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Илья Франк
won't [wqunt], more [mO:], right [raIt]
Robin looked at him. «If that is all you have, I won't take it. And if you need more, you can have it. But Little John must see.»
Little John looked in the knight's bags.
«It's right,» he said. «The knight doesn't have more than one piece of gold.»
«Do you want to tell us why (ты хочешь рассказать нам, из-за чего = расскажи нам, отчего так /получилось/;
«Yes, Robin,» said Sir Richard. «I had a son (у меня был сын). He killed a knight (он убил одного рыцаря). It was in a fair fight at the tournament field (и случилось это в честном поединке на турнирном поле = на ристалище;
fair [feq], tournament ['tuqnqmqnt], proud [praud], sheriff ['SerIf], Nottingham ['nOtINqm], prison [prIzn], borrow ['bOrqu]
«Do you want to tell us why?» Robin asked.
«Yes, Robin,» said Sir Richard. «I had a son. He killed a knight. It was in a fair fight t at the tournament field, but the proud sheriff of Nottingham put my son in prison. To get him out of prison, he took all my money and more. I had to borrow.»
«You borrowed from your friends (ты занял у своих друзей)?» Robin said.
«No. When I was rich, I had friends (когда я был богат, у меня были друзья). When I wanted money, they all left me (когда мне понадобились деньги, они все покинули меня;
abbot ['xbqt], abbey ['xbI], four [fO:], hundred ['hAndrqd], tomorrow [tq'mOrqu], castle [kQ:sl]
«You borrowed from your friends?» Robin said.
«No. When I was rich, I had friends. When I wanted money, they all left me. I had to borrow from the rich abbot of the Abbey of St. Mary. I must pay him back four hundred pieces of gold. If I can't pay him back the money tomorrow, he will take my castle and all my lands.»