Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом

On the broad steppes between the Sea of Vilayet and the borders of the easternmost Hyborian kingdoms, a new race had sprung up in the past half-century, formed originally of fleeing criminals, broken men, escaped slaves, and deserting soldiers. They were men of many crimes and countries, some born on the steppes, some fleeing from the kingdoms in the West. They were called kozak, which means wastrel.

Dwelling on the wild, open steppes (живя в диких, свободных степях; open — открытый; свободный), owning no law but their own peculiar code (не имея никакого закона, кроме своего собственного необычного кодекса), they had become a people capable even of defying the Grand Monarch (они стали народом, способным бросить вызов даже Великому Монарху; to become — становиться). Ceaselessly they raided the Turanian frontier (непрерывно они совершали налеты на туранскую границу; to raid — совершать налет), retiring in the steppes when defeated (отступая в степи/скрываясь в степях при поражении; to retire — отступать); with the pirates of Vilayet, men of much the same breed (вместе с пиратами Вилайета, людьми во многом той же породы), they harried the coast (они совершали набеги на побережье; to harry — совершать набеги), preying off the merchant ships which plied between the Hyrkanian ports (грабя купеческие суда, которые курсировали между гирканскими портами; to prey — ловить; грабить;to ply between — курсировать между).

peculiar [p'kju:l], capable ['kepbl], frontier ['frnt]

Dwelling on the wild, open steppes, owning no law but their own peculiar code, they had become a people capable even of defying the Grand Monarch. Ceaselessly they raided the Turanian frontier, retiring in the steppes when defeated; with the pirates of Vilayet, men of much the same breed, they harried the coast, preying off the merchant ships which plied between the Hyrkanian ports.

"How am I to crush these wolves (как мне сокрушить этих волков; to crush — давить; сокрушить, уничтожить)?" demanded Jehungir (вопрошал Джихангир). "If I follow them into the steppes (если я последую за ними в степи), I run the risk either of being cut off and destroyed (я рискую либо оказаться отрезанным и уничтоженным; to run a risk — рисковать, подвергаться риску; to cut off — отрубить; отрезать), or of having them elude me entirely and burn the city in my absence (либо позволить им полностью ускользнуть от меня и сжечь город в мое отсутствие; to have — иметь; позволять; to elude — избежать; ускользать). Of late they have been more daring than ever (в последнее время они дерзки как никогда; of late — недавно; за последнее время)."

"That is because of the new chief who has risen among them (это из-за нового вождя, который приобрел влияние: «поднялся» среди них; to rise — подниматься; приобретать вес, влияние)," answered Ghaznavi (ответил Газнави). "You know whom I mean (ты знаешь, кого я имею в виду)."

"Aye (да)!" replied Jehungir feelingly (ответил с жаром Джихангир). "It is that devil Conan (это тот демон Конан); he is even wilder than the kozaks (он даже еще более дикий, чем «козаки»; even — даже; /даже/ еще /при сравнении/), yet he is crafty as a mountain lion (но он коварен, как горный лев; crafty — коварный, лукавый, хитроумный, хитрый; craft — ремесло; ловкость, умение, искусство; сноровка; обман, хитрость)."

entirely [n'tal], chief [i:f], whom [hu:m]

"How am I to crush these wolves?" demanded Jehungir. "If I follow them into the steppes, I run the risk either of being cut off and destroyed, or of having them elude me entirely and burn the city in my absence. Of late they have been more daring than ever."

"That is because of the new chief who has risen among them," answered Ghaznavi. "You know whom I mean."

"Aye!" replied Jehungir feelingly. "It is that devil Conan; he is even wilder than the kozaks, yet he is crafty as a mountain lion."