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squeeze [skwi: z] back door [bækˈdɔ: ] notice [ˈnǝʋtɪs]

“We guesses, precious, only guesses. We can’t know till we find the nassty creature and squeezes it. But it doesn’t know what the present can do, does it? It’ll just keep it in its pocketses. It doesn’t know, and it can’t go far. It’s lost itself, the nassty nosey thing. It doesn’t know the way out It said so. ”

“It said so, yes; but it’s tricksy. It doesn’t say what it means. It won’t say what it’s got in its pocketses. It knows. It knows a way in, it must know a way out, yes. It’s off to the back-door. To the back-door, that’s it. ”

“The goblinses will catch it then. It can’t get out that way, precious. ”

“Ssss, sss, gollum! Goblinses! Yes, but if it’s got the present, our precious present, then goblinses will get it, gollum! They’ll find it, they’ll find out what it does. We shan’t ever be safe again, never, gollum! One of the goblinses will put it on, and then no one will see him. He’ll be there but not seen. Not even our clever eyeses will notice him; and he’ll come creepsy and tricksy and catch us, gollum, gollum!”

“Then let’s stop talking, precious (тогда давай перестанем болтать, драгоценный), and make haste (и поторопимся). If the Baggins has gone that way (если Бэггинс отправился тем путем), we must go quick and see (мы должны пойти побыстрее и увидеть). Go (вперед)! Not far now (теперь уже недалеко). Make haste (поторопимся)!” With a spring Gollum got up (Голлум вскочил: «поднялся с прыжком») and started shambling off at a great pace (и потащился на большой скорости; to shamble — волочить ноги, тащиться, шаркать). Bilbo hurried after him (Бильбо поспешил за ним), still cautiously (все еще осторожно), though his chief fear now (хотя его главным страхом сейчас) was of tripping on another snag (было споткнуться о другой сучок/выступ) and falling with a noise (и с шумом упасть). His head was in a whirl of hope and wonder (его голова кружилась от надежды и изумления). It seemed that the ring he had was a magic ring (видимо, кольцо, которое было у него, было волшебным кольцом): it made you invisible (оно делало тебя невидимым)! He had heard of such things, of course (он раньше слышал о подобных вещах, конечно), in old old tales (в старых, старых сказках); but it was hard to believe (но было трудно поверить) that he really had found one (что он действительно нашел одно такое; to find), by accident (совершенно случайно). Still there it was (в тоже время, так оно и было): Gollum with his bright eyes had passed him by (Голлум, с его яркими глазами, прошел мимо него), only a yard to one side (только в ярде с одной стороны; yard — ярд, мера длины, равная 3 футам, т. е. ок. 91, 44 см). On they went (они продолжали двигаться), Gollum flip-flapping ahead (Голлум с равномерным хлопаньем впереди), hissing and cursing (шипя и проклиная); Bilbo behind going as softly as a hobbit can (Бильбо позади, ступая так мягко, как могут только хоббиты). Soon they came to place (вскоре они добрались до места) where, as Bilbo had noticed on the way down (где, как Бильбо заметил по пути вниз), side-passages opened (открывались боковые проходы) this way and that (в ту и другую сторону). Gollum began at once to count them (Голлум начал тут же считать их).

shambling [ˈʃæmblɪŋ] cautious [ˈkɔ: ʃǝs] invisible [ɪnˈvɪzǝb (ǝ) l]

“Then let’s stop talking, precious, and make haste. If the Baggins has gone that way, we must go quick and see. Go! Not far now. Make haste!” With a spring Gollum got up and started shambling off at a great pace. Bilbo hurried after him, still cautiously, though his chief fear now was of tripping on another snag and falling with a noise. His head was in a whirl of hope and wonder. It seemed that the ring he had was a magic ring: it made you invisible! He had heard of such things, of course, in old old tales; but it was hard to believe that he really had found one, by accident. Still there it was: Gollum with his bright eyes had passed him by, only a yard to one side. On they went, Gollum flip-flapping ahead, hissing and cursing; Bilbo behind going as softly as a hobbit can. Soon they came to place where, as Bilbo had noticed on the way down, side-passages opened, this way and that. Gollum began at once to count them.

“One left, yes (один налево, да). One right, yes (один направо, да). Two right, yes, yes (два справа, да, да). Two left, yes, yes (два слева, да, да). ” And so on and on (и так далее, и так далее).

As the count grew (когда счет увеличился: «вырос») he slowed down (он замедлил ход), and he began to get shaky and weepy (и он начал становиться неуверенным и плаксивым; shaky — шаткий, нетвердый, трясущийся; to shake — трясти (сь); to weep — плакать); for he was leaving the water further and further behind (так как он оставлял воду все дальше и дальше позади себя), and he was getting afraid (и он начинал бояться). Goblins might be about (гоблины могли быть где-то поблизости), and he had lost his ring (а он потерял свое кольцо). At last he stopped by a low opening (наконец он остановился у низкого отверстия), on their left as they went up (с левой стороны по ходу движения).

“Seven right, yes (семь справа, да). Six left, yes (шесть слева, да)!” he whispered (прошептал он). “This is it (это он) This is the way to the back-door, yes (это и есть путь к задней двери, да). Here’s the passage (здесь и есть проход)!”

He peered in (он заглянул внутрь), and shrank back (и отшатнулся; to shrink (shrank, shrunk) — уменьшаться, сокращаться; отскочить; отпрянуть, отшатнуться). “But we durstn’t go in, precious (но мы не отваживаемся войти внутрь, драгоценный; durst = уст. past от dare), no we durstn’t (нет, мы не отваживаемся). Goblinses down there (там гоблинсы). Lots of goblinses (кучи гоблинсов). We smells them (мы их чуем). Ssss (ссс)!”

“What shall we do (что же нам делать)? Curse them and crush them (черт их побери, чтобы им лопнуть: «прокляни их и раздави их»)! We must wait here, precious (мы должны подождать здесь, драгоценный), wait a bit and see (подождать чуточку и поглядеть). ”

So they came to a dead stop (итак, они остановились как вкопанные: «пришли к мертвой остановке»; dead — мертвый). Gollum had brought Bilbo to the way out after all (Голлум привел Бильбо к пути наружу, в конце концов), but Bilbo could not get in (но Бильбо не мог войти в /проход/)! There was Gollum sitting humped up right in the opening (там сидел Голлум, ссутулившись, прямо у отверстия), and his eyes gleamed cold in his head (и его глаза блестели холодным светом в его голове), as he swayed it from side to side (пока он качал ею из стороны в сторону) between his knees (между коленей).

shaky [ˈʃeɪkɪ] weepy [ˈwi: pɪ] durst [dǝ: st] knee [ni:]

“One left, yes. One right, yes. Two right, yes, yes. Two left, yes, yes. ” And so on and on.

As the count grew he slowed down, and he began to get shaky and weepy; for he was leaving the water further and further behind, and he was getting afraid. Goblins might be about, and he had lost his ring. At last he stopped by a low opening, on their left as they went up.

“Seven right, yes. Six left, yes!” he whispered. “This is it. This is the way to the back-door, yes. Here’s the passage!”

He peered in, and shrank back. “But we durstn’t go in, precious, no we durstn’t. Goblinses down there. Lots of goblinses. We smells them. Ssss!”

“What shall we do? Curse them and crush them! We must wait here, precious, wait a bit and see. ”

So they came to a dead stop. Gollum had brought Bilbo to the way out after all, but Bilbo could not get in! There was Gollum sitting humped up right in the opening, and his eyes gleamed cold in his head, as he swayed it from side to side between his knees.

Bilbo crept away from the wall (Бильбо отполз от стенки; to creep) more quietly than a mouse (тише, чем мышка); but Gollum stiffened at once (но Голлум тут же напрягся; to stiffen — придавать жесткость, укреплять; stiff — неподвижный, застывший), and sniffed (и шмыгнул носом), and his eyes went green (и его глаза позеленели). He hissed softly but menacingly (он зашипел мягко, но грозно; menace — угроза; to menace — грозить). He could not see the hobbit (он не мог видеть хоббита), but now he was on the alert (но теперь он был настороже), and he had other senses (и он обладал и другими чувствами) that the darkness had sharpened (которые обострила темнота): hearing and smell (слух и обоняние). He seemed to be crouched right down (он, казалось, практически припал к земле) with his flat hands splayed on the floor (его плоские лапищи неуклюже расположились на полу), and his head thrust out (голова выдвинута вперед), nose almost to the stone (нос, почти что у самых камней). Though he was only a black shadow (хотя тот был всего лишь черной тенью) in the gleam of his own eyes (в блеске его собственных глаз), Bilbo could see or feel (Бильбо мог видеть или чувствовать) that he was tense as a bowstring (что он напряжен, как тетива; bow — лук; string — веревка; тетива), gathered for a spring (собравшись для прыжка).