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Илья Михайлович Франк
nibble [ˈnɪb (ǝ) l] appetite [ˈæpɪtaɪt] column [ˈkɔlǝm] squeaking [ˈskwi: kɪŋ]
Gandalf sat at the head of the party with the thirteen dwarves all round: and Bilbo sat on a stool at the fireside, nibbling at a biscuit (his appetite was quite taken away), and trying to look as if this was all perfectly ordinary and not in the least an adventure. The dwarves ate and ate, and talked and talked, and
time got on. At last they pushed their chairs back, and Bilbo made a move to collect the plates and glasses.
“I suppose you will all stay to supper?” he said in his politest unpressing tones. “Of course!” said Thorin. “And after. We shan’t get through the business till late, and we must have some music first. Now to clear up!” Thereupon the twelve dwarves — not Thorin, he was too important, and stayed talking to Gandalf — jumped to their feet and made tall piles of all the things. Off they went, not waiting for trays, balancing columns of plates, each with a bottle on the top, with one hand, while the hobbit ran after them almost squeaking with fright: “please be careful!” and “please, don’t trouble! I can manage. ”
But the dwarves only started to sing (но гномы только начали петь):
Chip the glasses (бейте стаканы
Blunt the knives (затупляйте ножи) and bend the forks (и гните вилки)! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates (вот что ненавидит Бильбо Бэггинс) —
Smash the bottles (разбивайте вдребезги бутылки) and burn the corks (и жгите пробки)!
Cut the cloth (режьте скатерти) and tread on the fat (и топчитесь на жиру, ступайте на жир)!
Pour the milk (разлейте молоко) on the pantry floor (на полу в кладовке)!
Leave the bones (оставьте кости) on the bedroom mat (на коврике в спальной)!
Splash the wine on every door (плесните вином на каждую дверь)!
Dump the crocks (свалите в кучу пробки от бутылок) in a boiling bowl (в кипящий котел);
Pound them up (разбейте на мелкие их кусочки) with a thumping pole (колотушкой;
And when you’ve finished (и когда вы закончите), if any are whole (и если что-то осталось целым),
