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Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории / A. Conan Doyle. Tales of Pirates - стр. 18

) who came limping feebly down his quarter-deck (которая двигалась, прихрамывая, по квартердеку), his steps supported by a thick bamboo cane (при каждом шаге опираясь на толстую бамбуковую трость: «/при этом/ его шаги поддерживались толстой бамбуковой тростью»).

He was as good as his word, for the first grey of dawn had hardly begun to deepen into pink when he was brought alongside, and climbed with some difficulty up the ladder. The captain had heard that the Governor was an eccentric, but he was hardly prepared for the curious figure who came limping feebly down his quarter-deck, his steps supported by a thick bamboo cane.

He wore a Ramillies wig (на нем был: «он носил» парик «рамилье»; to wear), all twisted into little tails like a poodle’s coat (завитый в маленькие хвостики = косички, напоминавший шерсть пуделя; to twist – скручивать/ся/; coat – куртка, пиджак; шерсть /животного/), and cut so low across the brow (и так низко нависавший надо лбом; to cut – резать, рубить; to cut across – разрезать поперек; пересекать; brow – бровь; лоб, чело /поэт./) that the large green glasses which covered his eyes (что большие зеленые очки, скрывавшие глаза) looked as if they were hung from it (выглядели так, будто были прикреплены к нему; to hang – вешать, висеть). A fierce beak of a nose, very long and very thin (/подобный/ клюву нос, очень тонкий и очень длинный; fierce – жестокий, свирепый; интенсивный, ярко выраженный), cut the air in front of him (рассекал перед ним воздух). His ague had caused him to swathe his throat and chin with a broad linen cravat (перенесенная лихорадка побудила его закутать горло и подбородок широким полотняным шарфом; to cause – послужить причиной, поводом; cravat – галстук; шарф), and he wore a loose damask powdering-gown (а одет он был в широкий камчатный халат; to wear – носить; powder – порошок, пыль; порошок /о форме лекарства/) secured by a cord round the waist (перетянутый вокруг пояса шнурком; to secure – охранять, защищать; перевязывать, стягивать).

He wore a Ramillies wig, all twisted into little tails like a poodle’s coat, and cut so low across the brow that the large green glasses which covered his eyes looked as if they were hung from it. A fierce beak of a nose, very long and very thin, cut the air in front of him. His ague had caused him to swathe his throat and chin with a broad linen cravat, and he wore a loose damask powdering-gown secured by a cord round the waist.

As he advanced he carried his masterful nose high in the air

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