Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории / A. Conan Doyle. Tales of Pirates - страница 29

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(он был, если не считать его глаз, так же здоров, как и любой другой на судне).


 “I have drunk with the Governor of St. Kitt’s when he was sick,” said he, “and God forbid that I should ever try to keep pace with him when he is well.”

The voyage of the Morning Star was a successful one, and in about three weeks she was at the mouth of the British Channel. From the first day the infirm Governor had begun to recover his strength, and before they were half-way across the Atlantic he was, save only for his eyes, as well as any man upon the ship.

Those who uphold the nourishing qualities of wine (те, кто стоит за полезные свойства вина; to uphold – поддерживать; одобрять; quality – качество; свойство) might point to him in triumph (могли бы, торжествуя, указать на него; in triumph – победоносно), for never a night passed (потому что не проходило ночи) that he did not repeat the performance of his first one (чтобы он не пьянствовал: «не повторял своего поведения» /так же/, как в ту первую ночь; performance – исполнение; поступок, поведение). And yet he would be out upon deck in the early morning (и однако же, всегда рано утром он появлялся на палубе; to be out – появляться; выходить) as fresh and brisk as the best of them (свежий и бодрый, как никто другой: «как лучшие из них»; brisk – живой, проворный), peering about with his weak eyes (оглядывая /все/ вокруг своими слабыми глазами), and asking questions about the sails and the rigging (и задавая вопросы о парусах и такелаже), for he was anxious to learn the ways of the sea (поскольку очень хотел выучиться морскому делу: «обычаям моря»; way – путь, дорога; уклад, обычай).


 Those who uphold the nourishing qualities of wine might point to him in triumph, for never a night passed that he did not repeat the performance of his first one. And yet he would be out upon deck in the early morning as fresh and brisk as the best of them, peering about with his weak eyes, and asking questions about the sails and the rigging, for he was anxious to learn the ways of the sea.

And he made up for the deficiency of his eyes by obtaining leave from the captain (/пытаясь/ компенсировать недостаток зрения, он получил позволение капитана; to make up for – возмещать, компенсировать) that the New England seaman

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