Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)

For some months Jefferson Hope lingered among the mountains, leading a strange wild life, and nursing in his heart the fierce desire for vengeance which possessed him. Tales were told in the City of the weird figure which was seen prowling about the suburbs, and which haunted the lonely mountain gorges. Once a bullet whistled through Stangerson's window and flattened itself upon the wall within a foot of him. On another occasion, as Drebber passed under a cliff a great boulder crashed down on him, and he only escaped a terrible death by throwing himself upon his face. The two young Mormons were not long in discovering the reason of these attempts upon their lives, and led repeated expeditions into the mountains in the hope of capturing or killing their enemy, but always without success. Then they adopted the precaution of never going out alone or after nightfall, and of having their houses guarded. After a time they were able to relax these measures, for nothing was either heard or seen of their opponent, and they hoped that time had cooled his vindictiveness.

Far from doing so, it had, if anything, augmented it (отнюдь, если оно и имело какой-то эффект, то, скорее, распалило ее; to augment — усиливать). The hunter's mind was of a hard, unyielding nature (охотник по природе обладал упрямым и непреклонным умом; hard — жесткий, несгибаемый; to yield — уступать), and the predominant idea of revenge had taken such complete possession of it (и преобладающая мысль о мести настолько овладела им) that there was no room for any other emotion (что там не осталось места для других эмоций). He was, however, above all things practical (однако он был, прежде всего, практического склада). He soon realized that even his iron constitution could not stand the incessant strain which he was putting upon it (он вскоре понял, что даже его железный организм не сможет вынести те постоянные нагрузки, которым он его подвергал; constitution — конституция, телосложение). Exposure and want of wholesome food were wearing him out (жизнь под открытым небом и недостаток полноценной пищи изнуряли его; exposure — подвергание какому-л. воздействию; выставление, оставление /на солнце, под дождем и т. п./; to expose — делать видимым, обнажать; показывать, выставлять на показ; подвергать /опасности; воздействию непогоды/). If he died like a dog among the mountains, what was to become of his revenge then (если он как собака умрет в горах, что тогда станется с его местью)? And yet such a death was sure to overtake him if he persisted (а ведь такая смерть наверняка ждала его, если он ничего не изменит; to overtake — случаться внезапно, застигать врасплох; to persist — упорствовать, упорно продолжать). He felt that that was to play his enemy's game (он чувствовал, что так он подыгрывает своим врагам: «это было игрой по правилам его врагов»; to play the game — играть по правилам), so he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines (поэтому он неохотно вернулся к прежним шахтам в Неваде), there to recruit his health and to amass money enough (чтобы восстановить там здоровье и накопить денег достаточно) to allow him to pursue his object without privation (что позволило бы ему преследовать свою цель, не терпя лишений).

augment [O:g'ment], unyielding [Vn'ji:ldIN], privation [praI'veIS(@)n]