Метод чтения Ильи Франка - Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

Bilbo had never seen or imagined anything of the kind. They were high up in a narrow place, with a dreadful fall into a dim valley at one side of them. There they were sheltering under a hanging rock for the night, and he lay beneath a blanket and shook from head to toe. When he peeped out in the lightning-flashes, he saw that across the valley the stone-giants were out and were hurling rocks at one another for a game, and catching them, and tossing them down into the
       darkness where they smashed among the trees far below, or splintered into little bits with a bang.
 
      Then came a wind and a rain (затем поднялся ветер и дождь), and the wind whipped the rain and the hail about in every direction (и ветер хлестал дождем и градом во всех направлениях), so that an overhanging rock (так, что нависающая гора) was no protection at all (совсем и не была защитой). Soon they were getting drenched (вскоре они все промокли насквозь) and their ponies were standing (и их пони стояли) with their heads down (с опущенными головами) and their tails between their legs (и хвостами между ног = поджав хвосты), and some of them were whinnying with fright (и некоторые из них тихо ржали от испуга). They could hear the giants guffawing (они могли слышать, как великаны грубо хохотали) and shouting all over the mountainsides (и кричали по всем склонам горы).
      “This won’t do at all (так совсем не пойдет)!” said Thorin. “If we don’t get blown off (если нас и не сдует; to blow (blew, blown) — дуть) or drowned (или не затопит), or struck by lightning (или не ударит молнией), we shall be picked up by some giant (то нас подхватит какой-нибудь великан: «мы будем подхвачены…») and kicked sky-high for a football (и пнет нас ногой в самое небо заместо футбольного мяча).”
 
      drench [drentS] whinny ['wInI] fright [fraIt] guffaw [gq'fO:]
 
       Then came a wind and a rain, and the wind whipped the rain and the hail about in every direction, so that an overhanging rock was no protection at all. Soon they were getting drenched and their ponies were standing with their heads down and their tails between their legs, and some of them were whinnying with fright. They could hear the giants guffawing and shouting all over the mountainsides.
       “This won’t do at all!” said Thorin. “If we don’t get blown off or drowned,
       or struck by lightning, we shall be picked up by some giant and kicked sky— high for a football.”
 
      “Well (ну), if you know of anywhere better (если вы знаете о каком-нибудь лучшем месте), take us there (отведите нас туда)!” said Gandalf, who was feeling very grumpy (который был очень раздражен; to feel — зд. глагол связка в составном именном сказуемом: быть в каком-либо состоянии), and was far from happy (и был сам далеко не счастлив) about the giants himself (из-за великанов сам). The end of their argument was (концом их спора было то) that they sent Fill and Kili (что они отправили Фили и Кили) to look for a better shelter (поискать лучшего убежища). They had very sharp eyes (у них было очень острое зрение), and being the youngest of the dwarves (и из-за того, что они были самыми молодыми из гномов) by some fifty years (примерно на пятьдесят лет) they usually got these sort of jobs (им обычно и доставалась работа такого типа) (when everybody could see (когда все убедились: «смогли увидеть») that it was absolutely no use sending Bilbo (что было совершенно бесполезно посылать Бильбо)). There is nothing like looking (нет ничего лучше, чем посмотреть), if you want to find something (если надо что-то найти) (or so Thorin said to the young dwarves (или так сказал Торин молодым гномам)). You certainly usually find something (ты обязательно обычно находишь что-либо), if you look (если ты посмотришь), but it is not always quite the something you were after (но не всегда это именно то, что ты искал; to be after smth. — стремиться завладеть чем-либо). So it proved on this occasion (так оно и оказалось в этом случае; to prove — доказывать).
 
      grumpy ['grAmpI] youngest ['jANgIst] occasion [q'keIZ(q)n]
 
       “Well, if you know of anywhere better, take us there!” said Gandalf, who was feeling very grumpy, and was far from happy about the giants himself. The end of their argument was that they sent Fill and Kili to look for a better
       shelter. They had very sharp eyes, and being the youngest of the dwarves by some fifty years they usually got these sort of jobs (when everybody could see that it was absolutely no use sending Bilbo). There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something (or so Thorin said to the young dwarves). You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after. So it proved on this occasion.
 
      Soon Fili and Kili came crawling back (вскоре Фили и Кили вернулись, крадучись, назад), holding on to the rocks in the wind (прижимаясь к горам на ветру).
      “We have found a dry cave (мы нашли сухую пещеру),” they said (сказали они), “not far round the next corner (не далеко за следующим углом); and ponies and all could get inside (и пони, и все /мы/ сможем попасть внутрь).”
      “Have you thoroughlyexplored it (вы ее тщательно исследовали)?” said the wizard (сказал волшебник), who knew (который знал) that caves up in the mountains (что пещеры высоко в горах) were seldom unoccupied (редко оставались незанятыми).
      “Yes, yes!” they said (сказали они), though everybody knew (хотя все знали) they could not have been long about it (что они не могли бы находиться в ней долго); they had come back too quick (они вернулись назад слишком быстро). “It isn’t all that big (она не такая уж большая), and it does not go far back (и она не такая уж глубокая: «она не идет далеко внутрь /назад/»).”
      That, of course, is the dangerous part about caves (это, конечно же, самый опасный аспект в пещерах): you don’t know (что никогда не знаешь) how far they go back, sometimes (насколько глубоко они идут, иногда), or where a passage behind may lead to (или куда может вести проход за ней), or what is waiting for you inside (или что ожидает внутри). But now Fili and Kili’s news seemed good enough (но сейчас новость /принесенная/ Фили и Кили казалась достаточно хорошей). So they all got up (и, таким образом, они все поднялись) and prepared to move (и приготовились двинуться /туда/). The wind was
      howling (ветер завывал) and the thunder still growling (и гром все еще грохотал), and they had a business getting themselves and their ponies along (и им пришлось приложить достаточно усилий, что бы им самим и их пони двинуться /с места/; business — /зд. уст./ занятость, усердие).
 
      crawling ['krO: lIN] pony ['pqVnI] thoroughly ['TArqlI] explored [Ik'splO: d]
 
       Soon Fili and Kili came crawling back, holding on to the rocks in the wind. “We have found a dry cave,” they said, “not far round the next corner; and ponies and all could get inside.”
       “Have you thoroughlyexplored it?” said the wizard, who knew that caves up in the mountains were seldom unoccupied.
       “Yes, yes!” they said, though everybody knew they could not have been long about it; they had come back too quick. “It isn’t all that big, and it does not go far back.”
       That, of course, is the dangerous part about caves: you don’t know how far they go back, sometimes, or where a passage behind may lead to, or what is waiting for you inside. But now Fili and Kili’s news seemed good enough. So they all got up and prepared to move. The wind was howling and the thunder still growling, and they had a business getting themselves and their ponies along.
 
      Still it was not very far to go (в то же время, идти было не очень далеко), and before long (и вскоре) they came to a big rock (они подошли к большой скале) standing out into the path (выступающей на тропинку). If you stepped behind (если шагнуть за /нее/), you found a low arch (можно обнаружить низкую арку) in the side of the mountain (в поверхности горы). There was just room (там было как раз достаточно места) to get the ponies through (чтобы провести пони) with a squeeze (с трудом; squeeze — сжатие, теснота, давка), when they had been unpacked and unsaddled (когда они были разгружены и
      расседланы). As they passed under the arch (когда они прошли под аркой), it was good to hear the wind and the rain outside (то оказалось приятно: «хорошо» слышать ветер и дождь снаружи) instead of all about them (вместо того, чтобы слышать /их/ вокруг себя), and to feel safe from the giants (и /было приятно/ чувствовать себя в безопасности от великанов) and their rocks (и их скал). But the wizard was taking no risks (но волшебник не собирался рисковать). He lit up his wand (он зажег свой жезл/свою волшебную палочку) — as he did that day in Bilbo’s dining-room (как он сделал это в тот день в столовой Бильбо) that seemed so long ago (что казалось было так давно), if you remember (если вы помните), and by its light (и в ее свете) they explored the cave from end to end (они обследовали пещеру от одного конца до другого).
 
      arch [Q: tS] squeeze [skwi: z] unsaddle [An'sxdl]
 
       Still it was not very far to go, and before long they came to a big rock standing out into the path. If you stepped behind, you found a low arch in the side of the mountain. There was just room to get the ponies through with a squeeze, when they had been unpacked and unsaddled. As they passed under the arch, it was good to hear the wind and the rain outside instead of all about them, and to feel safe from the giants and their rocks. But the wizard was taking no risks. He lit up his wand — as he did that day in Bilbo’s dining— room that seemed so long ago, if you remember, and by its light they explored the cave from end to end.
 
      It seemed quite a fair size (она казалась достаточно большого размера), but not too large and mysterious (но не очень уж большой и таинственной). It had a dry floor (у нее был сухой пол) and some comfortable nooks (и несколько уютных укромных уголков). At one end there was room for the ponies (в одном конце было /достаточно/ места для пони); and there they stood (и там они и стояли) (mighty glad of the change (чрезвычайно довольные этой перемене))
      steaming (взмыленные; to steam — дымиться, испускать пар; steam — пар), and champing in their nosebags (и громко жевали /траву/ из своих торб; nose — нос; bag — сумка). Oin and Gloin wanted to light a fire at the door (Ойн и Глойн хотели разжечь огонь у двери) to dry their clothes (чтобы высушить свою одежду), but Gandalf would not hear of it (но Гэндальф и слушать об этом не хотел). So they spread out their wet things on the floor (и тогда они разложили свою мокрую одежду на полу), and got dry ones out of their bundles (и достали сухую одежду из своих узелков); then they made their blankets comfortable (затем они поудобнее разложили свои одеяла), got out their pipes (достали свои /курительные/ трубки) and blew smoke rings (и выдували колечки дыма), which Gandalf turned into different colours (которые Гэндальф раскрашивал в различные цвета; to turn — поворачивать, вращать, менять) and set dancing up by the roof (и заставлял танцевать их вверх, к крыше) to amuse them (чтобы развлечь их). They talked and talked (они разговаривали и разговаривали), and forgot about the storm (и забыли о грозе; to forget), and discussed what each would do (и обсуждали, что каждый из них будет делать) with his share of the treasure (со своей долей сокровищ) (when they got it (когда они добудут его), which at the moment did not seem so impossible (что в этот момент не казалось таким уж невозможным)); and so they dropped off to sleep (и так они заснули) one by one (один за другим).
 
      mysterious [mI'stI(q)rIqs] champ [tSxmp] bundle ['bAndl]
 
       It seemed quite a fair size, but not too large and mysterious. It had a dry floor and some comfortable nooks. At one end there was room for the ponies; and there they stood (mighty glad of the change) steaming, and champing in their nosebags. Oin and Gloin wanted to light a fire at the door to dry their clothes, but Gandalf would not hear of it. So they spread out their wet things on the floor, and got dry ones out of their bundles; then they made their blankets comfortable, got out their pipes and blew smoke rings, which
       Gandalf turned into different colours and set dancing up by the roof to amuse them. They talked and talked, and forgot about the storm, and discussed what each would do with his share of the treasure (when they got it, which at the moment did not seem so impossible); and so they dropped off to sleep one by one.
 
      And that was the last time (и это оказался последний раз) that they used the ponies (когда они воспользовались пони), packages (тюками), baggages (багажом), tools (инструментами) and paraphernalia (и личными вещами) that they had brought with them (которые они привезли с собой). It turned out a good thing (это оказалось хорошим делом) that night (той ночью) that they had brought little Bilbo with them (что они взяли с собой маленького Бильбо), after all (в конце-то концов). For somehow (так как почему-то), he could not go to sleep (он не мог заснуть) for a long while (очень долго); and when he did sleep (и когда он, наконец, уснул), he had very nasty dreams (у него были очень мерзкие сны). He dreamed (ему снилось) that a crack in the wall at the back of the cave (что трещина в стене в задней части пещеры) got bigger and bigger (становилась все больше и больше), and opened wider and wider (и открывалась все шире и шире), and he was very afraid (и он был очень испуган) but could not call out (но не мог закричать) or do anything (или сделать что-нибудь) but lie and look (просто лежал и смотрел). Then he dreamed (затем ему приснилось) that the floor of the cave was giving way (что пол пещеры рушился: «поддавался»), and he was slipping (и он скользил), beginning to fall down, down (начиная падать куда-то вниз, вниз), goodness knows where to (Бог знает куда; goodness — доброта, великодушие /вместо god — «Бог», чтобы не употреблять это слово всуе/). At that he woke up (на этом он проснулся; towakeup) with a horrible start (с ужасным вздрагиванием), and found that part of his dream was true (и неожиданно для себя обнаружил, что часть его сна была правдой). A crack had opened at the back of the cave (трещина открылась на задней стороне пещеры), and was
      already a wide passage (и превратилась уже в широкий проход). He was just in time to see (он проснулся: «был» как раз во время, чтобы /успеть/ заметить) the last of the ponies’ tails (как хвосты последних пони) disappearing into it (исчезают в нем). Of course he gave a very loud yell (конечно же, он издал очень громкий пронзительный крик; yell — пронзительный крик), as loud a yell as a hobbit can give (такой пронзительный крик, которым только может закричать хоббит), which is surprising for their size (который удивителен для их роста).
 
      paraphernalia [pxrqfq'neIlIq] afraid [q'freId] disappear ["dIsq'pIq] yell [jel]
 
       And that was the last time that they used the ponies, packages, baggages, tools and paraphernalia that they had brought with them. It turned out a good thing that night that they had brought little Bilbo with them, after all. For somehow, he could not go to sleep for a long while; and when he did sleep, he had very nasty dreams. He dreamed that a crack in the wall at the back of the cave got bigger and bigger, and opened wider and wider, and he was very afraid but could not call out or do anything but lie and look. Then he dreamed that the floor of the cave was giving way, and he was slipping — beginning to fall down, down, goodness knows where to. At that he woke up with a horrible start, and found that part of his dream was true. A crack had opened at the back of the cave, and was already a wide passage. He was just in time to see the last of the ponies’ tails disappearing into it. Of course he gave a very loud yell, as loud a yell as a hobbit can give, which is surprising for their size.
 
      Out jumped the goblins (оттуда выпрыгнули гоблины), big goblins (большие гоблины), great ugly-looking goblins (огромные, отвратительно выглядящие гоблины), lots of goblins (кучи гоблинов), before you could say rocks and blocks(в один момент: «до того, как ты смог бы сказать ‘скалы и глыбы’»). There were six to each dwarf, at least (было по шесть /гоблинов/ на каждого гнома, по
      меньшей мере), and two even for Bilbo (и даже двое для Бильбо); and they were all grabbed (и их всех быстро схватили) and carried through the crack (и унесли сквозь пролом), before you could say tinder and flint(также в один момент; tinder — сухое гнилое дерево; flint — кремень). But not Gandalf (но не Гэндальфа). Bilbo’s yell had done that much good (вопль Бильбо сделал хотя бы это доброе дело). It had wakened him up wide (он совершенно разбудил его; wide — широко, настежь) in a splintered second (за какую-то долю секунды; to splinter — расщеплять), and when goblins came to grab him (и когда гоблины подошли, чтобы сцапать его), there was a terrible flash like lightning in the cave (в пещере случилась ужасная вспышка, похожая на молнию), a smell like gunpowder (запахло /как/ черным порохом; gun — пушка; powder — порошок; порох), and several of them fell dead (и несколько из них упали замертво).
 
      ugly ['AglI] tinder ['tIndq] splinter ['splIntq]
 
       Out jumped the goblins, big goblins, great ugly-looking goblins, lots of goblins, before you could say rocks and blocks. There were six to each dwarf, at least, and two even for Bilbo; and they were all grabbed and carried through the crack, before you could say tinder and flint. But not Gandalf. Bilbo’s yell had done that much good. It had wakened him up wide in a splintered second, and when goblins came to grab him, there was a terrible flash like lightning in the cave, a smell like gunpowder, and several of them fell dead.
 
      The crack closed with a snap (расщелина захлопнулась с лязгом), and Bilbo and the dwarves were on the wrong side of it (и Бильбо и гномы все были на неправильной стороне от нее)! Where was Gandalf (где же был Гэндальф)? Of that (об этом) neither they (ни они) nor the goblins (ни гоблины) had any idea (не имели ни малейшего представления), and the goblins did not wait to find out
      (и гоблины не стали ждать, чтобы выяснить это). It was deep, deep, dark (было очень: «глубоко», очень темно), such as only goblins (так /темно/, что только гоблины) that have taken to living in the heart of the mountains (которые привыкли к жизни в самом сердце гор) can see through (могут видеть: «могут видеть сквозь»). The passages there (проходы, которые были там) were crossed and tangled (скрещивались и переплетались: «были перекрещены и переплетены») in all directions (во всех направлениях), but the goblins knew their way (но гоблины знали свою дорогу), as well as you do to the nearest post— office (так же, как вы знаете /дорогу/ к ближайшей почте) and the way went down and down (и путь вел все ниже и ниже), and it was most horribly stuffy (и там было ужасно душно). The goblins were very rough (гоблины были очень грубы), and pinched unmercifully (щипались безжалостно; mercy— милосердие; жалость), and chuckled and laughed (и фыркали, и смеялись) in their horrible stony voices (своими ужасными каменными голосами); and Bilbo was more unhappy (и Бильбо был еще более несчастен) even than when the troll (даже чем тогда, когда тролль) had picked him up by his toes (подхватил его за ноги). He wished again and again (он мечтал снова и снова) for his nice bright hobbit-hole (о своей милой яркой хоббитовской норе). Not for the last time (и не в последний раз).
      Now there came a glimmer of a red light (вскоре там появился слабый проблеск красного огня) before them (перед ними). The goblins began to sing (гоблины начали петь), or croak (или хрипеть), keeping time (выдерживая темп) with the flap of their flat feet on the stone (пошлепыванием своими плоскими ногами по камню), and shaking their prisoners as well (а также потрясая своими пленниками; prisoner — заключенный, арестант).
 
      neither … nor ['neIDq'nO: ] stuffy ['stAfI] unmerciful [An'mq: sIf(q)l]
 
       The crack closed with a snap, and Bilbo and the dwarves were on the wrong side of it! Where was Gandalf? Of that neither they nor the goblins had any
       idea, and the goblins did not wait to find out. It was deep, deep, dark, such as only goblins that have taken to living in the heart of the mountains can see through. The passages there were crossed and tangled in all directions, but the goblins knew their way, as well as you do to the nearest post-office and the way went down and down, and it was most horribly stuffy. The goblins were very rough, and pinched unmercifully, and chuckled and laughed in their horrible stony voices; and Bilbo was more unhappy even than when the troll had picked him up by his toes. He wished again and again for his nice bright hobbit-hole. Not for the last time.
       Now there came a glimmer of a red light before them. The goblins began to sing, or croak, keeping time with the flap of their flat feet on the stone, and shaking their prisoners as well.
 
      Clap (хлоп)! Snap (шлеп)! the black crack (мрачный треск; black — черный,
 
       мрачный)!
 
      Grip (схвати), grab (захвати)! Pinch (ущипни), nab (задержи/поймай)! And down, down to Goblin-town (и вниз, вниз в Город Гоблинов)
      You go, my lad (ты отправляешься, паренек)!
 
      Clash (лязг), crash (грохот)! Crush (давка), smash (внезапное падение,
 
      грохот; to smash — разбить вдребезги, сокрушить)!
 
      Hammer (молот) and tongs (и щипцы)! Knocker (дверной молоток) and gongs
 
      (и гонг)!
 
      Pound (бей), pound (колоти), far underground (далеко под землю /иди/)!
 
      Ho, ho (эй, вперед)! my lad (паренек)!
 
      Swish (удар розгой), smack (шлепок)! Whip crack (кнут — щелчок)! Batter (колоти) and beat (и дубась)! Yammer (вопи) and bleat (и мычи)! Work (работай), work (работай)! Nor dare to shirk (не смей увильнуть),
      While Goblins quaff (пока Гоблины напиваются; to quaff — пить большими
       глотками; осушать залпом), and Goblins laugh (и Гоблины смеются), Round and round far underground (вертись и кружись, далеко вниз)
      Below (под землю: «вниз»), my lad (паренек)!”
 
      hammer ['hxmq] knocker ['nOkq] yammer ['jxmq]
 
       Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab!
       And down down to Goblin-town
 
       You go, my lad!
 
       Clash, crash! Crush, smash!
 
       Hammer and tongs! Knocker and gongs! Pound, pound, far underground!
       Ho, ho! my lad!
 
       Swish, smack! Whip crack!
 
       Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat! Work, work! Nor dare to shirk,
       While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh, Round and round far underground
       Below, my lad!”
 
      It sounded truly terrifying (это звучало действительно ужасающе). The walls echoed to the clap, snap!(стены отдавались отзвуком этим "хлопкам и шлепкам") and the crush, smash!(и "давке и грохоту") and to the ugly laughter of their ho, ho! my lad!(и уродливому смеху их "ей, вперед, паренек") The general meaning of the song (общий смысл этой песни) was only too plain (был слишком ясен); for now the goblins took out whips (так как теперь гоблины достали плетки) and whipped them with a swish, smack!(и хлестали их со
      свистом и шлепком), and set them running (и заставили их бежать) as fast as they could (так быстро, как они только могли) in front of them (перед собой); and more than one of the dwarves (и более чем один гном) were already yammering and bleating (уже ныли и мычали) like anything (изо всех сил), when they stumbled into a big cavern (когда они споткнулись и ввалились в большую пещеру). It was lit by a great red fire (она была освещена огромным красным костром) in the middle (по середине), and by torches along the walls (и факелами /установленными/ вдоль стен), and it was full of goblins (и она была полна гоблинов). They all laughed (они все смеялись) and stamped (и топали) and clapped their hands (и хлопали в ладоши), when the dwarves (когда гномы) (with poor little Bilbo (с бедным маленьким Бильбо) at the back (в самом конце) and nearest to the whips (и /который был/ самым близким к плетям) came running in (вбежали внутрь), while the goblin-drivers whooped (в то время как гоблины-надсмотрщики гикали) and cracked their whips behind (и щелкали за ними своими плетьми). The ponies were already there (пони были уже там) huddled in a corner (загнанные в угол); and there were all the baggages and packages (и там же был весь багаж и все тюки) lying broken open (лежали, вскрытые), and being rummaged by goblins (и уже были обысканы гоблинами), and smelt by goblins (и обнюханные гоблинами; to smell — нюхать), and fingered by goblins (и ощупанные /пальцами/ гоблинов), and quarreled over by goblins (и из-за них уже переругались гоблины).
 
      echo ['ekqV] stumble ['stAmb(q)l] torch [tO: tS] rummage ['rAmIdZ]
 
       It sounded truly terrifying. The walls echoed to the clap, snap!and the crush, smash!and to the ugly laughter of their ho, ho! my lad!The general meaning of the song was only too plain; for now the goblins took out whips and whipped them with a swish, smack!, and set them running as fast as they could in front of them; and more than one of the dwarves were already yammering and bleating like anything, when they stumbled into a big cavern. It was lit by
       a great red fire in the middle, and by torches along the walls, and it was full of goblins. They all laughed and stamped and clapped their hands, when the dwarves (with poor little Bilbo at the back and nearest to the whips) came running in, while the goblin-drivers whooped and cracked their whips behind. The ponies were already there huddled in a corner; and there were all the baggages and packages lying broken open, and being rummaged by goblins, and smelt by goblins, and fingered by goblins, and quarreled over by goblins.
 
      I am afraid (я боюсь) that was the last they ever saw (что это был последний
 
      /раз/, когда они видели) of those excellent little ponies (тех отличных маленьких пони), including a jolly sturdy little white fellow (включая того веселого маленького белого крепыша) that Elrond had lent to Gandalf (которого Элронд одолжил Гэндальфу; to lend (lent) — давать взаймы, на время), since his horse was not suitable (так как его лошадь не подходила) for the mountain-paths (для горных тропинок). For goblins eat horses (так как гоблины едят лошадей) and ponies (и пони) and donkeys (и осликов) (and other much more dreadful things (и много других более ужасных вещей)), and they are always hungry (и они всегда голодны). Just now however (прямо сейчас, однако) the prisoners were thinking only of themselves (пленники думали только о себе самих). The goblins chained their hands (гоблины сковали их руки) behind their backs (за их спинами) and linked them all together in a line (и сцепили их всех вместе в одну цепочку) and dragged them to the far end of the cavern (и отволокли их в дальний конец пещеры) with little Bilbo tugging at the end of the row (и маленький Бильбо тащился в самом хвосте /шеренги/).
 
      excellent ['eks(q)lqnt] donkey ['dONkI] hungry ['hANgrI] prisoner ['prIz(q)nq]
 
       I am afraid that was the last they ever saw of those excellent little ponies, including a jolly sturdy little white fellow that Elrond had lent to Gandalf, since his horse was not suitable for the mountain-paths. For goblins eat horses
       and ponies and donkeys (and other much more dreadful things), and they are always hungry. Just now however the prisoners were thinking only of themselves. The goblins chained their hands behind their backs and linked them all together in a line and dragged them to the far end of the cavern with little Bilbo tugging at the end of the row.
 
      There in the shadows on a large flat stone (в тени, на большом плоском камне) sat a tremendous goblin (восседал гигантский гоблин) with a huge head (с огромной головой), and armed goblins (и вооруженные гоблины) were standing round him (стояли вокруг него) carrying the axes (вооруженные секирами:
      «несущие секиры») and the bent swords (и гнутыми мечами) that they use (которые они используют). Now goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted (ведь гоблины — жестокие, злобные и злосердечные).
      They make no beautiful things (они не создают никаких прекрасных вещей), but they make many clever ones (но они делают много ловких вещей). They can tunnel and mine (они могут прокладывать туннели и добывать руду) as well as any (не хуже любых /гномов/: «также хорошо, как и любые /гномы/»; any — в утвердительных предложениях — всякий, любой) but the most skilled dwarves (исключая лишь наиболее искусных гномов; but — за исключением, кроме), when they take the trouble (когда они постараются), though they are usually untidy and dirty (хотя, они обычно неопрятные и грязные). Hammers (молоты), axes (секиры), swords (мечи), daggers (кинжалы), pickaxes (киркомотыги), tongs (щипцы), and also instruments of torture (а также орудия пыток), they make very well (они делают очень хорошо), or get other people to make (или заставляют других людей делать их) to their design (по их чертежам), prisoners and slaves (узников и рабов) that have to work (которые вынуждены работать) till they die for want of air and light (до тех пор, пока они не умрут от нехватки воздуха и света). It is not unlikely (весьма возможно: «не невероятно») that they invented (что они изобрели) some of the machines (некоторые из машин) that have since troubled the world (которые с тех пор доставляли проблемы