Английский язык с Агатой Кристи. Убийства по алфавиту
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convince [kn'vns], restaurant ['restr:], pier [p]
"What did you do?"
"I went over to St. Leonards. Got over there by eight o'clock. Then I watched the buses — to see if she were in them But there was no sign of her …"
"And then?"
"I — I lost my head rather. I was convinced she was with some man. I thought it probable he had taken her in his car to Hastings. I went on there — looked in hotels and restaurants, hung round cinemas — went on the pier. All damn foolishness. Even if she was there I was unlikely to find her, and anyway, there were heaps of other places he might have taken her to instead of Hastings."
He stopped (он
"In the end I gave it up (в конце концов, я это бросил; to give up — бросать, прекращать) — came back (вернулся)."
"At what time (в какое время)?"
"I don't know (я не знаю). I walked (я гулял). It must have been midnight or after (должно быть, была полночь или позднее) when I got home (когда я добрался домой)."
"Then (тогда) —"
The kitchen door opened (кухонная дверь открылась).
"Oh, there you are," said Inspector Kelsey (а, вот вы где).
misery ['msr], possess [p'zes], undertone ['ndtn]
He stopped. Precise as his tone had remained, I caught an undertone of that blind, bewildering misery and anger that had possessed him at the time he described.
"In the end I gave it up — came back."
"At what time?"
"I don't know. I walked. It must have been midnight or after when I got home."
"Then — "
The kitchen door opened.
"Oh, there you are," said Inspector Kelsey.
Inspector Crome pushed past him (инспектор Кроум протиснулся мимо него), shot a glance at Poirot (кинул взгляд на Пуаро) and a glance at the two strangers (и взгляд на двух незнакомцев).
"Miss Megan Barnard and Mr. Donald Fraser," said Poirot (мисс Меган Барнард и мистер Дональда Фрейзер), introducing them (представляя их). "This is Inspector Crome from London," he explained (это инспектор Кроум из Лондона, — объяснил он).
Turning to the inspector (повернувшись к инспектору), he said: "While you pursued your investigations upstairs (пока вы проводили ваше расследование наверху; to pursue — преследовать; рассматривать; выполнять) I have been conversing with Miss Barnard and Mr. Fraser (я беседовал с мисс Барнард и мистером Фрейзером), endeavouring (стараясь /выяснить/; to endeavour — пытаться, прилагать усилия) if I could to find something (смогу ли я найти что-либо) that will throw light upon the matter (что прольет свет на это дело)."
pursue [p'sju:], investigation [nvest'en], endeavour [n'dev]
Inspector Crome pushed past him, shot a glance at Poirot and a glance at the two strangers.
"Miss Megan Barnard and Mr. Donald Fraser," said Poirot, introducing them. "This is Inspector Crome from London," he explained.
Turning to the inspector, he said: "While you pursued your investigations upstairs I have been conversing with Miss Barnard and Mr. Fraser, endeavouring if I could to find something that will throw light upon the matter."
"Oh, yes?" said Inspector Crome, his thoughts not upon Poirot (его мысли были не о Пуаро) but upon the two newcomers (а о двух новоприбывших).
Poirot retreated to the hall (Пуаро вышел в холл). Inspector Kelsey said kindly (инспектор Келси добродушно сказал) as he passed (когда он проходил мимо): "Get anything (нашли что-нибудь)?"
But his attention was distracted by his colleague (но его внимание было отвлечено его коллегой) and he did not wait for a reply (и он не дождался ответа).
I joined Poirot in the hall (я присоединился к Пуаро в холле).
"Did anything strike you, Poirot?" I inquired (вас что-нибудь поразило, Пуаро? — осведомился я).
"Only the amazing magnanimity of the murderer, Hastings (только поразительное великодушие убийцы, Гастингс)."
I had not the courage to say (у меня не было смелости сказать) that I had not the least idea (что у меня /не/ было ни малейшего представления /о том/), what he meant (что он имел в виду).
distract [ds'traekt], reply [r'pla], magnanimity [maen'nmt]
"Oh, yes?" said Inspector Crome, his thoughts not upon Poirot but upon the two newcomers.
Poirot retreated to the hall. Inspector Kelsey said kindly as he passed: "Get anything?"
But his attention was distracted by his colleague and he did not wait for a reply.
I joined Poirot in the hall.
"Did anything strike you, Poirot?" I inquired.
"Only the amazing magnanimity of the murderer, Hastings."
I had not the courage to say that I had not the least idea what he meant.
XIII. A Conference
(совещание)
Conferences (совещания)!
Much of my memories of the A.B.C. case seem to be of conferences (большинство моих воспоминаний о деле Эй-би-си, казалось, были о совещаниях).
Conferences at Scotland Yard (совещания в Скотланд-Ярде). At Poirot's rooms (дома у Пуаро: «в комнатах у Пуаро»). Official conferences (официальные совещания).