Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. Мистер Всезнайка. Рассказы / W. S. Maugham. Mr. Know-All. Stories

The jests her name gave rise to now (шутки, /которые/ ее имя вызывало теперь; to give rise to — возбуждать; вызывать;приводитьк) were made behind her back (делались за ее спиной) and she very well knew that they were far from obliging (и она очень хорошо знала, что они были отнюдь не милыми; far from — далекоот; отнюдьне; obliging — услужливый, любезный; to oblige — обязывать; делать одолжение, угождать). But she was by no means resigned to middle age (но она никоим образом /не/ сдавалась среднему возрасту; resigned— покорный, смирившийся). She still wore blue to bring out the colour of her eyes (она все еще носила голубое, чтобы подчеркнуть цвет своих глаз) and, with the help of art, her fair hair had kept its lustre (и, при помощи мастерства, ее белокурые волосы сохранили свой блеск). What she liked about Beatrice Richman and Frances Hickson (что ей нравилось в Беатрис Ричман и Фрэнсис Хиксон) was that they were both so much fatter than she (/это то/, что обе они были гораздо толще, чем она), it made her look quite slim (это заставляло ее выглядеть довольно стройной); they were both of them older (они обе: «обе из них» были старше) and much inclined to treat her as a little young thing (и весьма склонны относиться /к/ ней как /к/ маленькой /и/ юной; thing— вещь; живое существо). It was not disagreeable (это было неплохо: «это не было неприятно»). They were good-natured women (они были добродушными женщинами) and they chaffed her pleasantly about her beaux (и мило подшучивали /над/ ней насчет ее ухажеров; beau/мн.ч. beaux/ — кавалер; ухажер, поклонник); they had both given up the thought of that kind of nonsense (они обе /уже/ оставили мысли о такого рода = о подобной ерунде), indeed Miss Hickson had never given it a moment's consideration (на самом деле, мисс Хиксон никогда /и не/ уделяла этому ни малейшего внимания; togiveconsideration— уделять внимание, рассматривать;moment— миг, момент, мгновение), but they were sympathetic to her flirtations (но они были благожелательны к ее флиртам; tosympathize— сочувствовать; благожелательно относиться, симпатизировать). It was understood that one of these days (было понятно, что в скором времени: «/в/ один из этих дней») Arrow would make a third man happy (Эрроу сделает счастливым третьего мужчину).

chaff [CRf], beau [bqu], sympathetic ["sImpq`TetIk]

The jests her name gave rise to now were made behind her back and she very well knew that they were far from obliging. But she was by no means resigned to middle age. She still wore blue to bring out the colour of her eyes and, with the help of art, her fair hair had kept its lustre. What she liked about Beatrice Richman and Frances Hickson was that they were both so much fatter than she, it made her look quite slim; they were both of them older and much inclined to treat her as a little young thing. It was not disagreeable. They were good-natured women and they chaffed her pleasantly about her beaux; they had both given up the thought of that kind of nonsense, indeed Miss Hickson had never given it a moment's consideration, but they were sympathetic to her flirtations. It was understood that one of these days Arrow would make a third man happy.

"Only you mustn't get any heavier, darling (только ты не должна больше поправляться: «становиться сколько-нибудь тяжелее», дорогая)," said Mrs. Richman (сказала миссис Ричман).

"And for goodness' sake (и ради Бога) make certain of his bridge," said Miss Hickson (выясни насчет его /игры в/ бридж = хорошо ли он играет в бридж, — сказала мисс Хиксон; tomakecertainof— удостовериться в).