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Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Знак четырех (ASCII-IPA)But for that one trace, we might have thought that our imaginations had conjured up that wild, fierce face. We soon, however, had another and a more striking proof that there were secret agencies at work all round us. The window of my father's room was found open in the morning, his cupboards and boxes had been rifled, and upon his chest was fixed a torn piece of paper, with the words 'The sign of the four' scrawled across it. What the phrase meant, or who our secret visitor may have been, we never knew. As far as we can judge, none of my father's property had been actually stolen, though everything had been turned out. My brother and I naturally associated this peculiar incident with the fear which haunted my father during his life; but it is still a complete mystery to us." The little man stopped to relight his hookah (человечек замолчал: «остановился», чтобы раскурить потухший кальян: «зажечь заново кальян») and puffed thoughtfully for a few moments (и несколько мгновений задумчиво пускал дым). We had all sat absorbed, listening to his extraordinary narrative (слушая его удивительнейшее повествование, мы все сидели, затаив дыхание; to sit сидеть; absorbed абсорбированный; поглощенный; narrative рассказ) ...» |
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