Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом

"Then they carried me on and on through winding tunnels and up stone stairways into this chamber (затем они понесли меня дальше и дальше через извилистые туннели и вверх по каменным лестницам в эту комнату; on — указывает на продвижение вперед в пространстве: дальше, вперед), where they chained me on the knees of this abominable idol (где они приковали меня цепью на коленях этого гнусного идола; to chain — приковывать цепью), and then they went away (а потом они ушли; to go away — уходить). Oh, Conan, what are they (ах, Конан, кто они)?"

nearly ['nl], once [wns], abominable ['bmnbl]

"Oh, I nearly fainted when I saw! They are not humans! They are gray, hairy devils that walk like men and speak a gibberish no human could understand. They stood there and seemed to be waiting, and once I thought I heard somebody trying the door. Then one of the things pulled a metal lever in the wall, and something crashed on the other side of the door.

"Then they carried me on and on through winding tunnels and up stone stairways into this chamber, where they chained me on the knees of this abominable idol, and then they went away. Oh, Conan, what are they?"

"Servants of Bit-Yakin (слуги Бит-Якина)," he grunted (пробурчал он). "I found a manuscript that told me a number of things (я нашел манускрипт, который рассказал мне кое-что; a number of — некоторое количество), and then stumbled upon some frescoes that told me the rest (а потом натолкнулся на несколько фресок, которые рассказали мне остальное; to stumble on — случайно найти, натолкнуться на). Bit-Yakin was a Pelishti who wandered into the valley with his servants after the people of Alkmeenon had deserted it (Бит-Якин был пелиштийцем, который забрел в долину со своими слугами, после того как народ Алкминона покинул ее). He found the body of Princess Yelaya (он нашел тело принцессы Елаи), and discovered that the priests returned from time to time to make offerings to her (и обнаружил, что жрецы время от времени возвращаются, чтобы сделать ей подношения), for even then she was worshipped as a goddess (ибо даже тогда ей поклонялись как богине).

manuscript ['maenjuskrpt], even [i:vn], goddess ['ds]

"Servants of Bit-Yakin," he grunted. "I found a manuscript that told me a number of things, and then stumbled upon some frescoes that told me the rest. Bit-Yakin was a Pelishti who wandered into the valley with his servants after the people of Alkmeenon had deserted it. He found the body of Princess Yelaya, and discovered that the priests returned from time to time to make offerings to her, for even then she was worshipped as a goddess.