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Илья Франк
He replied (ответил), 'Who are you (кто вы)?'
That distressing (огорчительный, досадный) Old Person of Burton.
There was an Old Person of Burton,
Whose answers were rather uncertain;
When they said, 'How d'ye do?'
He replied, 'Who are you?'
That distressing Old Person of Burton.
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There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames (случайно упал в Темзу);
And when he was found (когда он был найден)
They said he was drowned (сказали, что он был утонувшим = что утонул),
That unlucky Old Person of Ems (невезучий).
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There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found
They said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems.
108
There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel (главный образом кормился, жил на жидкой
каше);
But to make it more nice (чтобы сделать ее лучше, вкуснее)
He inserted some mice (он поместил, добавил несколько мышей;
Which refreshed (что подкрепило, освежило) that Old Person of Ewell.
There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;
But to make it more nice
He inserted some mice,
Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell.
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There was a Young Lady of Parma ([город в Италии]),
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer (чье поведение становилось тише и
тише);
When they said, 'Are you dumb (немая)?'
She merely (только, единственно) said, 'Hum! (Хм!)'
That provoking Young Lady of Parma (вызывающая).
There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
When they said, 'Are you dumb?'
She merely said, 'Hum!'
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.
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There was an Old Man of Aфsta ([город в Италии]),
Who possessed a large cow, but he lost her (владел большой коровой, но
потерял ее;
But they said, 'Don't you see (ты /разве/ не видишь)
She has rushed up a tree (/что/ она бросилась, залезла на дерево)?
You invidious (возмутительный) Old Man of Aфsta!'
There was an Old Man of Aфsta,
Who possessed a large cow, but he lost her;
But they said, 'Don't you see
She has rushed up a tree?
You invidious Old Man of Aфsta!'
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There was an Old Man, on whose nose (на чьем носе),
Most birds of the air could repose (многие птицы небесные могли
передохнуть);
But they all flew away (все улетели;
At the closing of day (к концу дня),
Which relieved (что облегчило, утешило) that Old Man and his nose.
There was an Old Man, on whose nose,
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away
At the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.
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There was a Young Lady of Clare ([город в Северной Ирландии]),
Who was sadly pursued by a bear (к сожалению, преследовалась медведем);
When she found she was tired (когда она обнаружила, /что/ она была
уставшей),
She abruptly expired (внезапно скончалась),
That unfortunate Lady of Clare (неудачливая).
There was a Young Lady of Clare,
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Who was sadly pursued by a bear;
When she found she was tired,
She abruptly expired,
That unfortunate Lady of Clare.
