Английский язык с Л. Ф. Баумом. Волшебник Изумрудного Города | страница 81
clumsy ['klAmzI], almost ['O:lmqust], enable [I'neIbl], fear [fIq], spark [spQ:k], distance ['dIst(q)ns], flame [fleIm], snug [snAg], soundly ['saundlI]
His padded hands were so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket. But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up. So he kept a good distance away from the flames, and only came near to cover Dorothy with dry leaves when she lay down to sleep. These kept her very snug and warm, and she slept soundly until morning.
When it was daylight, the girl bathed her face in a little rippling brook (когда наступил день, девочка умыла свое лицо в маленьком журчащем ручье; daylight — дневной свет; рассвет, день; ripple — рябь /на воде/; журчание; to ripple — покрывать рябью; журчать), and soon after they all started toward the Emerald City (и вскоре после этого они все отправились в Изумрудный Город; toward — указывает на движение к определенному предмету: /по направлению/ к).
This was to be an eventful day for the travelers (день для путешественников должен был оказаться = выдался богатый на события; event — событие). They had hardly been walking an hour when they saw before them a great ditch that crossed the road (не прошагали они и часа, когда они увидели перед собой огромную канаву, которая пересекала дорогу; ditch — выемка, котлован; ров, канава; hardly — едва, насилу) and divided the forest as far as they could see on either side (и разделяла лес, насколько они могли видеть =