Bilbo did his best (Бильбо сделал все возможное). He caught hold of Tom’s leg (он ухватился /мертвой/ хваткой за ногу Тома) as well as he could (/так хорошо/ как только мог), it was thick as a young tree-trunk (она была такая же толстая, как ствол молодого деревца) but he was sent spinning up (но был отброшен ударом;
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Bilbo did his best. He caught hold of Tom’s leg — as well as he could, it was thick as a young tree-trunk — but he was sent spinning up into the top of some bushes, when Tom kicked the sparks up in Thorin’s face. Tom got the branch in his teeth for that, and lost one of the front ones. It made him howl, I can tell you. But just at that moment William came up behind and popped a sack right over Thorin’s head and down to his toes. And so the fight ended. A nice pickle they were all in now: all neatly tied up in sacks, with three angry trolls (and two with burns and bashes to remember) sitting by them, arguing whether they should roast them slowly, or mince them fine and boil them, or just sit on them one by one and squash them into jelly: and Bilbo up in a bush, with his clothes and his skin torn, not daring to move for fear they should hear him.
It was just then (это было как раз тогда) that Gandalf came back (когда вернулся Гэндальф). But no one saw him (но никто не увидел его). The trolls had just decided (тролли только что решили) to roast the dwarves now (поджарить гномов сейчас же) and eat them later (и съесть их позже) that was Bert’s idea (это была идея Берта), and after a lot of argument (и после долгих споров) they had all agreed to it (они все согласились с ней).
“No good roasting ‘em now (ничего хорошего в том, чтобы жарить их сейчас), it’d take all night (это займет всю ночь), ” said a voice (сказал чей-то голос). Bert thought it was William’s (Берт подумал, что это был голос Вильяма).
“Don’t start the argument all over again, Bill (не начинай спор заново, Билл). ” he said (сказал он), “or it
“Who’s a-arguing (кто это спорит)?” said William, who thought it was Bert (который подумал, что это был Берт) that had spoken (который сказал это). “You are (ты), ” said Bert.