I not only shared a cabin with him and ate three meals a day at the same table, but I could not walk round the deck without his joining me. It was impossible to snub him. It never occurred to him that he was not wanted. He was certain that you were as glad to see him as he was to see you.
In your own house (в своем собственном доме) you might have kicked him downstairs (вы могли бы спустить его с лестницы: «иметь столкнутым его вниз по ступенькам») and slammed the door in his face (и захлопнуть дверь перед его лицом: «в его лицо») without the suspicion dawning on him that he was not a welcome visitor (без того, чтобы сомнение прокралось в его сердце, что он не был желанным гостем:
downstairs [ўdaunўsteqz], suspicion [sqsўpISqn], dawning [ўdO: nIN], auction [ўO: kSqn], quoit [kOIt], organize ['O: gqnaIz], arrange [q'reInG]
In your own house you might have kicked him downstairs and slammed the door in his face without the suspicion dawning on him that he was not a welcome visitor. He was a good mixer, and in three days knew everyone on board. He ran everything. He managed the sweeps, conducted the auctions, collected money for prizes at the sports, got up quoit and golf matches, organized the concert and arranged the fancy-dress ball.
He was everywhere and always (он был везде и всегда). He was certainly the best hated man in the ship (он был несомненно самым ненавистным человеком на судне). We called him Mr Know-All, even to his face (мы называли его мистер Всезнайка, даже в лицо). He took it as a compliment (он воспринял это как комплимент;
certainly ['sWtnlI], intolerable [In'tLlqrqbl], jovial ['Gquvjql], loquacious [lqu'kweISqs], argumentative ["Rgju:'mentqtIv], affront [q'frAnt]