Chapter seventeen

Notes:

1. He had urged a bloodthirsty mob to tear me to bits. – Он подстрекал кровожадную банду разорвать меня на куски

2. He was the sort of man who liked to contemplate atrocities he could never inflict himself – Он был такой человек, который любил пристально изучать зверства, которые никогда не мог совершить сам.

3. I gave him no time to screw himself up. – Я не дал ему времени собраться с духом.

4. I flung him back hard into his chair, knocking the wind out of him. – Я отшвырнул его на стул так, что у него перехватило дыхание.

5. quarry – преследуемый зверь, жертва

6. the heathland – вересковая пустошь

7. the enemy is routed – (воен.) враг разбит, обезврежен

8. Meet me down at the main pier, then, at the double, and I’ll gen you up. – Встречаемся у главного причала, да поживее, и я вас проинформирую.

1. Explain the following phrases:

1. The hysteria had drained out of Uncle George. He looked suddenly ill and old, now that his day was done.

2. Then I went over and started my car, turned my back firmly on what was doubtless my duty – the answering of interminable questions in Briton police station – and with a purring roar set off for the Cotswolds

3. I had set a better trap than I knew, pretending to be on the point of understanding what Joe might have said before he died.

2. Find in the text the English for the following Russian words and word combinations:

1. жадный и безжалостный человек – p.88

2. совершить жестокий поступок – p.89

3. застрелить – p.89

4. подслушать – p.89

5. сочувствие, сострадание – p.89

6. вас обвинят в подстрекательстве к убийству – p.89

7. швырнул (бросил) пистолет ему на колени – p.89

8. нажать на курок – p.90

9. преданность – p.90

10. я уже иду – p.90

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What was Uncle George’s reaction to Alan’s unexpected appearance? What was his first impulse?

2. Why did Alan take a step in the direction of Uncle George though the gun was pointed at his chest? What did he count on?

3. How did Alan make Uncle George commit suicide? What arguments did he use?

4. Why did Alan escape from the Marconi-car office before the arrival of the police?

5. Whom did Alan phone and why?

6. What made Alan go to the public library instead of going straight home?

7. What did Alan feel like in the library? Why such a reaction?

8. Why was a piece of brown paper with the words Chitsen Itsa so important?

4. Find in the text the following words and word combinations, translate them and use them while answering the questions:

hidden personality

an old-fashioned pistol

deadly

to point straight at my chest

to be tried and maybe hanged

for her sake

his true identity

to be overjoyed

emotions seemed slightly mixed

driven by irresistible curiosity

delayed reaction

the barrel of Uncle George’s gun

Class fourteen (Chapter 18)

Chapter eighteen

Notes:

1. Therearenoniggersleftinthewoodpile. – Больше нет подозрительных обстоятельств, скрытых причин.

2. He was a dead loss on the subject. – Он никогда не разбирался в этих вопросах.

1. Explain the following phrases:

1. What I had not managed to do for Kate by loving her, I had done by tearing her world apart.

2. The verdict of temporary insanity was merciful.

3. You wormed your way into out house and accepted everything we gave you.

4. ‘Things worked out well for the Penns, I think,’ said Lodge. ‘A quick end has its merits.’

5. Bill didn’t die for nothing.

2. Find in the text the English for the following Russian words and word combinations:

1. письма соболезнования – p.92

2. ненавижу тебя – p.92

3. застать ее врасплох – p.92

4. не могли объяснить – p.93

5. аккуратные списки – p.93

6. аккуратный почерк – p.93

7. один лист был озаглавлен – p.93

8. его незнание лошадей было неподдельным – p.94

9. может быть подкуплен – p.94

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What was the verdict of the inquest? Why was it merciful?

2. How did the inquest and the inquiry into the life of Uncle George affect Aunt Deb and Kate?

3. What did Kate tell Alan after the inquest? Whom did Kate blame for her misfortune?

4. Why did Alan think that he had lost Kate and would never see her again?

5. What happened to the taxi drivers? What were they to face?

6. What evidence was found in Uncle George’s house?

7. What had made Uncle George take to crime?

8. How did it happen that Uncle George was well informed about Alan’s activities?

9. Why did Alan think that there had been someone else in Uncle George’s confidence?

10. Why did Uncle George need an accomplice and a contact at the races?

4. Find in the text the following words and word combinations, translate them and use them while answering the questions:

to destroy my house

on the verge of adding

faint murmur (indistinguishable)

the drivers faced charges raging from intimidation to murder itself

a contact on the racecourse

Class fifteen(Chapter 19)