Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом

Shaking his head in bewilderment (тряхнув головой в замешательстве), Conan passed through the archway into a winding corridor (Конан прошел через дверной проем в извилистый коридор). Silence hung over the house (тишина нависла над домом; to hang — висеть; нависать), but outside he heard a sound which his keen ears recognized (но снаружи он услышал звук, который распознал его тонкий слух) as something ascending the stair on the wall (как нечто = как звук шагов кого-то, поднимающегося по лестнице на стене) from which he had entered the building (с которой он вошел в здание). An instant later he was startled to hear something land with a soft but weighty thud on the floor of the chamber he had just quitted (мгновение спустя он был очень удивлен, услышав, как нечто приземлилось с мягким, но тяжелым /глухим/ стуком на пол в спальне, которую он только что покинул; to startle — испугать; поразить, сильно удивить; to land — высадиться на берег; приземлиться). Turning quickly away (быстро повернувшись; to turn away — прогонять; отворачиваться), he hurried along the twisting hallway (он поспешил по извилистому проходу) until something on the floor before him brought him to a halt (пока что-то на полу перед ним не остановило его; to bring to a halt — остановить).

weighty ['wet], floor [fl:], brought [br:t]

Shaking his head in bewilderment, Conan passed through the archway into a winding corridor. Silence hung over the house, but outside he heard a sound which his keen ears recognized as something ascending the stair on the wall from which he had entered the building. An instant later he was startled to hear something land with a soft but weighty thud on the floor of the chamber he had just quitted. Turning quickly away, he hurried along the twisting hallway until something on the floor before him brought him to a halt.

It was a human figure (это была человеческая фигура), which lay half in the hall and half in an opening that obviously was normally concealed by a door (которая лежала наполовину в коридоре, а наполовину в отверстии, которое, очевидно, обычно скрывалось дверью; to lie — лежать), which was a duplicate of the panels of the wall (которая была копией панелей на стене). It was a man, dark and lean (это был мужчина, смуглый и худой), clad only in a silk loincloth (одетый лишь в набедренную повязку; to clothe — одевать), with a shaven head and cruel features (с бритой головой и жестокими чертами), and he lay as if death had struck him (и он лежал так, словно смерть поразила его; to strike — ударять; поражать) just as he was emerging from the panel (как раз когда он выходил из панели). Conan bent above him (Конан склонился над ним; to bend — гнуть; нагибаться), seeking the cause of his death (выискивая причину его смерти), and discovered him to be merely sunk in the same deep sleep as the girl in the chamber (и обнаружил, что он лишь погрузился в такой же глубокий сон, как и девушка в спальне; to sink — тонуть; погружаться).

half [h:f], door [d:], duplicate ['dju:plkt]

It was a human figure, which lay half in the hall and half in an opening that obviously was normally concealed by a door, which was a duplicate of the panels of the wall. It was a man, dark and lean, clad only in a silk loincloth, with a shaven head and cruel features, and he lay as if death had struck him just as he was emerging from the panel. Conan bent above him, seeking the cause of his death, and discovered him to be merely sunk in the same deep sleep as the girl in the chamber.