Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

время войны; in the war — на войне, во время войны) to the gates of Thorin son of Thrain (к воротам Торина, сына Трейна), King under the Mountain (Короля под Горой), and what do you desire (и что вы хотите; to desire — желать, испытывать желание, хотеть; настоятельно просить, требовать)?”

approach ['prt] hail [hel] desire [d'za]

“They have come!” called Balin. “And their camp is very great. They must have come into the valley under the cover of dusk along both banks of the river. ”

That night the dwarves slept little. The morning was still pale when they saw a company approaching. From behind their wall they watched them come up to the valley’s head and climb slowly up. Before long they could see that both men of the lake armed as if for war and elvish bowmen were among them. At length the foremost of these climbed the tumbled rocks and appeared at the top of the falls; and very great was their surprise to see the pool before them and the Gate blocked with a wall of new-hewn stone.

As they stood pointing and speaking to one another Thorin hailed them: “Who are you, ” he called in a very loud voice, “that come as if in war to the gates of Thorin son of Thrain, King under the Mountain, and what do you desire?”