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Stephen King
“My brother's getting married. I'm going to be his best man.” I told this lie with absolutely no premeditation. I didn't want him to know about my mother, although I didn't know why. Something was wrong here. I didn't know what it was or why I should think such a thing in the first place, but I knew. I was positive. “The rehearsal's tomorrow. Plus a stag party tomorrow night.”
“Yeah? That right (правда)?” He turned to look at me (он повернулся и посмотрел на меня), wide-set eyes and handsome face (широко посаженные глаза и симпатичное лицо), full lips smiling slightly (полные губы, слегка улыбающиеся), the eyes unbelieving (не верящие глаза = недоверчивый взгляд).
“Yeah,” I said. I was afraid (я боялся). Just like that I was afraid again (ни с того ни с сего мне снова стало страшно;
handsome ['hxnsqm], slightly [slaItlI], telephone ['telIfqun]
“Yeah? That right?” He turned to look at me, wide-set eyes and handsome face, full lips smiling slightly, the eyes unbelieving.
“Yeah,” I said. I was afraid. Just like that I was afraid again. Something was wrong, had maybe started being wrong when the old geezer in the Dodge had invited me to wish on the infected moon instead of on a star. Or maybe from the moment I'd picked up the telephone and listened to Mrs. McCurdy saying she had some bad news for me, but “twasn't s'bad as it could've been.
“Well that's good,” said the young man in the turned-around cap (это хорошо, — сказал молодой человек в повернутой назад кепке). “A brother getting married, man, that's good (брат собирается жениться, приятель, это хорошо). What's your name (как тебя зовут: «как твое имя»)?”
I wasn't just afraid, I was terrified (я не просто боялся, я был в ужасе). Everything was wrong, everything (все было не так, все), and I didn't know why or how it could possibly have happened so fast (и я не знал, почему или как это могло произойти так быстро). I did know one thing, however (однако я знал одно: «одну вещь»;