Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом

The muscles of his heavy, bronzed arms rippled as he pulled the oars with an almost feline ease of motion. A fierce vitality that was evident in each feature and motion set him apart from the common men; yet his expression was neither savage nor somber, though the smoldering blue eyes hinted at ferocity easily wakened. This was Conan, who had wandered into the armed camps of the kozaks with no other possession than his wits and his sword, and who had carved his way to leadership among them.

He paddled to the carven stair as one familiar with his environs and moored the boat to a projection of the rock (он греб к высеченной лестнице, как человек, знакомый с окрестностями, и причалил лодку к выступу скалы; one — один; человек). Then he went up the worn steps without hesitation (затем он, не колеблясь, поднялся = стал подниматься по истертым ступеням; to wear — носить /одежду/; изнашивать; стирать /напр., обувь/). He was keenly alert (он был крайне осторожен; keenly — сильно; keen — острый), not because he consciously suspected hidden danger (не потому что он осознанно подозревал скрытую опасность), but because alertness was a part of him (а потому что осторожность была частью его), whetted by the wild existence he followed (отточенная дикой жизнью, которую он вел; to follow — следовать; придерживаться).

What Ghaznavi had considered animal intuition or some sixth sense was merely the razor-edged faculties and savage wit of the barbarian (то, что Газнави считал звериной интуицией или неким шестым чувством, было лишь обостренными способностями и дикарской сообразительностью варвара; razor edge — острый край, острие бритвы). Conan had no instinct to tell him (у Конана не было инстинкта, который бы сообщил ему) that men were watching him from a covert among the reeds of the mainland (что из убежища среди камышей материка за ним наблюдают люди).

consciously ['knsl], faculty ['faeklt], covert ['kv]

He paddled to the carven stair as one familiar with his environs and moored the boat to a projection of the rock. Then he went up the worn steps without hesitation. He was keenly alert, not because he consciously suspected hidden danger, but because alertness was a part of him, whetted by the wild existence he followed.

What Ghaznavi had considered animal intuition or some sixth sense was merely the razor-edged faculties and savage wit of the barbarian. Conan had no instinct to tell him that men were watching him from a covert among the reeds of the mainland.