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Mark Twain

  • Lizozavrikhar citeretfor 2 år siden
    His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh
  • Эльмира Латыповаhar citeretsidste år
    THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
  • yra040700har citeretfor 2 år siden
    The old lady pulled her spectacles down

    Пожилая леди опустила очки на глаза

  • yra040700har citeretfor 2 år siden
    she could have seen through a pair of stove–lids just as well

    с таким же успехом она могла бы видеть сквозь пару крышек от плиты

  • yra040700har citeretfor 2 år siden
    I never did see the beat of that boy!

    Beat is used here in the competitive sense.
    Bill and John were in a race, Bill won, Bill beat John.

    "I never did see a boy who was more infuriating than Tom!"
    She means that Tom's always managed to outsmart her.

  • yra040700har citeretfor 2 år siden
    Hand me that switch.

    She wants a twig in order to spank Tom.

  • yra040700har citeretfor 2 år siden
    the peril was desperate

    the danger of being hit with the switch (the peril - опасность) was going to happen almost immediately and it would hurt (was desperate)

  • yra040700har citeretfor 2 år siden
    The lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board–fence, and disappeared over it.

    Парень тут же бросился бежать, вскарабкался на высокий дощатый забор и исчез за ним.

  • yra040700har citeretfor 2 år siden
    Hang the boy

    damn it

  • b4860528843har citeretfor 2 år siden
    Can't learn an old dog new tricks
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