lily – лилия; нежный или прекрасный как лилия
mill-stream – ручей
precious – драгоценный
rest – покоиться
she – она
stone – камень
that – то
there – там
was drowned – утонула
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Fair and beautiful she looked as she lay there. In her golden hair were pearls and precious stones; you could not see her waist for her golden girdle; and the golden fringe of her white dress came down over her lily feet. But she was drowned, drowned!
And as she lay there in her beauty a famous harper passed by the mill-dam of Binnorie, and saw her sweet pale face. And though he travelled on far away he never forgot that face, and after many days he came back to the bonny mill-stream of Binnorie. But then all he could find of her where they had put her to rest were her bones and her golden hair.