Английский язык с Конаном-варваром

He was not making as much noise as it seemed to him (он не создавал так много = столько шума, как /это/ ему казалось), though he well knew that the faint tread of his booted feet would be like a tocsin of alarm to the fierce ears that might be lurking in the treacherous green fastness (хотя он хорошо знал, что слабый = легкий шаг его обутой ступни был бы как набатный колокол для шустрых ушей, которые, возможно, таились в предательской зеленой тиши; might — прошедшее время от may — может, образует конструкцию вероятности — возможно, может быть, вероятно). His careless attitude was not genuine (его беспечное состояние = беспечность не была искренней = была наигранной); his eyes and ears were keenly alert (его глаза и уши были очень насторожены), especially his ears, for no gaze could penetrate the leafy tangle for more than a few feet in either direction (особенно его уши, так как никакой взгляд /не/ мог /бы/ проникнуть /за/ сплетение листьев более, чем для = на несколько футов в любом направлении).

noise [nz], well [wel], tangle [tael]

He was not making as much noise as it seemed to him, though he well knew that the faint tread of his booted feet would be like a tocsin of alarm to the fierce ears that might be lurking in the treacherous green fastness. His careless attitude was not genuine; his eyes and ears were keenly alert, especially his ears, for no gaze could penetrate the leafy tangle for more than a few feet in either direction.

But it was instinct more than any warning by the external senses which brought him up suddenly (но /это был/ скорее инстинкт, нежели какое-либо предупреждение от его наружных /органов/ чувств, /который/ вдруг остановил его), his hand on his hilt (его рука на его эфесе /меча/ = его рука /скользнула/ на эфес). He stood stock-still in the middle of the trail (он стоял не шелохнувшись посредине тропы; to stand stock-still — стоять не шелохнувшись; stock — главный ствол /дерева/; пень), unconsciously holding his breath (бессознательно = невольно задерживая /свое/ дыхание), wondering what he had heard, and wondering if indeed he had heard anything (спрашивая себя, что он услышал, и спрашивая себя, действительно ли он услышал что- то). The silence seemed absolute (тишина казалась абсолютной). Not a squirrel chattered or bird chirped (ни одна белка /не/ шуршала, ни /одна/ птица /не/ щебетала). Then his gaze fixed itself on a mass of bushes beside the trail a few yards ahead of him (затем его взгляд сосредоточил себя = сосредоточился на скоплении кустов за тропой в нескольких ярдах перед ним). There was no breeze, yet he had seen a branch quiver (/не/ было никакого ветра, но он увидел ветка колыхаться = как ветка колыхнулась). The short hairs on his scalp prickled (короткие волосы на его скальпе = у него на голове встали дыбом), and he stood for an instant undecided (и он стоял мгновение в нерешительности: «нерешенный»; to decide — решать), certain that a move in either direction would bring death streaking at him from the bushes (уверенный /в том/, что движение в любом направлении принесет ему смерть, устремясь к нему из кустов).

warning [w: n], suddenly ['sdnl], unconsciously [n'knsl]

But it was instinct more than any warning by the external senses which brought him up suddenly, his hand on his hilt. He stood stock-still in the middle of the trail, unconsciously holding his breath, wondering what he had heard, and wondering if indeed he had heard anything. The silence seemed absolute. Not a squirrel chattered or bird chirped. Then his gaze fixed itself on a mass of bushes beside the trail a few yards ahead of him. There was no breeze, yet he had seen a branch quiver. The short hairs on his scalp prickled, and he stood for an instant undecided, certain that a move in either direction would bring death streaking at him from the bushes.

A heavy chopping crunch sounded behind the leaves (тяжелый рубящий хруст раздался за листьями). The bushes were shaken violently (кусты были потрясены = затряслись сильно), and simultaneously with the sound, an arrow arched erratically from among them and vanished among the trees along the trail (и одновременно с /этим/ звуком стрела вылетела по дуге неправильно = по неправильной дуге из /среди/ кустов и исчезла среди деревьев вдоль тропы; arch — арка; свод; to arch — изгибать(ся) дугой). The wayfarer glimpsed its flight as he sprang frantically to cover (путник заметил ее полет, в то время как /он/ прыгнул отчаянно, /чтобы/ укрыться).

bush [b], simultaneously [sml'tenjsl], flight [flat]