Английский с Дэвидом Г. Лоуренсом. Тень в розовом саду / D. H. Lawrence. The Shadow in the Rose Garden

 So he rose himself, wondering casually what had roused her so early. Usually she lay in bed as late as she could.

Whiston fastened a belt round his loins and went downstairs in shirt and trousers. He heard her singing in her snatchy fashion. The stairs creaked under his weight. He passed down the narrow little passage, which she called a hall, of the seven and sixpenny house which was his first home.

He was a shapely young fellow of about twenty-eight, sleepy now and easy with well-being. He heard the water drumming into the kettle, and she began to whistle. He loved the quick way she dodged the supper cups under the tap to wash them for breakfast. She looked an untidy minx, but she was quick and handy enough.

“Teddilinks,” she cried (Теддинька! – крикнула она).

“What (что)?”

“Light a fire, quick (разведи огонь, быстрее; to light – зажигать/ся/; fire – огонь; печь, камин; quick – быстро, скоро; проворно).”

She wore an old, sack-like dressing-jacket of black silk pinned across her breast (на ней был старый мешкообразный пеньюар из черного шелка, сколотый /булавкой/ на груди; to wear – носить /одежду и т. д./; быть одетым; dressing-jacket – пеньюар, домашний халат; to pin – прикалывать; скреплять, скалывать; pin – булавка). But one of the sleeves, coming unfastened, showed some delightful pink upper-arm (но один из рукавов, оторвавшись, обнажил восхитительное розовое плечо: «верхнюю /часть/ руки»; to show – показывать).

“Why don’t you sew your sleeve up (почему ты не зашьешь рукав; to sew – шить, пришивать, зашивать)?” he said, suffering from the sight of the exposed soft flesh (спросил он, страдая от вида обнаженной мягкой плоти; to expose – выставлять напоказ; делать видимым, обнажать; flesh – тело; мясо; плоть).

“Where?” she cried, peering round (где? – воскликнула она, оглядываясь; to peer – вглядываться; заглядывать). “Nuisance,” she said, seeing the gap, then with light fingers went on drying the cups (/какая/ досада, – сказала она, увидев прореху, затем легкими пальцами продолжила вытирать чашки; nuisance – досада, неприятность; gap – пролом, брешь, дыра; to dry – сушить; вытирать).

 “Teddilinks,” she cried.

“What?”

“Light a fire, quick.”

She wore an old, sack-like dressing-jacket of black silk pinned across her breast. But one of the sleeves, coming unfastened, showed some delightful pink upper-arm.

“Why don’t you sew your sleeve up?” he said, suffering from the sight of the exposed soft flesh.

“Where?” she cried, peering round. “Nuisance,” she said, seeing the gap, then with light fingers went on drying the cups.