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Английский с Оскаром Уайльдом. Кентервильское привидение / Oscar Wilde. The Canterville Ghost - стр. 9

), or saw, deep in the rustling fern (или видели в глубине шуршащего папоротника), the burnished breast of the pheasant (яркую грудь фазана; to burnish – чистить, полировать; покрывать глянцем, делать блестящим).

As Canterville Chase is seven miles from Ascot, the nearest railway station, Mr. Otis had telegraphed for a waggonette to meet them, and they started on their drive in high spirits. It was a lovely July evening, and the air was delicate with the scent of the pinewoods. Now and then they heard a wood-pigeon brooding over its own sweet voice, or saw, deep in the rustling fern, the burnished breast of the pheasant.

Little squirrels peered at them from the beech-trees as they went by (маленькие белочки глядели на них с буковых деревьев в то время как они проезжали мимо; to peer – всматриваться, вглядываться), and the rabbits scudded away through the brushwood and over the mossy knolls (и кролики мчались через заросли кустарника и поросшие мхом холмики), with their white tails in the air (и их белые хвостики /мелькали/ в воздухе). As they entered the avenue of Canterville Chase, however (однако, когда они въехали на дорогу, ведущую к Кентервиль Чейз), the sky became suddenly overcast with clouds (небо внезапно покрылось тучами; to become – становиться; overcast – покрывать мраком, закрывать; затемнять), a curious stillness seemed to hold the atmosphere (странная тишина, казалось, воцарилась в атмосфере; to hold – держать; владеть), a great flight of rooks passed silently over their heads (большая стая грачей пролетела беззвучно над их головами), and, before they reached the house (и прежде чем они достигли дома), some big drops of rain had fallen (упало несколько больших капель дождя).

Little squirrels peered at them from the beech-trees as they went by, and the rabbits scudded away through the brushwood and over the mossy knolls, with their white tails in the air. As they entered the avenue of Canterville Chase, however, the sky became suddenly overcast with clouds, a curious stillness seemed to hold the atmosphere, a great flight of rooks passed silently over their heads, and, before they reached the house, some big drops of rain had fallen.

Standing on the steps to receive them was an old woman (на ступеньках стояла, встречая их, старая женщина; to stand), neatly dressed in black silk, with a white cap and apron (опрятно одетая в черное шелковое /платье/, в белом чепце и переднике; black silk – черный шелк). This was Mrs. Umney, the housekeeper (это была миссис Амней, экономка)

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