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Илья Михайлович Франк
luxurious [lʌɡˈzjʋ (ǝ) rɪǝs, — ˈʒʋ (ǝ) rɪǝs] queer [kwɪǝ] apparently [ǝˈpærǝntlɪ]
Not that Belladonna Took ever had any adventures after she became Mrs. Bungo Baggins. Bungo, that was Bilbo’s father, built the most luxurious hobbit-hole for her (and partly with her money) that was to be found either under The Hill or over The Hill or across The Water, and there they remained to the end of their days. Still it is probable that Bilbo, her only son, although he looked and behaved exactly like a second edition of his solid and comfortable father, got something a bit queer in his makeup from the Took side, something that only waited for a chance to come out. The chance never arrived, until Bilbo Baggins was grown up, being about fifty years old or so, and living in the beautiful hobbit-hole built by his father, which I have just described for you, until he had in fact apparently settled down immovably.
By some curious chance (по какому-то странному случаю) one morning long ago (однажды утром, давным-давно) in the quiet of the world (в тишине того мира), when there was less noise and more green (когда было меньше шума и больше зелени), and the hobbits were still numerous and prosperous (и хоббиты были все еще многочисленны и процветали), and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast (и Бильбо Бэггинс стоял у своей двери после завтрака) smoking an enormous long wooden pipe (куря чрезвычайно длинную деревянную трубку;
