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H. G. Wells
“He was afraid, one time, that he’d have to have an op’ration (мы боялись одно время, что ему придется сделать операцию;
The visitor laughed abruptly, a bark of a laugh that he seemed to bite and kill in his mouth (приезжий отрывисто засмеялся, будто залаял, и подавил свой смех: «лай смеха, который он, как показалось, откусил и убил во рту»;
enough [I`nAf], scythe [saID], regular [`regjulq]
“But they take long enough to get well, don’t they?.. There was my sister’s son, Tom, jest cut his arm with a scythe, tumbled on it in the ’ayfield, and, bless me! he was three months tied up sir. You’d hardly believe it. It’s regular given me a dread of a scythe, sir.”
“I can quite understand that,” said the visitor.
“He was afraid, one time, that he’d have to have an op’ration — he was that bad, sir.”
The visitor laughed abruptly, a bark of a laugh that he seemed to bite and kill in his mouth.
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“He was, sir (да, сэр). And no laughing matter to them (и было вовсе не до смеха тем;
“Will you get me some matches (не дадите ли мне спички)?” said the visitor, quite abruptly (сказал гость довольно резко). “My pipe is out (моя трубка погасла).”
Mrs. Hall was pulled up suddenly (миссис Холл внезапно прервали = она замолчала;
certainly [`sq:t(q)nlI], gasped [gRspt], sovereign [`sOvrIn]
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“He was, sir. And no laughing matter to them as had the doing for him, as I had — my sister being took up with her little ones so much. There was bandages to do, sir, and bandages to undo. So that if I may make so bold as to say it, sir — ”
“Will you get me some matches?” said the visitor, quite abruptly. “My pipe is out.”