понедельник, 10 декабря 2012 г.

new for me from part one

by plunging them - погружая их
She refreshed the flowers by plunging them into the fountain's basin...

the artificial lake - искусственное озеро
What remained was the artificial lake and island with its two stone bridges supporting the drive way...

slightly ajar windows - слегка приоткрытые окна
The vase she was looking for was on an American cherry-wood table by the French windows which were slightly ajar.

 calamity - провал, бедствие
...the project would end in calamity, with Briony expecting too much...

discomfited - быть смущенным
That was a mistake, of course, and she was discomfited and had no ides how to put him right.

opaque - неопределенный, трудный для понимания
a half smile that too opaque for the detection of irony.

blackmail - шантаж
What strange power did he have over her. Blackmail? Threats?

prone to nightmares - страдать ночными кошмарами
When she was small and prone to nightmares - those terrible screams in the nights - Cecilia used to go to her rooms and wake her.

unfathomably stupid - непроходимый дурак
...to be married to a man so nearly handsome, so hugely rich, so  unfathomably stupid.

the hingle of the day - обычная рутина
Bathtime, teatime, bedtime -  the hingle of the day...

a sorrier look - печальное зрелище
Closer to,  the temple had a sorrier look...

retribution - возмездие
...retribution was indifferent and granted no special favours to children.

a tepid bath - тёплая ванна
For over an hour after returning from work he lay in a tepid bath...

Pathetic hope! - жалкая надежда

arrogance - заносчивость
Even his arrogance need not to be display.

resignation - смирение
More in resignation than irritation or panic, she returned to her room.

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