Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса

As quickly as possible I gained my feet (так быстро, как только мог, я вскочил на ноги) and backing against the wall (и, прижавшись спиной к стене) I witnessed such a battle as it is vouchsafed few beings to see (я стал свидетелем такой битвы, какую немногим живым существам выпадает на долю увидеть; to vouchsafe — удостаивать, снисходить). The strength, agility, and blind ferocity of these two creatures is approached by nothing known to earthly man (к силе, ловкости и слепой ярости этих двух существ не может приблизиться ничто, известное земному человеку). My beast had an advantage in his first hold (мое животное получило преимущество при первом захвате; hold — удерживание, захват), having sunk his mighty fangs far into the breast of his adversary (так как его могучие клыки глубоко погрузились в грудь его противника); but the great arms and paws of the ape (но огромные руки и лапы обезьяны), backed by muscles far transcending those of the Martian men I had seen (поддерживаемые мускулами/при поддержке мускулов = снабженные мускулами, которые намного превосходили мускулы марсиан, которых я видел; to back — поддерживать; to transcend — превосходить), had locked the throat of my guardian and slowly were choking out his life (сжали горло моего стража и медленно душили его; to choke — душить; to choke the life out of smb. — задушить кого-либо до смерти), and bending back his head and neck upon his body (и так сгибали ему голову и шею, /придавливая/ назад к телу), where I momentarily expected the former to fall limp at the end of a broken neck (что я ежеминутно ожидал, что последний упадет, в конце концов, обмякший, со сломанной шеей; momentarily — каждую минуту; limp — мягкий, не жесткий; at the end — в конце концов).

vouchsafe [vautS'seIf], transcending [trxn'sendIN], agility [q'GIlItI], ferocity [fq'rOsItI], advantage [q'dvQ: ntIG], adversary ['xdvqs(q)rI]

As quickly as possible I gained my feet and backing against the wall I witnessed such a battle as it is vouchsafed few beings to see. The strength, agility, and blind ferocity of these two creatures is approached by nothing known to earthly man. My beast had an advantage in his first hold, having sunk his mighty fangs far into the breast of his adversary; but the great arms and paws of the ape, backed by muscles far transcending those of the Martian men I had seen, had locked the throat of my guardian and slowly were choking out his life, and bending back his head and neck upon his body, where I momentarily expected the former to fall limp at the end of a broken neck.