Словарик по алфавиту с примерами (970 слов)

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Слово	Транскрипция	Перевод	Примеры
1878	ˌeɪˈti:n ˈsevnti eɪt	1878	It was 3rd December 1878 – nearly ten years ago.
1882	ˌeɪˈti:n ˈeɪti tu:	1882	The date was 4th May 1882. To my surprise, the advertisement asked for the address of Miss Mary Morstan.
1887	ˌeɪˈti:n ˈeɪti ˈsevn̩	1887	London, 17th November 1887
a little	ə ˈlɪtl̩	немного	I was feeling a little afraid. I wondered what kind of person we would meet at the Lyceum Theatre.
a short time ago	ə ʃɔ:t ˈtaɪm əˈɡəʊ	недавно; не так давно	I knew that something must be wrong. A short time ago, I went upstairs. I looked through the keyhole of the door of his room.
about	əˈbaʊt	везде; повсюду	Inspector Jones went quickly up the steps. We heard him moving about noisily in the room above.
accident	ˈæksɪdənt	авария; несчастный случай	One day, soon after I arrived, I had an accident and lost my leg.
act	ækt	действовать; поступать	He said that he had acted very wrongly. But that he had paid for his crime.
active	ˈæktɪv	энергичный; деятельный	Usually he was very busy and active. But this afternoon he did not seem very happy. That’s why I became a private detective. I love my work. It keeps my brain active.
add	æd	суммировать	He added the heights of the rooms together.
address	əˈdres	адрес	Our address was 221B Baker Street, in the centre of the city. The date was 4th May 1882. To my surprise, the advertisement asked for the address of Miss Mary Morstan. I promised that I would visit her the next day. Then I went to the address which Holmes had given me.
adventure	ədˈventʃə	приключение	I had many exciting adventures. First, I want to hear all about your adventures. Please sit down and tell me everything. ‘Doctor Watson,’ said Holmes, when Inspector Jones had taken Small away, ‘that is the end of our adventure.’
advertise	ˈædvətaɪz	извещать; помещать объявление	It said that if I advertised my address, I would receive some very good news. I advertised my address in the same newspaper. The next day, I received a small cardboard box.
advertise for	ˈædvətaɪz fɔ:	дать объявление о	They advertised for Captain Morstan in all the newspapers, but without success.
advertisement	ədˈvɜ:tɪsmənt	объявление	‘Four years after my father disappeared,’ continued Miss Morstan, ‘I saw an advertisement in the newspaper. To my surprise, the advertisement asked for the address of Miss Mary Morstan. We had discovered the truth about some things – the death of Captain Morstan, the sending of the pearls to Miss Morstan, the advertisement, the letter.
advice	ədˈvaɪs	совет	‘Mr Holmes, I’ve heard that you give people good advice. You are a clever man and can give me good advice.
Afghanistan	æfˌɡænɪˈstɑ:n	Афганистан	Then one day, in Afghanistan, I was shot in the shoulder.
afraid	əˈfreɪd	боящийся; испуганный	She did not seem afraid, but her beautiful face was very pale. I was feeling a little afraid. I held it carefully between my fingers. I felt afraid.
after some time	ˈɑ:ftə səm ˈtaɪm	спустя какое-то время	After some time, a face looked out from a window above. It was not a friendly face.
afternoon	ˌɑ:ftəˈnu:n	послеобеденное время до заката	One afternoon, I was reading a book and Holmes was standing by the window in our sitting-room. I went to bed and woke late in the afternoon. At three o’clock in the afternoon, I had a visitor.
agent	ˈeɪdʒənt	агент; доверенное лицо; исполнитель	I have many agents everywhere up and down the river. These agents are clever. ‘Who are these children, Holmes?’ I asked in astonishment. Holmes laughed. ‘These are my agents,’ he said.
ago	əˈɡəʊ	тому назад	‘It was 3rd December 1878 – nearly ten years ago.’ He retired from the army about eleven years ago. My three friends and I found the treasure many years ago.
agree	əˈɡri:	договариваться; соглашаться	I agreed with Holmes. I was sure that Thaddeus Sholto was not the murderer. We agreed that we would always work together. But in the end we had to agree. We gave one plan to Sholto and another to Morstan.
air	eə	воздух	The poisoned thorn had passed through the air between us.
alive	əˈlaɪv	живой	If his heart had been stronger, he would have been alive today. I was the last person to see my brother alive. He was the last person to see his brother alive.
all round	ɔ:l ˈraʊnd	со всех сторон; кругом	Toby smelled all round carefully. Suddenly, he began to bark excitedly.
almost	ˈɔ:lməʊst	почти	It was winter. The street outside was almost empty. Everyone was at home in front of their warm fires.
alone	əˈləʊn	один	Since my father disappeared, I have been alone in the world. My brother, Bartholomew, and I also knew that our father was afraid of something. He never went out alone. Tell me, was this wooden-legged man alone?
along	əˈlɒŋ	вдоль	The sky was beginning to get light now. Toby ran along the paths in the garden under the trees and bushes. Then he reached the garden wall and ran along beside it. Finally, he stopped at a place in the wall where the bricks were loose.
aloud	əˈlaʊd	вслух; громко	‘Miss Mary Morstan,’ he read aloud. ‘I don’t know anyone of that name. Please ask the lady to come in. Perhaps it is a new client.’
already	ɔ:lˈredi	уже	‘What, Holmes! Have you solved the mystery already?’ I asked in surprise. ‘You see,’ said Holmes, ‘already we begin to know many things about murderer Number One.
also	ˈɔ:lsəʊ	так же; кроме того	Only one – Major Sholto. He was also in charge of the prisoners in the Andaman Islands. But we know that someone wanted revenge. They also wanted the treasure. ‘I also went to Agra. I had three Indian friends who had fought for the British.
always	ˈɔ:lweɪz	всегда	They always know what is happening on the river. We agreed that we would always work together.
Andaman Islands	ændəmən ˈaɪləndz	Андаманские Острова	The cases contained some books and clothes, and some paintings and ornaments from the Andaman Islands.
angrily	anɡrəli	рассерженно; сердито	Inspector Jones turned to Holmes angrily. Suddenly, the man at the back of the Aurora stood up. He shouted at us angrily. ‘Where is the treasure, Small?’ shouted Jones angrily.
angry	ˈæŋɡri	сердитый; разгневанный; возмущенный	I was very angry with Thaddeus Sholto. He did not notice how much he had upset Miss Morstan. Morstan became very angry. They had a terrible argument. He did not look angry any more. He was not interested in anything.
animal	ˈænɪml̩	животное	There were cages everywhere I looked. All the cages contained different kinds of animals.
answer	ˈɑ:nsə	ответ; отвечать	‘I hope that we’ll find the answers to these questions tonight, Watson,’ said Holmes seriously. I looked round the room. I thought quickly. Then suddenly I knew the answer. ‘What does Mr Holmes want?’ asked the old man. ‘A dog called Toby,’ I answered.
apartment	əˈpɑ:tmənt	квартира	For many years, I shared an apartment in London with my friend, Sherlock Holmes. I enjoyed sharing an apartment with Holmes.
appear	əˈpɪə	появиться; показаться	We waited. Suddenly a small dark man appeared. Soon the river appeared in front of us. Toby ran faster and faster.
April	ˈeɪprəl	Апрель	I looked through the old copies of the newspaper and I discovered that Major Sholto died on 28th April 1882. ‘Four years later, on 28th April 1882, Sholto died. A few days later, on 4th May 1882, Captain Morstan’s daughter saw the advertisement in a newspaper.
argument	ˈɑ:ɡjumənt	спор	Morstan became very angry. They had a terrible argument. Father knew that Morstan’s heart was weak.
army	ˈɑ:mi	армия	I worked as a doctor in the British Army for several years. While I was in the army, I travelled to many strange and interesting places.
around	əˈraʊnd	вокруг	It was now nearly eleven o’clock. Pondicherry Lodge was a big house with a high wall around it.
arrange	əˈreɪndʒ	подготовить; договорить; устроить	‘I’ll arrange all this,’ said Jones. ‘Excellent,’ said Holmes. ‘Tonight the three of us – you and me and Doctor Watson – will be on the police launch.
arrest	əˈrest	арест; арестовывать; задерживать	I arrest you for the murder of your brother. And about the arrest of Thaddeus Sholto by Inspector Jones last night. We had not killed them but we were arrested for their murder.
arresting	əˈrestɪŋ	задержание; арестовывание	Inspector Jones had made a stupid mistake by arresting him.
arrive	əˈraɪv	прибывать; поступать; приезжать; достичь; приходить	I went to London and arrived at the hotel. Why do the presents arrive on that day? By eight o’clock, we had arrived opposite the boatyard where the Aurora was hidden.
as … as	əz … æz	так … как; такой же … как	‘Good,’ said Holmes. ‘We need a fast police launch – as fast as the Aurora. We could also see Mordecai Smith, the owner of the Aurora. He was working as hard as he could.
as soon as	əz su:n æz	как только	‘The police don’t want my help, Watson,’ said Holmes, as soon as the Inspector had gone. As soon as Holmes saw the pygmy, he took out his gun. I did the same. As soon as the Aurora touched the bank of the river, he jumped out.
as soon as possible	əz su:ːn əz ˈpɒsəbl̩	как можно быстрее	‘Watson, we must find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora as soon as possible,’ said Holmes.
ask	ɑ:sk	приглашать; просить; спрашивать; задавать (вопрос); просить	‘What’s the matter with you today, Holmes?’ I asked. He asked to see me and my brother, Bartholomew. Please ask the lady to come in. Perhaps it is a new client.
ask for	ɑ:sk fɔ:	запрашивать; просить; спрашивать	To my surprise, the advertisement asked for the address of Miss Mary Morstan. Morstan followed him and came at once to the house to ask for his share. Ask for Mr Sherman. He has an old dog called Toby.
ask for help	ɑ:sk fə help	просить помощи	Sometimes the police came to Holmes and asked for help in catching a criminal.
astonished	əˈstɒnɪʃt	удивленный	We entered – Holmes, Miss Morstan and myself – and were astonished. We all stood astonished. The great treasure of Agra was lost for ever. We were astonished by what we had found.
at all	ət ɔ:l	совсем; нисколько	I should have been very happy. But I did not feel happy at all. ‘I know where the Aurora is,’ Holmes replied. ‘It wasn’t on the river at all. The Aurora has been hidden in a boatyard near the river for two days.
at home	ət həʊm	дома	It was winter. The street outside was almost empty. Everyone was at home in front of their warm fires.
at last	ət lɑ:st	наконец	At last I got better, but I could not work in the army any more. At last we got closer to the Aurora. Inspector Jones turned on a light and shone it on the Aurora. The Agra Treasure has at last brought happiness to someone.
at once	ət wʌns	сейчас же; тотчас же; немедленно; сразу	I noticed at once that she looked worried and unhappy. ‘Go away at once,’ said the face. ‘If you don’t, I’ll let out fifty dogs upon you.’ The Aurora has been hidden in a boatyard near the river for two days. I knew the launch at once.
at that moment	ət ðət ˈməʊmənt	в этот момент; в то время	At that moment, there was a knock at the door. Our housekeeper came into the room. At that moment, the door opened and Holmes came into the room. He was smiling. At that moment, the pygmy put a short piece of wood to his lips.
at the back of	ət ðə ˈbæk ɒv	в дальней/задней части; сзади	In the lamplight we could see some men on board the Aurora. One man was sitting at the back of the launch. Beside him was a strange dark shape. Suddenly, the man at the back of the Aurora stood up. He shouted at us angrily. He was a big strong man.
at the end of	ət ði end ɒv	в конце	At the end of the passage was a door. Thaddeus Sholto pointed to this door.
backwards	ˈbækwədz	назад	We fired our guns together. The pygmy fell backwards into the water with a terrible cry.
backwards and forwards	ˈbækwədz ənd ˈfɔ:wədz	взад и вперед	Toby stopped. He ran backwards and forwards trying to find the smell.
bag	bæɡ	сумка	In the cab, Miss Morstan took a piece of paper out of her bag. Holmes put his hand in his pocket and took out a small bag made of dried grass.
baker	ˈbeɪkə	пекарь; булочник	That is why I was living in London with Sherlock Holmes. I had known my friend for many years. Our address was 221B Baker Street, in the centre of the city.
bald	bɔ:ld	лысый	In the centre of the room stood a strange little man with a bald head.
bald-headed	ˈbɔ:ldˈhedɪd	лысый	‘My name,’ said the bald-headed man, ‘is Thaddeus Sholto. You are Miss Morstan, of course. And these two gentlemen …?’
bank	bæŋk	берег	Several small boats were near the jetty on the bank of the river. Holmes looked at these boats. The wooden-legged man turned the Aurora towards the bank of the river. The man had landed in the soft, wet mud of the river bank.
bar	bɑ:	лом	Miss Morstan left the room and came back with a heavy metal bar. I took the bar and put it under the lid of the chest.
bare	beə	обнаженный; голый	They showed very clearly in the thick dust. They were the prints of bare feet.
bark	bɑ:k	лаять	Toby smelled all round carefully. Suddenly, he began to bark excitedly.
barrel	ˈbærəl	бочка	There was a large barrel full of the water under the end of the drain-pipe. ‘He climbed down that drain-pipe and onto the barrel beneath,’ said Holmes. Holmes took Toby’s lead and pulled the dog to the bottom of the water barrel.
bath	bɑ:θ	ванна	When I had had a bath and changed my clothes, I came downstairs to breakfast.
be able to	bi ˈeɪbl̩ tu:	быть в состоянии; мочь	I hoped that we would be able to help her. But would we be able to find the murderers? When the fighting was finished, we would be able to take the treasure away with us.
be afraid	bi əˈfreɪd	бояться	If you are afraid, bring two friends. ‘Did he tell you why he was afraid?’ asked Holmes. Also, we were afraid that someone else might find the treasure.
be astonished	bi əˈstɒnɪʃt	удивляться; изумляться	We entered – Holmes, Miss Morstan and myself – and were astonished. The room in which we were standing was full of Indian paintings and ornaments. I was astonished. Inspector Jones had changed completely.
be away	bi əˈweɪ	отсутствовать	So, while my father was away, I was sent to school. While you were away, Watson,’ he said, ‘I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again.
be back	bi ˈbæk	вернуться	‘I’m going out now,’ said Holmes. ‘I’ll be back in about an hour.’
be careful	bi ˈkeəfʊl	будь осторожен	‘It is a thorn,’ said Holmes. ‘You can take it out. But be careful. It is poisoned.’
be in trouble	bi (wər) ɪn ˈtrʌbl̩	быть в беде; попасть в беду	When people were in trouble or needed help, they came to Holmes.
be late	bi leɪt	опаздывать; пропадать; теряться; заблудиться	It will take us to Pondicherry Lodge. We must not be late. Their ship was waiting for them out at sea and they must not be late. But I was too late to have revenge on Sholto. Sholto was dying.
be lost	bi lɒst	пропадать; теряться, заблудиться	We passed through so many streets that I was very soon lost. I had no idea where we were going. The Treasure is Lost
be missing	bi ˈmɪsɪŋ	отсутствовать; пропадать	A man has been murdered and jewels worth a million pounds are missing. Then I noticed that his right leg was missing.
be quick	bi kwɪk	спешить; торопиться	‘We must be quick, Watson,’ said Holmes. ‘I want you to do two things.
be right	bi raɪt	быть правым	‘I was wrong before and you were right,’ said Jones sadly.
be right	bi raɪt	быть правым	‘I was wrong before and you were right,’ said Jones sadly.
be sorry	bi ˈsɒri	сожалеть	I am not sorry about the deaths of Sholto and his son. I’m not sorry about anything.
be worth	bi wɜ:θ	стоить; расцениваться	The jewels in this treasure were worth more than a million pounds.
be wrong	bi rɒŋ	ошибаться	When I knocked on the door he would not answer me,’ she said. ‘I knew that something must be wrong. ‘I was wrong before and you were right,’ said Jones sadly.
be\am\is\are (was\were; been)	bi\æm\ɪz\ɑ: (wəz\wɜ:, bi:n)	быть	‘Well,’ said Holmes. ‘I have just been to the offices of The Times newspaper. I could see that he had been dead for many hours. The dead man’s body was twisted with pain. There was a horrible smile on his face. Two days ago, he had been very rude to Holmes. He had not wanted his help. Now he was very quiet and polite.
beard	bɪəd	борода	It was wild and had a black beard and cruel eyes. I saw an old man with grey hair and a beard, holding a candle in his hand. He was about fifty years old. He had black, curly hair and a black beard.
beating	ˈbi:tɪŋ	биение	I listened to his heart beating. But I could hear nothing wrong with it.
beautiful	ˈbju:təfl̩	красивый; прекрасный	She opened a flat box and showed us six beautiful pearls. Inside the treasure chest were hundreds of beautiful jewels – diamonds, rubies, sapphires and many others. We had never seen so many beautiful jewels.
because	bɪˈkɒz	потому что; оттого что; так как	‘Because now I can ask you to marry me,’ I replied, holding her hand. ‘Because I love you, Mary.
because of	bɪˈkɒz ɒv	из-за	It brought death to Captain Morstan. It brought fear and guilt to Major Sholto. Bartholomew Sholto was murdered because of it.
become (became; become)	bɪˈkʌm (bɪˈkeɪm; bɪˈkʌm)	стать; становиться	I did not want her to become a rich woman. I cannot live without interesting problems and mysteries. That’s why I became a private detective. He slowly got better. He became my friend. His name was Tonga.
become (became; become) angry	bɪˈkʌm (bɪˈkeɪm; bɪˈkʌm) ˈæŋɡri	рассердиться	He did not want to give any of it to Morstan. He wanted to keep it all for himself. Morstan became very angry.
become (became; become) ill	bɪˈkʌm (bɪˈkeɪm; bɪˈkʌm) ɪl	заболеть	This letter upset him very much. He became ill.
begin (began; begun)	bɪˈɡɪn (bɪˈɡæn; bɪˈɡʌn)	начать	Don’t touch them, Watson. They are poisoned. But come. Where’s Toby? We must begin. My father,’ she began, ‘was a captain in the army. I showed them the empty treasure chest. Small began to laugh.
believe	bɪˈli:v	верить	But he was afraid that people would believe that he had killed Morstan. ‘I didn’t do it!’ Thaddeus cried. ‘Please, Mr Holmes, believe me!’ But Sholto said that he did not believe us.
belong	bɪˈlɒŋ	принадлежать	We have found the treasure. But half of it belongs to you. It is on the river somewhere and belongs to Mordecai Smith. ‘The Agra Treasure belongs to the Sign of Four,’ said Small quietly.
below	bɪˈləʊ	внизу; ниже	Last night, I helped Bartholomew to lower the chest down into the room below. His friend, Number Two, the wooden-legged man, must have been waiting below. The drain-pipe ran all the way down from the roof to the garden below.
belt	belt	ремень	The Indian was wearing a bright yellow turban on his head. He had white clothes and a yellow belt.
bend (bent; bent) down	bend (bent; bent) daʊn	наклониться	Then he bent down and looked through the keyhole. I bent down and put my eye to the keyhole. I felt very sick and afraid.
beneath	bɪˈni:θ	под; внизу	A set of steps was standing beneath the hole. On the floor by the set of steps was a rope. ‘He climbed down that drain-pipe and onto the barrel beneath,’ said Holmes.
beside	bɪˈsaɪd	около; подле; рядом	There was a piece of paper on the bed beside my father’s body. We opened the chest with a key which we found beside it. There was a small house beside the jetty. A notice was hanging from one of the windows.
between	bɪˈtwi:n	между	I took the thorn between my finger and thumb. The poisoned thorn had passed through the air between us. We would share the treasure between us.
black	blæk	темный; черный	Everything was black and silent. There was no light except the moonlight.
blonde	blɒnd	белокурый	She was young and not very tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
boat	bəʊt	лодка	On it was written in large letters: MORDECAl SMITH: Boats and steam launch for hire. The Aurora is the fastest boat on the river,’ answered Mrs Smith. One dark night, we put lots of food into the boat and we sailed together from the Andaman Islands.
boatyard	ˈboˌtjɑ:d	шлюпочная мастерская; верфь	The Aurora has been hidden in a boatyard near the river for two days. By eight o’clock, we had arrived opposite the boatyard where the Aurora was hidden. Suddenly a launch came out of the boatyard.
body	ˈbɒdi	тело	He decided to say nothing. He hid the body and he also hid the Great Agra Treasure. Bartholomew Sholto was dead. He was sitting in a chair by a table. His body was stiff and cold. His body still lies somewhere at the bottom of the River Thames.
book	bʊk	книга	One afternoon, I was reading a book and Holmes was standing by the window in our sitting-room. When Holmes had gone I sat down by the window and tried to read a book. That day, the time passed very slowly. I picked up a book but was unable to read it.
boring	ˈbɔ:rɪŋ	скучный	But when there are no crimes and no mysteries to solve – ah, then life becomes very boring for me.
both	bəʊθ	оба	‘I’m very pleased to meet you both,’ said the young lady. We both went to the window and looked down. Both Holmes and I had guns in our pockets.
bottle	ˈbɒtl̩	бутылка	There were some bottles and tubes in one corner of the room.
bottom	ˈbɒtəm	дно; низ; нижняя часть	Somebody has made a mark to show a certain place in the building. But what are these names at the bottom? Holmes took Toby’s lead and pulled the dog to the bottom of the water barrel. No one else will have it. I threw it all to the bottom of the river.
box	bɒks	коробка	Inside the box was a lovely pearl. And I have received another five pearls since that day. She opened a flat box and showed us six beautiful pearls. We carried the heavy box onto the police launch.
brain	breɪn	мозг	That’s why I became a private detective. I love my work. It keeps my brain active.
brave	breɪv	храбрый; смелый	‘How brave you are,’ she said. ‘I didn’t know that you were in such terrible danger.’ The people there are pygmies. They are very small, but they are very brave.
break (broke; broken)	breɪk (brəʊk; ˈbrəʊkən)	ломаться; разбиваться	We threw ourselves at the door and it broke with a sudden crack. A glass tube had broken and a dark liquid had spilt onto the floor.
break (broke; broken) down	breɪk (brəʊk, ˈbrəʊkən) daʊn	вышибить	‘We must break down the door,’ he replied.
breakfast	ˈbrekfəst	завтрак	But you look tired, Watson. Let’s go home and have breakfast. When I had had a bath and changed my clothes, I came downstairs to breakfast.
brick	brɪk	кирпич	Finally, he stopped at a place in the wall where the bricks were loose.
bright	braɪt	яркий; блестящий	The Indian was wearing a bright yellow turban on his head. The bright moonlight was shining into the room. His face was red and his eyes were small and bright.
brightly	ˈbraɪtli	ярко	The night was cold, and the moon was shining brightly. They shone so brightly that they hurt our eyes. She was wearing a pretty, white dress and her hair was shining brightly in the lamplight.
brightly-coloured	ˈbraɪtli ˈkʌləd	яркий; ярко окрашенный	It was very strange to see such brightly coloured clothes in this quiet street in London.
bring (brought; brought)	brɪŋ (ˈbrɔ:t; ˈbrɔ:t)	доставить; привозить; приводить; приносить	Stand outside the entrance, on the left. If you are afraid, bring two friends. Do not bring the police. The Agra Treasure has at last brought happiness to someone. I want you to bring Toby here. Meet me here in two hours’ time.
bring (brought; brought) in	brɪŋ (ˈbrɔ:t, ˈbrɔ:t) ɪn	приводить	As he spoke, we heard a man’s voice. It came from one of the rooms inside the house. ‘Bring them in to me,’ the voice called. ‘Bring them straight in to me.’
British	ˈbrɪtɪʃ	британец; британский	Then there was terrible fighting between the Indians and the British. The British all hid in an old fortress at Agra. Two British soldiers were killed in a fight.
British Army	ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈɑ:mi	Британская Армия	My name is Doctor Watson. I worked as a doctor in the British Army for several years. ‘I went to India as a soldier in the British Army,’ said Small.
brother	ˈbrʌðə	брат	My brother, Bartholomew, and I also knew that our father was afraid of something. My brother, Bartholomew, and I searched for the treasure for six years. Yesterday, we found it. They discovered the treasure together. He was the last person to see his brother alive.
building	ˈbɪldɪŋ	здание	‘It looks like the plan of a large building,’ I said. ‘Somebody has made a mark to show a certain place in the building.
burst (burst; burst) into tears	bɜ:st (bɜ:st; bɜ:st) ˈɪntə ˈtɪəz	расплакаться; разрыдаться	‘Oh, sir. My husband has gone in the Aurora,’ Mrs Smith replied and burst into tears.
bush	bʊʃ	куст	Toby ran along the paths in the garden under the trees and bushes.
busy	ˈbɪzi	занятый	One afternoon, I was reading a book and Holmes was standing by the window in our sitting-room. Usually he was very busy and active.
buy (bought; bought)	baɪ (ˈbɔ:t; ˈbɔ:t)	купить	He bought a house in North London. He called the house Pondicherry Lodge.
cab	kæb	наемный экипаж	We got into a cab and were soon on our way to the Lyceum Theatre. He led us quickly across the street to another cab and opened the door. I found a cab and drove to Miss Morstan’s house.
cage	keɪdʒ	клетка	There were cages everywhere I looked. All the cages contained different kinds of animals.
call	kɔ:l	звать; окликать; называть	He called the house Pondicherry Lodge. When Father was in India with Captain Morstan, they found a great treasure. It was called the Great Agra Treasure. We will call them Number One and Number Two.
called	kɔ:ld	именуемый; называемый; под именем; под названием	Then he told us that Captain Morstan had a daughter called Mary. He has an old dog called Toby. ‘You must find a steam launch called the Aurora,’ he said.
calm	kɑ:m	спокойный	I was feeling nervous and Miss Morstan’s face looked white. Sherlock Holmes was calm.
candle	ˈkændl̩	свеча	I saw an old man with grey hair and a beard, holding a candle in his hand.
candlelight	ˈkændl laɪt	свет горящей свечи	All the cages contained different kinds of animals. I could see their eyes shining in the candlelight.
captain	ˈkæptɪn	капитан	‘My father,’ she began, ‘was a captain in the army. A few days later, on 4th May 1882, Captain Morstan’s daughter saw the advertisement in a newspaper. It brought death to Captain Morstan.
card	kɑ:d	карточка	She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray. Holmes picked up the card.
cardboard box	ˈkɑ:dbɔ:d bɒks	картонная коробка	The next day, I received a small cardboard box. Inside the box was a lovely pearl.
care	keə	беспокоиться; заботиться	Sherlock Holmes did not care if his clients were rich or poor. Jonathan Small did not speak. He did not care what Jones said.
carefully	ˈkeəfəli	внимательно; осторожно; аккуратно; тщательно	He took the letter and studied it carefully. He carried the lamp to the window and examined the window-sill carefully. Tonga and I waited six years. We watched Pondicherry Lodge and Bartholomew Sholto carefully.
carpet	ˈkɑ:pɪt	ковер	The carpet was soft and very thick.
carry	ˈkæri	нести	She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray. He carried the lamp to the window and examined the window-sill carefully. We carried the heavy box onto the police launch.
case	keɪs	чемодан; сумка	The cases contained some books and clothes, and some paintings and ornaments from the Andaman Islands.
catch (caught; caught)	kætʃ (ˈkɔ:t; ˈkɔ:t)	ловить	He helped to solve crimes and catch criminals. Inspector Jones thinks he has solved the crime and caught the murderer. I told her about the chase on the river, the death of the pygmy and how we had caught Jonathan Small.
catching	ˈkætʃɪŋ	ловля; поимка	Sometimes the police came to Holmes and asked for help in catching a criminal.
ceiling	ˈsi:lɪŋ	потолок	My brother made a hole in the ceiling of the room on the top floor. In the ceiling of the room was a hole. I see a hole in the ceiling. I must have a look.
centre	ˈsentə	центр	Our address was 221B Baker Street, in the centre of the city. In the centre of the room stood a strange little man with a bald head.
certain	ˈsɜ:tn̩	точный	Somebody has made a mark to show a certain place in the building.
certainly	ˈsɜ:tnli	безусловно; вне всякого сомнения	‘Now then,’ said Holmes. ‘What do you think about this thorn? Is it an English thorn?’ ‘No,’ I said. ‘It certainly is not.’
chair	tʃeə	стул; кресло	His eyes shone and he leant forward in his chair. Bartholomew Sholto was dead. He was sitting in a chair by a table. He saw Bartholomew Sholto sitting on the chair below him.
change	tʃeɪndʒ	изменяться; меняться; сменить	Suddenly, the colour of Morstan’s face changed. I was astonished. Inspector Jones had changed completely. We were planning to go to America. But now everything has changed.
change clothes	tʃeɪndʒ kləʊðz	переодеться	When I had had a bath and changed my clothes, I came downstairs to breakfast.
chapter	ˈtʃæptə	глава	Chapter 1 – A Visitor for Sherlock Holmes
chase	tʃeɪs	погоня	The chase became more and more exciting. We tied the Aurora to our launch. The chase was over. I told her about the chase on the river, the death of the pygmy and how we had caught Jonathan Small.
cheerful	ˈtʃɪəfəl	веселый; жизнерадостный; бодрый	Their hair was untidy and their faces had not been washed for a very long time. But they seemed happy and cheerful.
chemistry	ˈkemɪstri	химия	There were some bottles and tubes in one corner of the room. Bartholomew Sholto must have been interested in chemistry.
chest	tʃest	сундук; ящик	Inside this little room, the treasure chest was standing. Last night, I helped Bartholomew to lower the chest down into the room below. We opened the chest with a key which we found beside it.
child (children)	tʃaɪld (ˈtʃɪldrən)	ребенок (дети)	‘Holmes!’ I whispered. ‘A child has done this terrible thing.’ A child was crying somewhere inside the house. A few minutes later, twelve children ran into the room.
circle	ˈsɜ:kl̩	круг	I looked at the marks. Some were footprints, but some were in the shape of small circles.
city	ˈsɪti	город	Our address was 221B Baker Street, in the centre of the city.
claim	kleɪm	заявить права; требовать принадлежащее по праву	We must go there immediately so that Miss Morstan can see the treasure and claim her share.
clean	kli:n	чистить; убирать; чистый; опрятный	Her clothes were not fashionable, but they were clean and tidy. The women were opening the windows and cleaning their houses.
clear	klɪə	ясный; понятный	We had discovered the truth about some things – the death of Captain Morstan, the sending of the pearls to Miss Morstan, the advertisement, the letter. All these things were clear.
clearly	ˈklɪəli	четко; ясно	The bright moonlight was shining into the room. I could clearly see a face. They showed very clearly in the thick dust. I saw a clearly marked small footprint.
clever	ˈklevə	умный	I enjoyed sharing an apartment with Holmes. My friend was a very clever man. ‘My brother, Bartholomew, is a very clever man,’ he said. I knew that he was a clever detective.
client	ˈklaɪənt	клиент	Sherlock Holmes did not care if his clients were rich or poor. He enjoyed solving their interesting problems. ‘Miss Mary Morstan,’ he read aloud. ‘I don’t know anyone of that name. Please ask the lady to come in. Perhaps it is a new client.’
climb	klaɪm	забираться; подниматься	We climbed up the stairs. There was a passage at the top of the stairs. He is very strong and can climb great heights easily. A man with a wooden leg would not be able to climb here by himself.
climb down	klaɪm daʊn	спускаться	The murderers then lowered the treasure chest to the ground with the rope. Number Two climbed down the rope. I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again. ‘He climbed down that drain-pipe and onto the barrel beneath,’ said Holmes.
climb over	klaɪm ˈəʊvə	перелезать	Holmes picked up the dog and climbed over the wall. I followed. Toby soon found the trail again.
climb up	klaɪm ʌp	залезать; влезать	Number Two climbed up the rope with the help of Number One. I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again. It is easy to climb up and down here. Look. Do you see this mark?
cloak	kləʊk	плащ	She was wearing a dark cloak and hat.
close	kləʊz	закрывать	The man closed the door and jumped up onto the driver’s seat of the cab. She went inside her house and closed the door. Many times I closed my eyes.
closer	ˈkləʊsə	ближе	At last we got closer to the Aurora. Inspector Jones turned on a light and shone it on the Aurora.
clothes	kləʊðz	одежда	Her clothes were not fashionable, but they were clean and tidy. He had white clothes and a yellow belt. Their clothes were dirty and ragged.
coast	kəʊst	побережье; морской берег	‘A small group of islands near the coast of India,’ said Miss Morstan.
coat	ˈkəʊt	пиджак; пальто	Thaddeus Sholto put on his coat. ‘Come,’ he said. ‘I have a cab waiting outside.
coffee	ˈkɒfi	кофе	Holmes was drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.
cold	kəʊld	холод; холодная погода; холодный	My body felt cold with fear. The night was cold, and the moon was shining brightly. His body was stiff and cold.
colour	ˈkʌlə	цвет	Suddenly, the colour of Morstan’s face changed.
come (came; come)	kʌm (keɪm; kʌm)	идем; идти; пойти; подходить; прийти; приходить; раздаваться (о звуке)	When people were in trouble or needed help, they came to Holmes. ‘Come and stand at the window, Watson,’ Holmes said. Suddenly we heard a noise coming from inside that great black house.
come (came; come) back	kʌm (keɪm; kʌm) ˈbæk	возвращаться; вернуться	I retired from the army and came back to England. The old man came back after a few minutes. But my husband went with a wooden-legged man in the Aurora yesterday morning and hasn’t come back!
come (came; come) down	kʌm (keɪm, kʌm) daʊn	спускаться	We heard him moving about noisily in the room above. Then he came down again. He was hot and dusty.
come (came; come) in	kʌm (keɪm; kʌm) ɪn	войти; входите; входить	Someone has come in by the window. The pygmy came in through the roof and saw him.
come (came; come) into	kʌm (keɪm, kʌm) ˈɪntə	входить	Our housekeeper came into the room. She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray. Two people came into this room. We will call them Number One and Number Two. At that moment, the door opened and Holmes came into the room. He was smiling.
come (came; come) out	kʌm (keɪm, kʌm) aʊt	выходить	Suddenly a launch came out of the boatyard. It was black with two red stripes. It was moving very quickly.
come (came; come) over	kʌm (keɪm, kʌm) ˈəʊvə	овладеть; охватывать	At that moment a terrible change came over our father’s face.
completely	kəmˈpliːtli	полностью	I was astonished. Inspector Jones had changed completely.
contain	kənˈteɪn	содержать в себе	The cases contained some books and clothes, and some paintings and ornaments from the Andaman Islands. All the cages contained different kinds of animals. We were sure that it contained the Agra Treasure.
continue	kənˈtɪnju:	продолжать	‘Four years after my father disappeared,’ continued Miss Morstan, ‘I saw an advertisement in the newspaper. ‘Nothing at all,’ replied Miss Morstan. Then she continued. ‘But the strangest thing of all happened this morning. As we sat in the cab, Thaddeus Sholto continued to talk.
copy	ˈkɒpi	копия; экземпляр	I looked through the old copies of the newspaper and I discovered that Major Sholto died on 28th April 1882.
corner	ˈkɔ:nə	угол	There were some bottles and tubes in one corner of the room.
covered	ˈkʌvəd	покрытый	By the light of the lamp, I saw that the floor was covered with many footprints. The handkerchief was covered with creosote.
crack	kræk	треск	We threw ourselves at the door and it broke with a sudden crack.
creosote	ˈkrɪəsəʊt	креозот	‘It is similar to tar,’ Holmes answered. ‘It is creosote.’ Especially the smell of creosote. That’s his favourite.
crime	kraɪm	преступление	He helped to solve crimes and catch criminals. But that he had paid for his crime. Inspector Jones thinks he has solved the crime and caught the murderer.
criminal	ˈkrɪmɪnl̩	преступник	He helped to solve crimes and catch criminals. Sometimes the police came to Holmes and asked for help in catching a criminal. No. I don’t want these criminals to know that anyone is looking for them.
cruel	krʊəl	ужасный; лютый; жестокий	It was wild and had a black beard and cruel eyes. But the pygmy’s head was large. His face was hard and cruel.
cry	kraɪ	крик; вопль; возглас	We had forgotten about Thaddeus Sholto. He was still standing in the doorway. Suddenly he gave a cry. Holmes gave a loud cry of joy.
cry (cried)	kraɪ (kraɪd)	восклицать; плакать; вскричать; кричать	Miss Morstan began to cry. ‘A doctor!’ cried Thaddeus Sholto excitedly. ‘Oh, please could you listen to my heart? A child was crying somewhere inside the house.
cry (cried) out	kraɪ (kraɪd) ˈaʊt	вскрикнуть; вопить	He pointed at the window and cried out in a voice full of fear, “Keep him out! Keep him out!”
crying	ˈkraɪɪŋ	плач	It was the sound of a woman crying.
cup	kʌp	кубок; чашка	‘I have had great success, Watson,’ he said, as I gave him a cup of tea. ‘On the table, beside our father’s bed, was a gold cup,’ Sholto answered. Our father had told us that this cup was part of the Agra Treasure.
cup of tea	kʌp əv ti:	чашка чая	‘I have had great success, Watson,’ he said, as I gave him a cup of tea.
curly	ˈkɜ:li	курчавый	He was about fifty years old. He had black, curly hair and a black beard.
danger	ˈdeɪndʒə	опасность	‘How brave you are,’ she said. ‘I didn’t know that you were in such terrible danger.’
dangerous	ˈdeɪndʒərəs	опасный	He is also extremely dangerous. He kills people by shooting them with poisoned thorns. I wondered what would happen when we found them. I knew that they were dangerous.
dark	dɑ:k	мрачный; темный; смуглый; темно	She was wearing a dark cloak and hat. Suddenly a small dark man appeared. But it was very dark – it was three o’clock in the morning. I could not be sure.
date	deɪt	день; число	‘What was the date that your father disappeared?’ he asked. I saw an advertisement in the newspaper. The date was 4th May 1882.
daughter	ˈdɔ:tə	дочь	A few days later, on 4th May 1882, Captain Morstan’s daughter saw the advertisement in a newspaper. Then he told us that Captain Morstan had a daughter called Mary.
dead	ded	мертвый	My mother was dead and I had no other relatives in England. The dead man’s body was twisted with pain. ‘What about the poisoned thorn in the dead man’s skin?’ asked Holmes.
dear	dɪə	дорогой; любимый	I was very happy and excited about seeing my dear father again. I never saw my dear father again. Tonight I have lost the Agra Treasure and you have killed my dear friend, Tonga.
death	deθ	смерть	They must have something to do with Sholto’s death. Holmes was smiling, but I felt cold and sick. We had escaped a horrible death. It has never brought happiness to anyone. It brought death to Captain Morstan.
deceive	dɪˈsi:v	обмануть; ввести в заблуждение	You have been deceived, but you will learn the truth tonight.
December	dɪˈsembə	Декабрь	‘It was 3rd December 1878 – nearly ten years ago.’
decide	dɪˈsaɪd	решить	But he was afraid that people would believe that he had killed Morstan. He decided to say nothing. The four of us decided not to say anything about what we had found. And from that day, I decided to have revenge on Sholto.
deck	dek	палуба	On the deck of the Aurora there was a big, heavy chest.
decorate	ˈdekəreɪt	украшать; декорировать	‘On the table, beside our father’s bed, was a gold cup,’ Sholto answered. ‘It was decorated with six pearls.
deep	di:p	глубокий	Then one day, in Afghanistan, I was shot in the shoulder. My wound was deep and took many months to heal.
detective	dɪˈtektɪv	детектив; сыщик	I knew that he was a clever detective. But perhaps this time he would not be able to catch the murderers.
devil	ˈdevl̩	дьявол	‘My God!’ he cried. ‘It’s the work of the Devil!’
diamond	ˈdaɪəmənd	бриллиант; алмаз	Inside the treasure chest were hundreds of beautiful jewels – diamonds, rubies, sapphires and many others.
die	daɪ	умереть	I nearly died from pain and fever. Our father had died before he told us where it was hidden. Sholto has proved that he was at a friend’s house when his brother died.
different	ˈdɪfrənt	различный	All the cages contained different kinds of animals.
difficult	ˈdɪfɪkəlt	сложный; трудный; затруднительный; сложно; трудно	He ran so quickly that it was difficult to follow him. You have made things very difficult for us.
difficulty	ˈdɪfɪkəlti	трудность; затруднение	The police launch was very fast. We passed all the other boats on the river without difficulty.
dirty	ˈdɜ:ti	грязный	It was a very poor street and the houses were old and dirty. I saw a dirty hand print on the stone. Their clothes were dirty and ragged.
disappear	ˌdɪsəˈpɪə	исчезать; пропадать	‘What was the date that your father disappeared?’ he asked. Since my father disappeared, I have been alone in the world. They have searched the whole river. The Aurora has disappeared.
disappearance	ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns	исчезновение	Soon the news of Morstan’s disappearance spread through London.
disappointed	ˌdɪsəˈpoɪntɪd	разочарованный	I am very surprised and disappointed. My agents say that they cannot find the Aurora. I told her that we had not found the treasure yet. But she did not look disappointed.
discover	dɪˈskʌvə	обнаружить; узнать	No, no. But I have discovered something very interesting. We had discovered the truth about some things – the death of Captain Morstan, the sending of the pearls to Miss Morstan, the advertisement, the letter. I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again.
discovery	dɪˈskʌvəri	открытие	‘Perhaps I am very stupid, Holmes, but I don’t see why this discovery is interesting.’
do\does (did; done)	dʊ\dʌz (dɪd; dʌn)	делать	‘Holmes!’ I whispered. ‘A child has done this terrible thing.’ He was thinking about what Sholto had done.
door	dɔ:	дверь	At that moment, there was a knock at the door. ‘That’s the door of my brother’s room,’ he whispered. She went inside her house and closed the door.
doorway	ˈdɔ:weɪ	дверной проём	We had forgotten about Thaddeus Sholto. He was still standing in the doorway. Suddenly he gave a cry.
downstairs	ˌdaʊnˈsteəz	нижний этаж; вниз	We left the two women – Miss Morstan and the housekeeper – downstairs. Thaddeus Sholto turned away. We heard him going downstairs. I went downstairs. Holmes was reading a book.
drain-pipe	ˈdreɪnpaɪp	дренажная труба	Holmes pointed at a drain-pipe which went down from the roof of the house. I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again. He used that drain-pipe. ‘He climbed down that drain-pipe and onto the barrel beneath,’ said Holmes.
drawer	drɔ:	выдвижной ящик	I noticed that Holmes took his gun from his drawer and put it into his pocket.
drawing	ˈdrɔ:ɪŋ	чертеж; рисунок	I took the note and studied it carefully. The paper was thin and old. There was a drawing on the paper.
dress	dres	платье	She was wearing a pretty, white dress and her hair was shining brightly in the lamplight.
dressed	drest	одетый	To my surprise Sherlock Holmes was standing by my bed. He was dressed and ready to go out.
dried grass	draɪd ɡrɑ:s	сухая трава; высушенная трава	Holmes put his hand in his pocket and took out a small bag made of dried grass. I looked inside. To my horror, I saw five or six long dark thorns.
drink (drank; drunk)	drɪŋk (dræŋk; drʌŋk)	пить	Holmes was drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.
drive	draɪv	поездка	It was a long drive to Pondicherry Lodge.
drive (drove; driven)	draɪv (drəʊv; ˈdrɪvn̩)	ехать	I said goodbye to her and drove back to Baker Street. I found a cab and drove to Miss Morstan’s house.
driver	ˈdraɪvə	водитель	Our strange driver did not turn round or speak to us.
driver’s seat	ˈdraɪvərz si:t	сиденье водителя	The man closed the door and jumped up onto the driver’s seat of the cab.
drop	drɒp	ронять	It was very easy to follow his trail. He left marks everywhere. He also dropped this.
during	ˈdjʊərɪŋ	в течение; во время	We found that someone had been in the room during the night.
dust	dʌst	пыль	There as thick dust on the floor. They showed very clearly in the thick dust.
dusty	ˈdʌsti	пыльный	Then he came down again. He was hot and dusty.
dwarf	dwɔ:f	карлик	They are the prints of a tiny man. ‘Do you mean a dwarf?’ I asked in surprise.
each other	i:tʃ ˈʌðə	друг друга	Holmes, Miss Morstan and I looked at each other in surprise. Then we looked at each other in astonishment. We made a promise to each other. We agreed that we would always work together.
ear	ɪə	ухо	I looked. I saw something sticking in the dead man’s skin near his ear. It had very long ears and very short legs and its eyes were large and sad.
early	ˈɜ:li	рано	The next day, I woke early. It was still dark.
easily	ˈi:zəli	без труда; легко	I pulled it away easily from the dead man’s skin. He is very strong and can climb great heights easily.
easy	ˈi:zi	легкий; простой; легко; просто	It was very easy to follow his trail. He left marks everywhere. He also dropped this. It is easy to climb up and down here. ‘It will be easy to find them,’ I said. ‘You must tell the police at once.’
edge	edʒ	кромка; край	The path went down to the water’s edge. It ended at a small wooden jetty.
eight	eɪt	восемь	He said that he had to have the Aurora ready for eight o’clock tonight. His two gentlemen were leaving for America. We will be waiting outside the boatyard at eight o’clock. By eight o’clock, we had arrived opposite the boatyard where the Aurora was hidden. It was now dark.
empty	ˈempti	пустой	It was winter. The street outside was almost empty. Then we looked at each other in astonishment. The chest was empty! I showed them the empty treasure chest. Small began to laugh.
end	end	заканчиваться	The path went down to the water’s edge. It ended at a small wooden jetty.
engine	ˈendʒɪn	мотор; двигатель	He was trying to make the engine of the launch go faster.
England	ˈɪŋɡlənd	Англия	I retired from the army and came back to England. But he didn’t know that my father had arrived in England. He found the treasure and took it to England.
English	ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ	английский	‘Now then,’ said Holmes. ‘What do you think about this thorn? Is it an English thorn?’
enjoy	ɪnˈdʒoɪ	получать удовольствие; хорошо проводить время; наслаждаться	I enjoyed sharing an apartment with Holmes. He enjoyed solving their interesting problems.
enter	ˈentə	войти; входить	A few moments later, Miss Morstan entered the room. Miss Morstan entered the room. She was wearing a dark cloak and hat. As he spoke, a fat man in a grey suit entered the room.
entrance	ɪnˈtrɑ:ns	вход	Go to the Lyceum Theatre tonight at seven o’clock. Stand outside the entrance, on the left.
escape	ɪˈskeɪp	избежать; сбежать; побег	I have found a door which leads out onto the roof. That was how Thaddeus Sholto escaped. We asked them to help the four of us to escape. It must have been the news of your escape which killed him.
especially	ɪˈspeʃəli	особенно	He loves to follow strong smells. Especially the smell of creosote. That’s his favourite.
evening	ˈi:vn̩ɪŋ	вечер	What time shall we meet this evening? We need a fast police launch – as fast as the Aurora. It must be ready this evening. At seven o’clock that evening, the three of us – Inspector Jones, Holmes and I – went down to the river.
examine	ɪɡˈzæmɪn	исследовать; рассматривать	He took a magnifying glass out of his pocket and examined the paper. Let’s examine once more the poisoned thorn which killed Bartholomew Sholto. Holmes took our his magnifying glass and started to examine the room again.
excellent	ˈeksələnt	превосходно; отлично; превосходный; отличный	‘Excellent, Watson,’ said Holmes. ‘We shall now go up and have a look at the secret room. ‘That’s excellent!’ I cried. ‘Forget about Thaddeus Sholto. ‘Excellent,’ said Holmes. ‘The Agra Treasure has at last brought happiness to someone.’
except	ɪkˈsept	кроме; помимо	There was no light except the moonlight.
excited	ɪkˈsaɪtɪd	взволнованный; возбужденный; оживленный	I was very happy and excited about seeing my dear father again. Thaddeus Sholto’s voice became excited. I put the heavy chest down on the table. Miss Morstan did not look very excited.
excitedly	ɪkˈsaɪtɪdli	взволнованно; возбужденно	Holmes rubbed his hands together excitedly. ‘A doctor!’ cried Thaddeus Sholto excitedly. ‘Oh, please could you listen to my heart? Suddenly, he began to bark excitedly.
excitement	ɪkˈsaɪtmənt	волнение; возбуждение	The dog went mad with excitement. His sad eyes shone with happiness and his tail wagged.
exciting	ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ	захватывающий; увлекательный	I had many exciting adventures. But now I am going to tell you something very exciting. The chase became more and more exciting.
expect	ɪkˈspekt	ожидать; ждать	Bartholomew is expecting us. Miss Morstan, tonight you will be a rich woman! My brother, Bartholomew, is expecting us. But the house is dark.
extra space	ˈekstrə speɪs	дополнительное пространство	The total was only seventy feet. There was extra space under the roof!
extremely	ɪkˈstri:mli	крайне; чрезвычайно	But they were not the footprints of an ordinary man. They were extremely small. He is very strong and can climb great heights easily. He is also extremely dangerous.
eye	aɪ	глаз	I bent down and put my eye to the keyhole. I felt very sick and afraid. She was young and not very tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes. The dog looked very strange. It had very long ears and very short legs and its eyes were large and sad.
fall (fell; fallen)	fɔ:l (fel; ˈfɔ:lən)	падать	The pygmy fell backwards into the water with a terrible cry.
fall (fell; fallen) in love	fɔ:l (fel; ˈfɔ:lən) ɪn lʌv	влюбиться	But I did not feel happy at all. I had fallen in love with Miss Morstan.
family	ˈfæməli	семья	I don’t know why someone wants revenge on the Sholto family. But we know that someone wanted revenge.
famous	ˈfeɪməs	знаменитый; известный	He was the most famous private detective in London. ‘So, this is the famous Agra Treasure,’ she said.
fashionable	ˈfæʃnəbl̩	модный	Her clothes were not fashionable, but they were clean and tidy.
fast	fɑ:st	быстро; быстрый	We need a fast police launch – as fast as the Aurora. We were going so fast that the police launch started to shake.
faster	ˈfɑ:stə	быстрее	Soon the river appeared in front of us. Toby ran faster and faster. ‘That’s the Aurora!’ cried Holmes. ‘Follow it quickly! Faster, faster! We must catch them!’ He was trying to make the engine of the launch go faster.
fastest	ˈfɑ:stɪst	самый быстрый	The Aurora is the fastest boat on the river,’ answered Mrs Smith.
fat	fæt	толстый	As he spoke, a fat man in a grey suit entered the room. The fat man stopped and stared. He was not very pleased to see Holmes.
father	ˈfɑ:ðə	отец	‘My father,’ she began, ‘was a captain in the army. Miss Morstan, your father had a very weak heart. Yes. Our father had died before he told us where it was hidden.
favourite	ˈfeɪvərɪt	любимый	Especially the smell of creosote. That’s his favourite. He had found his favourite smell – the smell of creosote.
fear	fɪə	страх	The Agra Treasure never brought him happiness – only fear and guilt. Her face was white with fear. It brought fear and guilt to Major Sholto.
feel (felt; felt)	fi:l (felt; felt)	чувствовать; ощущать	Miss Morstan was going to be very rich. I should have been very happy. But I did not feel happy at all. I held it carefully between my fingers. I felt afraid. I went to bed and woke late in the afternoon. I felt much better.
feel (felt; felt) cold	fi:l (felt; felt) kəʊld	мерзнуть; зябнуть	Holmes, Miss Morstan and I looked at each other in surprise. My body felt cold with fear. Holmes was smiling, but I felt cold and sick. We had escaped a horrible death.
feel (felt; felt) sick	fi:l (felt; felt) sɪk	испытывать тошноту	I bent down and put my eye to the keyhole. I felt very sick and afraid. Holmes was smiling, but I felt cold and sick. We had escaped a horrible death.
feel (felt; felt) sorry	fi:l (felt; felt) ˈsɒri	жалеть	I took the paper and read the report. I felt sorry for Thaddeus Sholto.
feelings	ˈfi:lɪŋz	чувства	Because I love you, Mary. Now you are not going to be rich. So I can tell you my feelings. That is why I said “Thank God”.
fever	ˈfi:və	жар; горячка; лихорадка	My wound was deep and took many months to heal. I nearly died from pain and fever.
few	fju:	несколько	A few moments later, Miss Morstan entered the room. The old man came back after a few minutes. Small was silent for a few moments. He was thinking about what Sholto had done.
fight	faɪt	схватка	Two British soldiers were killed in a fight. We had not killed them but we were arrested for their murder.
fight (fought; fought)	faɪt (ˈfɔ:t; ˈfɔːt)	драться; сражаться	One day, soon after I arrived, I had an accident and lost my leg. After that, I could not fight any more. I also went to Agra. I had three Indian friends who had fought for the British.
fighting	ˈfaɪtɪŋ	драка; схватка	Then there was terrible fighting between the Indians and the British. When the fighting was finished, we would be able to take the treasure away with us.
finally	ˈfaɪnəli	в конце концов	Finally, I went to the police. They advertised for Captain Morstan in all the newspapers, but without success. Holmes did not answer. He was still studying the tiny footprints. Finally he spoke. Finally, he stopped at a place in the wall where the bricks were loose.
find (found; found)	faɪnd (faʊnd; faʊnd)	найти; обнаружить	It has a black funnel with a white stripe. You must find it. Now go! ‘You found the treasure!’ we repeated in astonishment. He took out the piece of paper which had been found in Captain Morstan’s luggage.
find (found; found) out	faɪnd (faʊnd, faʊnd) aʊt	узнать; выяснить	We must find out how the murderer got into the room. Perhaps we can find out more information about Number One.
finger	ˈfɪŋɡə	палец	I took the thorn between my finger and thumb. I held it carefully between my fingers.
finish	ˈfɪnɪʃ	заканчиваться	‘It’s finished now,’ I said. ‘Let’s open the treasure chest. When the fighting was finished, we would be able to take the treasure away with us.
finished	ˈfɪnɪʃt	законченный	‘It’s finished now,’ I said. ‘Let’s open the treasure chest. There isn’t a key. How can we open the chest?’ When the fighting was finished, we would be able to take the treasure away with us.
fire	ˈfaɪə	камин; огонь; стрелять	It was winter. The street outside was almost empty. Everyone was at home in front of their warm fires. We fired our guns together. The pygmy fell backwards into the water with a terrible cry.
first	ˈfɜ:st	сначала; сперва	First, take Miss Morstan home. Second, go to this address – 3 Pinchin Lane. ‘You will tell us your story later,’ said Holmes. ‘But first, Watson, would you take the treasure to Miss Morstan?’ ‘The treasure can wait,’ she said. ‘First, I want to hear all about your adventures. Please sit down and tell me everything.’
fix	fɪks	впиваться; прикрепляться	I saw one of the pygmy’s poisoned thorns. It was fixed in the wood where Holmes and I had been standing.
flat	flæt	плоский	She opened a flat box and showed us six beautiful pearls. He pointed at a flat stone. I saw a dirty hand print on the stone.
floor	flɔ:	пол	And look on the floor – here is another footprint and another mark. Then Holmes shone the lamp down at the floor. It was hidden under the floor in a secret room.
follow	ˈfɒləʊ	идти за; следовать; преследовать	We followed the Indian servant into the house. ‘I know a dog which loves the smell of creosote. It will follow this smell for miles and miles,’ said Holmes. Toby was still following the trail.
following	ˈfɒləʊɪŋ	следование	He loved the smell of creosote. Nothing could stop him from following it.
food	fu:d	еда	One dark night, we put lots of food into the boat and we sailed together from the Andaman Islands.
foot (feet)	fʊt (fi:t)	нога (ноги)	Here is the print of a foot on the window-sill. They were the prints of bare feet.
footprint	ˈfʊtprɪnt	след (ноги)	And look on the floor – here is another footprint and another mark. But they were not the footprints of an ordinary man. Inspector Jones was not listening. He had not noticed the tiny footprints.
footstep	ˈfʊtstep	шаг; звук шагов	Just then we heard footsteps and loud voices outside the room.
for hire	fə ˈhaɪə	напрокат	A notice was hanging from one of the windows. On it was written in large letters: MORDECAl SMITH: Boats and steam launch for hire.
foreign	ˈfɒrən	нездешний; зарубежный; иностранный	He is a very small man – in other words, a pygmy – from some foreign land.
forget (forgot; forgotten)	fəˈɡet (fəˈɡɒt; fəˈɡɒtn̩)	забывать	Mr Holmes, I forgot to show you this. This note was found in my father’s luggage. We had forgotten about Thaddeus Sholto. He was still standing in the doorway. Suddenly he gave a cry. ‘That’s excellent!’ I cried. ‘Forget about Thaddeus Sholto. You’ll soon have some other prisoners, Inspector Jones.’
fortress	ˈfɔ:trɪs	крепость	This paper is a plan of the fortress at Agra in India. When we were in the Agra fortress, we heard a strange story. Sholto asked the four of us to give him a plan of the fortress at Agra.
forwards	ˈfɔ:wədz	вперед	We hurried forwards. Holmes turned the handle but the door was locked.
fourth	fɔ:θ	четвертое	The date was 4th May 1882. To my surprise, the advertisement asked for the address of Miss Mary Morstan.
free	fri:	свободный	When we were free, we would get the treasure and share it with them.
friend	ˈfrend	друг	For many years, I shared an apartment in London with my friend, Sherlock Holmes. We knew that Captain Morstan – Miss Morstan’s father – and our father had been very good friends in India. He stole it from the Sign of Four and also from his friend Morstan.
friendly	ˈfrendli	дружелюбный	After some time, a face looked out from a window above. It was not a friendly face. ‘This is Toby,’ said Mr Sherman. ‘He’ll go with you. He’s a friendly dog.’
frighten	ˈfraɪtn̩	напугать; испугать	What was written in the letter frightened him to death.
frightened	ˈfraɪtn̩d	напуганный; испуганный; пугающий	‘Oh, Mr Thaddeus, I’m glad you have come,’ she said. ‘I’m very frightened. Come into the house, Mr Thaddeus.
full	fʊl	заполненный; полный	The room in which we were standing was full of Indian paintings and ornaments. He pointed at the window and cried out in a voice full of fear, “Keep him out! Keep him out!” There was a large barrel full of the water under the end of the drain-pipe.
funnel	ˈfʌnl̩	дымовая труба	It has a black funnel with a white stripe. You must find it. Now go!
garden	ˈɡɑ:dn̩	сад	Then he must have taken the rope, opened the window and thrown the end of the rope down into the garden. Toby ran along the paths in the garden under the trees and bushes. ‘This is the place where they got into the garden,’ said Holmes.
gentleman (gentlemen)	ˈdʒentlmən (ˈdʒentlmən)	джентльмен; хорошо воспитанный человек	‘My name,’ said the bald-headed man, ‘is Thaddeus Sholto. You are Miss Morstan, of course. And these two gentlemen …?’ His two gentlemen were leaving for America.
get (got; got)	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt; ˈɡɒt)	добыть; получать; достичь; приводить; становиться	The only way to get the treasure was to kill Sholto. ‘Wait here. I’ll go and get him.’ At last we got closer to the Aurora.
get (got; got) back	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt; ˈɡɒt) ˈbæk	возвращаться	When I got back to Pondicherry Lodge. When I got back to Baker Street, Holmes, Inspector Jones and the prisoner, Jonathan Small, were all waiting for me.
get (got; got) better	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt; ˈɡɒt) ˈbetə	становиться лучше	At last I got better, but I could not work in the army any more. He was very ill. I looked after him. He slowly got better.
get (got; got) dark	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt, ˈɡɒt) dɑ:k	темнеть	It was getting dark and the people in the streets were hurrying home from work.
get (got; got) in	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt; ˈɡɒt) ɪn	попасть; войти; влезть	There is a small door in the roof. That is how Number One got in.
get (got; got) into	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt; ˈɡɒt) ˈɪntə	попасть; войти; садиться (в лодку); садиться	We got into a cab and were soon on our way to the Lyceum Theatre. We must find out how the murderer got into the room. With Tonga’s help, I got into his room.
get (got; got) light	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt, ˈɡɒt) laɪt	светлеть	The sky was beginning to get light now.
get (got; got) married	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt, ˈɡɒt) ˈmærɪd	жениться; выходить замуж	‘Yes,’ I said. ‘But I have some very good news. Miss Morstan and I are going to get married.’
get (got; got) near	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt, ˈɡɒt) nɪə	приближаться	We were going so fast that the police launch started to shake. But we could not get near to the Aurora.
get (got; got) out	ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt; ˈɡɒt) aʊt	вылезти; выходить	Number One got out of the room through the hole in the ceiling. When we got to the jetty, I got out of the launch with the treasure chest.
give (gave; given)	ɡɪv (ɡeɪv; ɡɪvn̩)	быть источником; издавать; давать; отдавать	‘We did not want to give Sholto the plan. Holmes gave each of the children some money. Then I went to the address which Holmes had given me.
give (gave; given) a cry	ɡɪv (ɡeɪv; ɡɪvn̩) ə kraɪ	вскрикнуть; закричать	We had forgotten about Thaddeus Sholto. He was still standing in the doorway. Suddenly he gave a cry. Holmes gave a loud cry of joy.
glad	ɡlæd	довольный; радостный; рад	‘There is nothing wrong with your heart,’ I told him. ‘I’m so glad,’ said Thaddeus Sholto. ‘Oh, Mr Thaddeus, I’m glad you have come,’ she said. I was glad to go home to Baker Street.
glass tube	ɡlɑ:s tju:b	стеклянная пробирка	A glass tube had broken and a dark liquid had spilt onto the floor.
go (went; gone)	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn)	идти; отправляться; уходить; пойти; следовать; исчезать; уйти; уходить; направляться	I went to London and arrived at the hotel. ‘Oh, sir. My husband has gone in the Aurora,’ Mrs Smith replied and burst into tears. We went towards the wooden-legged man and threw him a rope.
go (went; gone) along	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) əˈlɒŋ	двигаться	As the cab went along, I thought about everything that had happened.
go (went; gone) away	ɡəʊ (ˈwent, ɡɒn) əˈweɪ	уходить; убираться	‘Go away at once,’ said the face. ‘If you don’t, I’ll let out fifty dogs upon you.’
go (went; gone) back	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) ˈbæk	возвращаться	When we went back to the bed, Father was dead. As we went back up the river, we shone our light on the water.
go (went; gone) down	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) daʊn	спускаться	Holmes pointed at a drain-pipe which went down from the roof of the house. They went down the stairs and out into the street. The path went down to the water’s edge.
go (went; gone) home	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) həʊm	идти домой	I will ask my agents to look for Mordecai Smith and the Aurora. But you look tired, Watson. Let’s go home and have breakfast. It was now nearly eight o’clock in the morning. I did feel very tired. I was glad to go home to Baker Street.
go (went; gone) in	ɡəʊ (ˈwent, ɡɒn) ɪn	войти; входить	Everyone was meeting friends and going in to see the play.
go (went; gone) into	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) ˈɪntə	войти	I went into the small dirty house and stopped in astonishment.
go (went; gone) mad	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) mæd	сходить с ума; обезуметь	The handkerchief was covered with creosote. The dog went mad with excitement.
go (went; gone) on	ɡəʊ ˈ(went; ɡɒn) ɒn	продолжать	‘I have a better idea,’ Holmes went on. ‘I’ve received a telegram from Sherlock Holmes,’ the Inspector went on. ‘Here it is.’ Then he went on with his story.
go (went; gone) out	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) aʊt	выходить	He had gone out the night before and not returned. My brother, Bartholomew, and I also knew that our father was afraid of something. He never went out alone.
go (went; gone) to bed	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) tə bed	ложиться спать	I went to bed and woke late in the afternoon. I went to bed, but I could not sleep.
go (went; gone) up	ɡəʊ (ˈwent; ɡɒn) ʌp	подниматься	Inspector Jones went quickly up the steps. ‘While you were away, Watson,’ he said, ‘I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again.
going to	ɡəʊɪŋ tu:	собираться что-то сделать	But now I am going to tell you something very exciting. Yesterday my brother and I found the Great Agra Treasure! Miss Morstan was going to be very rich.
gold	ɡəʊld	золотой	‘On the table, beside our father’s bed, was a gold cup,’ Sholto answered.
good (better; best)	ɡʊd (ˈbetə; best)	хороший (лучше; самый лучший)	He thought his own ideas were better. ‘Toby is my best dog,’ said Mr Sherman. ‘I have brought something better than news,’ I said, trying to speak happily.
Good afternoon	ɡʊd ˌɑ:ftəˈnu:n	добрый день; здравствуйте	‘Good afternoon, Doctor Watson,’ said Inspector Jones. ‘I’m afraid that I made a bad mistake. I have had to let Thaddeus Sholto go.
good evening	ɡʊd ˈi:vn̩ɪŋ	добрый вечер	‘Good evening, Inspector Jones,’ said Holmes politely. ‘Don’t you remember me?’
Good morning	ɡʊd ˈmɔ:nɪŋ	доброе утро	‘Good morning,’ said Holmes politely. ‘Are you Mordecai Smith’s wife?’ ‘Good morning, Mr Holmes,’ said the children together.
goodbye	ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ	прощайте; до свидания	I am going up the river myself. If I see Mr Smith, I will tell him that I have seen you. Goodbye. ‘Goodbye and thank you,’ said Mordecai Smith’s wife.
Goodnight	ˌɡʊdˈnaɪt	доброй ночи	‘Listen, Mr Holmes,’ he said. ‘This is a matter for the police. It has nothing to do with you. Goodnight, gentlemen.’
grass	ɡrɑ:s	трава	Toby pulled at his lead and ran quickly through the grass.
great	ˈɡreɪt	большой; огромный; великий	He was the only person who knew this terrible secret. When Father was in India with Captain Morstan, they found a great treasure. We walked up to the house. Suddenly we heard a noise coming from inside that great black house.
greedy	ˈɡri:di	жадный; алчный	But the treasure had made Father greedy. He told us as he was dying that he had been a wicked and greedy man.
grey	ɡreɪ	седой, серый	As he spoke, a fat man in a grey suit entered the room. His face was red and his eyes were small and bright. I saw an old man with grey hair and a beard, holding a candle in his hand.
ground	ɡraʊnd	земля	The murderers then lowered the treasure chest to the ground with the rope. He ran straight ahead with his nose to the ground.
group	ɡru:p	группа	‘A small group of islands near the coast of India,’ said Miss Morstan.
grow (grew; grown)	ɡrəʊ (ɡru:; ɡrəʊn)	становиться	This letter upset him very much. He became ill. Every day he grew weaker.
grow (grew; grown) weak	ɡrəʊ (ɡru:; ɡrəʊn) ˈwi:kə	ослабевать	This letter upset him very much. He became ill. Every day he grew weaker.
guilt	ˈɡɪlti	вина; чувство вины	The Agra Treasure never brought him happiness – only fear and guilt. It has never brought happiness to anyone. It brought death to Captain Morstan. It brought fear and guilt to Major Sholto.
guilty	ˈɡɪlti	виновный	I knew that Sholto was not guilty of the murder of his brother.
gun	ɡʌn	револьвер; огнестрельное оружие	I noticed that Holmes took his gun from his drawer and put it into his pocket. I wished that I had brought my gun with me. As soon as Holmes saw the pygmy, he took out his gun. I did the same.
hair	heə	волосы	She was young and not very tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes. I saw an old man with grey hair and a beard, holding a candle in his hand. He had black, curly hair and a black beard.
half	hɑ:f	половина	We have found the treasure. But half of it belongs to you. Half of it belongs to you and half to Thaddeus Sholto. You are a rich woman now, Miss Morstan.
half past five	hɑ:f pɑ:st faɪv	половина после пяти; полшестого	At half past five, Holmes returned. He was very pleased about something.
half past three	hɑ:f pɑ:st θri:	половина после трех (дословно); полчетвертого	‘It’s now half past three,’ he said. ‘Come back at six o’clock.
hand	hænd	передавать	‘Thank you,’ said Holmes. He took the letter and studied it carefully. Then he handed it to me.
handkerchief	ˈhæŋkətʃɪf	носовой платок	Holmes took a handkerchief out of his pocket and gave it to Toby to smell. The handkerchief was covered with creosote.
handle	ˈhændl̩	ручка	We hurried forwards. Holmes turned the handle but the door was locked.
hang (hung\hanged; hung\hanged)	hæŋ (hʌŋ / hæŋd; hʌŋ / hæŋd	висеть	A notice was hanging from one of the windows.
happen	ˈhæpən	происходить; случаться	Something very strange has happened. Mr Holmes, I need your help! She was very upset by what had happened and spoke very little. It happened so quickly that we were not able to slow down and stop the police launch.
happily	ˈhæpɪli	весело; счастливо	‘I have brought something better than news,’ I said, trying to speak happily. ‘I have brought the Agra Treasure.’
happiness	ˈhæpinəs	счастье	The Agra Treasure never brought him happiness – only fear and guilt. His sad eyes shone with happiness and his tail wagged. The Agra Treasure has at last brought happiness to someone.
happy	ˈhæpi	счастливый; довольный	He was very happy when he was working. ‘Of course,’ I said. ‘I’ll be very happy to come.’ But they seemed happy and cheerful.
hard	hɑ:d	твердый; жесткий; суровый; усердно; сильно; усиленно; интенсивно	I knew he was thinking hard. I pulled it away easily from the dead man’s skin. I looked at it. It was hard and sharp. I saw that it had poison on it. He was working as hard as he could. He was trying to make the engine of the launch go faster. His face was hard and cruel.
hat	hæt	шляпа	I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick.
have\has (had; had) a bath	həv\hæz (həd; hæd) ə bɑ:θ	купаться; принять ванну	When I had had a bath and changed my clothes, I came downstairs to breakfast.
have\has (had; had) a look	həv\hæz (həd; hæd) ə lʊk	взглянуть	What’s that up there? I see a hole in the ceiling. I must have a look.
have\has (had; had) a look at	həv\hæz (həd; hæd) ə lʊk æt	посмотреть на; ознакомиться с	‘This paper was made in India,’ he remarked. ‘Have a look at it, Watson.’ We shall now go up and have a look at the secret room.
have\has (had; had) breakfast	həv\hæz (həd; hæd) ˈbrekfəst	завтракать	But you look tired, Watson. Let’s go home and have breakfast.
have\has (had; had) revenge	həv\hæz (həd; hæd) rɪˈvendʒ	отомстить	And from that day, I decided to have revenge on Sholto. But I was too late to have revenge on Sholto. Sholto was dying.
have\has (had; had) to	həv\hæz (həd; hæd) tu:	быть должным	I have had to let Thaddeus Sholto go. Sholto has proved that he was at a friend’s house when his brother died.
heal	hi:l	заживать	My wound was deep and took many months to heal.
hear (heard; heard)	hɪə (hɜ:d; hɜ:d)	слышать	First, I want to hear all about your adventures. We heard him moving about noisily in the room above. Mr Holmes, I’ve heard that you give people good advice.
heart	hɑ:t	сердце	Oh, please could you listen to my heart? I am very worried about my heart. Father knew that Morstan’s heart was weak.
heavy	ˈhevi	тяжелый	I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick. I put the heavy chest down on the table. The chest was made of very thick iron. This was why it was so heavy.
height	haɪt	высота	He measured the height of the house outside. He added the heights of the rooms together. He is very strong and can climb great heights easily.
help	help	помогать; помощь	He helped to solve crimes and catch criminals. Number Two climbed up the rope with the help of Number One. Tonga helped me to escape from the islands.
hide (hid; hidden)	haɪd (hɪd; ˈhɪdn̩)	скрывать; прятать; скрываться; прятаться	By eight o’clock, we had arrived opposite the boatyard where the Aurora was hidden. The British all hid in an old fortress at Agra. It was about a great treasure which had been hidden in the fortress. It had been hidden for many years.
high	haɪ	в высоту; высокий	He measured the height of the house outside. It was seventy-four high. Pondicherry Lodge was a big house with a high wall around it.
high up	haɪ ʌp	высоко расположенный	We both went to the window and looked down. ‘We are very high up,’ said Holmes.
hire	ˈhaɪə	нанять; взять напрокат	‘Oh,’ said Holmes, ‘I wanted to hire a boat.’ I wanted to hire the steam launch. I have heard it is a very good boat. Let me see. What’s the name? The …
hit (hit; hit)	hɪt (hɪt; hɪt)	ударить	We went in and out between other boats. Many times I closed my eyes. I was sure that we would hit something.
hold (held; held)	həʊld (held; held)	держать	He told us to lock the door and come over to the bed. Then he held our hands and spoke to us. I saw an old man with grey hair and a beard, holding a candle in his hand. ‘Because now I can ask you to marry me,’ I replied, holding her hand.
hole	həʊl	дыра; отверстие	My brother made a hole in the ceiling of the room on the top floor. We lowered the treasure down through that hole last night. What’s that up there? I see a hole in the ceiling. I must have a look.
home	həʊm	дом	Everyone was at home in front of their warm fires. I took Miss Morstan home in Thaddeus Sholto’s cab. I was glad to go home to Baker Street.
hoof (hooves)	hu:f (hu:vz)	копыто	The only sound was the noise of the horse’s hooves.
hope	həʊp	надеяться	I’m not a rich woman but I hope you can help me too. ‘I hope that we’ll find the answers to these questions tonight, Watson,’ said Holmes seriously. ‘The murderer has lost these,’ said Holmes. ‘Let’s hope that he doesn’t have any more.
horrible	ˈhɒrəbl̩	ужасный; страшный	There was a horrible smile on the face. Suddenly, a horrible thought came into my mind. Holmes was smiling, but I felt cold and sick. We had escaped a horrible death.
horrid	ˈhɒrɪd	отвратительный; ужасный; страшный; неприятный	We saw a horrid face looking in through the window.
horror	ˈhɒrə	ужас	In the light of the lamp, I read with horror – “The Sign of Four”. To my horror, I saw five or six long dark thorns.
horse	hɔ:s	лошадь; конь	The man closed the door and jumped up onto the driver’s seat of the cab. The horse moved off quickly. The only sound was the noise of the horse’s hooves.
hot	hɒt	разгоряченный	We heard him moving about noisily in the room above. Then he came down again. He was hot and dusty.
hotel	ˌhəʊˈtel	отель; гостиница	He gave me the address of a hotel in London. I went to London and arrived at the hotel. ‘It was still at the hotel,’ replied Miss Morstan.
hotel manager	ˌhəʊˈtel ˈmænɪdʒə	управляющий гостиницей	But I was told by the hotel manager that my father was not there.
hour	ˈaʊə	час	‘I’m going out now,’ said Holmes. ‘I’ll be back in about an hour.’ I could see that he had been dead for many hours. Meet me here in two hours’ time.
house	ˈhaʊs	дом	There were no lights in any of the other houses in the street. Pondicherry Lodge was a big house with a high wall around it. I went to Miss Morstan’s house. She looked very pleased to see me.
housekeeper	ˈhaʊsˌki:pə	экономка; домашняя хозяйка; домработница; домоправительница	Our housekeeper came into the room. She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray. ‘The only woman in the house is the housekeeper,’ said Sholto. ‘Something is wrong.’ The housekeeper started to cry again.
hundred	ˈhʌndrəd	сотня	‘Inside the treasure chest were hundreds of beautiful jewels – diamonds, rubies, sapphires and many others.
hunt	hʌnt	охота; поиски	Chapter 10 – The Hunt Begins
hurry	ˈhʌri	торопиться; спешить	It was getting dark and the people in the streets were hurrying home from work. We hurried to the door and knocked. As we hurried along, I thought about the wooden-legged man and the pygmy.
hurt (hurt; hurt)	hɜ:t (hɜ:t; hɜ:t)	причинить вред/боль; ранить	Inside the treasure chest were hundreds of beautiful jewels – diamonds, rubies, sapphires and many others. They shone so brightly that they hurt our eyes.
husband	ˈhʌzbənd	муж	‘Could I speak to your husband, please?’ asked Holmes. ‘Oh, sir. My husband has gone in the Aurora,’ Mrs Smith replied and burst into tears. Try not to worry about your husband, Mrs Smith.
I’m afraid	aɪm əˈfreɪd	к сожалению; я боюсь	‘Good afternoon, Doctor Watson,’ said Inspector Jones. ‘I’m afraid that I made a bad mistake.
idea	aɪˈdɪə	идея; мысль	He knew that the treasure was somewhere in the house. He had an idea. He measured the height of the house outside. He thought his own ideas were better. I have had an idea, Watson,’ he said. ‘I am going up the river myself.
ill	ɪl	больной; нездоровый	This letter upset him very much. He became ill. All night, I heard Holmes walking up and down in his room. Next morning, he looked tired and ill. One day, I found one of these pygmies lying under a tree. He was very ill.
immediately	ɪˈmi:dɪətli	незамедлительно; тотчас же; немедленно	We knocked at the door. It was opened immediately by an Indian servant. We must go there immediately so that Miss Morstan can see the treasure and claim her share. When Bartholomew Sholto found the treasure, we knew about it immediately.
impatiently	ɪmˈpeɪʃntli	с нетерпением	‘I need some work, Watson,’ said Holmes impatiently. ‘My agents cannot find the Aurora,’ he said impatiently.
important	ɪmˈpɔ:tnt	важный; особенный	He was very happy when he was working. It was the most important thing in his life. But it might be important. I will keep it. I don’t think the paper is very important.
importantly	ɪmˈpɔ:tntli	важно	‘Listen, Mr Holmes, I will tell you what I think,’ he said importantly.
in astonishment	ɪn əˈstɒnɪʃmənt	в изумлении	‘You found the treasure!’ we repeated in astonishment. I went into the small dirty house and stopped in astonishment. Then we looked at each other in astonishment. The chest was empty!
in charge of	ɪn tʃɑ:dʒ ɒv	ответственный за; во главе	My father was one of the officers in charge of the prisoners. Only one – Major Sholto. He was also in charge of the prisoners in the Andaman Islands. Sholto and Morstan were the officers in charge of the prisoners there.
in front of	ɪn frʌnt ɒv	перед; перед чем-либо	Everyone was at home in front of their warm fires. We followed the Indian servant into the house. He stopped in front of an open door. Soon the river appeared in front of us. Toby ran faster and faster.
in other words	ɪn ˈʌðə ˈwɜ:dz	иначе говоря; другими словами	He is a very small man – in other words, a pygmy – from some foreign land.
in surprise	ɪn səˈpraɪz	удивленно	‘What, Holmes! Have you solved the mystery already?’ I asked in surprise. Holmes, Miss Morstan and I looked at each other in surprise. ‘Do you mean a dwarf?’ I asked in surprise.
in the afternoon	ɪn ði ˌɑ:ftəˈnu:n	дня; днем; после обеда	We had not slept all night and I was very tired. I went to bed and woke late in the afternoon. I felt much better. But perhaps this time he would not be able to catch the murderers. At three o’clock in the afternoon, I had a visitor.
in the end	ɪn ði end	в итоге; в конце концов	We did not want to give Sholto the plan. I didn’t trust him. But in the end we had to agree.
in the morning	ɪn ðə ˈmɔ:nɪŋ	утра; утром	In the morning, we went to our father’s room. We found that someone had been in the room during the night. I don’t know, sir. I didn’t see anyone else. But it was very dark – it was three o’clock in the morning. I could not be sure. It was now nearly eight o’clock in the morning. I did feel very tired. I was glad to go home to Baker Street.
in the shape of	ɪn ðə ʃeɪp ɒv	в форме	I looked at the marks. Some were footprints, but some were in the shape of small circles.
Indian	ˈɪndɪən	индиец; индийский	It was opened immediately by an Indian servant. ‘My father,’ Sholto said, ‘was Major Sholto of the Indian Army. Then there was terrible fighting between the Indians and the British.
information	ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn̩	информация	Perhaps we can find out more information about Number One. I pay them to bring me information.
inside	ɪnˈsaɪd	внутри; внутрь; изнутри	Inside the box was a lovely pearl. Suddenly we heard a noise coming from inside that great black house. The British all hid in an old fortress at Agra. They shut themselves inside.
interested	ˈɪntrəstɪd	заинтересованный; интересующийся	Bartholomew Sholto must have been interested in chemistry. A glass tube had broken and a dark liquid had spilt onto the floor. He was about fifty years old. He had black, curly hair and a black beard. He did not look angry any more. He was not interested in anything.
interesting	ˈɪntrəstɪŋ	интересный; любопытный	While I was in the army, I travelled to many strange and interesting places. ‘Your story is very interesting,’ said Holmes, rubbing his hands together once more. This is an interesting crime, Mr Holmes.
iron	ˈaɪən	железо; чугун	The chest was empty! The chest was made of very thick iron. This was why it was so heavy.
island	ˈaɪlənd	остров	‘A small group of islands near the coast of India,’ said Miss Morstan. Tonga helped me to escape from the islands. He had a small boat.
jetty	ˈdʒeti	пристань	The path went down to the water’s edge. It ended at a small wooden jetty. Several small boats were near the jetty on the bank of the river. When we got to the jetty, I got out of the launch with the treasure chest.
jewels	ˈdʒu:əlz	драгоценности	The jewels in this treasure were worth more than a million pounds. A man has been murdered and jewels worth a million pounds are missing. We had never seen so many beautiful jewels.
joy	dʒɔɪ	радость	A glass tube had broken and a dark liquid had spilt onto the floor. Holmes gave a loud cry of joy.
jump	dʒʌmp	прыгнуть	The man closed the door and jumped up onto the driver’s seat of the cab.
jump out	dʒʌmp aʊt	выскочить; выпрыгнуть	As soon as the Aurora touched the bank of the river, he jumped out.
jump up	dʒʌmp ʌp	подпрыгнуть	Holmes jumped up excitedly.
just then	dʒəst ðen	в этот момент	Just then we heard footsteps and loud voices outside the room.
keep (kept; kept)	ki:p (kept; kept)	оставлять; поддерживать; держать; сохранить	I love my work. It keeps my brain active. ‘I don’t understand what this note means,’ said Holmes. ‘But it might be important. I will keep it.’ He did not want to give any of it to Morstan. He wanted to keep it all for himself.
keep (kept; kept) out	ki:p (kept, kept) ˈaʊt	не впускать	He pointed at the window and cried out in a voice full of fear, “Keep him out!Keep him out!”
key	ki:	ключ	We opened the chest with a key which we found beside it. But where is the key of the treasure chest? Let’s open the treasure chest. There isn’t a key.
keyhole	ˈki:həʊl	замочная скважина	I looked through the keyhole of the door of his room. Then he bent down and looked through the keyhole. I bent down and put my eye to the keyhole.
kill	kɪl	убивать	He had not killed Morstan. But he was afraid that people would believe that he had killed Morstan. Now, I think that Thaddeus Sholto killed his brother.
kind	kaɪnd	вид; добрый; милый	‘You are both very kind,’ said Miss Morstan. ‘That was very kind of you, Mr Sholto,’ said Miss Morstan. All the cages contained different kinds of animals.
kind of	kaɪnd ɒv	разновидность чего-то	I wondered what kind of person we would meet at the Lyceum Theatre.
kindly	ˈkaɪndli	доброжелательно	‘Please sit down, Miss Morstan,’ said Holmes kindly.
kitchen	ˈkɪtʃɪn	кухня; кухонный	It had only one small light in the kitchen window.
knee	ni:	колено	Holmes unfolded the note carefully and spread it on his knee.
knock	nɒk	стук; стучать	At that moment, there was a knock at the door. When I knocked on the door he would not answer me,’ she said. Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door.
know (knew; known)	nəʊ (nju:; nəʊn)	знать; узнать	I know that you didn’t kill your brother. I was worried about my friend. I knew that he was a clever detective. That is why I was living in London with Sherlock Holmes. I had known my friend for many years.
lamplight	ˈlæmplaɪt	свет лампы	In the lamplight we could see some men on board the Aurora. She was wearing a pretty, white dress and her hair was shining brightly in the lamplight.
land	lænd	приземлиться; страна	He is a very small man – in other words, a pygmy – from some foreign land. The man had landed in the soft, wet mud of the river bank.
Lane	leɪn	улица; узкая дорога	First, take Miss Morstan home. Second, go to this address – 3 Pinchin Lane. Ask for Mr Sherman.
large	lɑ:dʒ	крупный; большой	‘It looks like the plan of a large building,’ I said. He looked up at us sadly with his large eyes. But the pygmy’s head was large. His face was hard and cruel.
last	lɑ:st	последний; прошлый	We lowered the treasure down through that hole last night. I was the last person to see my brother alive. And about the arrest of Thaddeus Sholto by Inspector Jones last night.
late	leɪt	поздно	I went to bed and woke late in the afternoon.
later	ˈleɪtə	позже; спустя	A few moments later, Miss Morstan entered the room. Why did Miss Morstan receive that letter today – six years later? ‘You will tell us your story later,’ said Holmes.
laugh	lɑ:f	смеяться	‘Who are these children, Holmes?’ I asked in astonishment. Holmes laughed. I showed them the empty treasure chest. Small began to laugh.
launch	lɔ:ntʃ	катер	Perhaps I can find the launch. You must stay here. It happened so quickly that we were not able to slow down and stop the police launch. When we got to the jetty, I got out of the launch with the treasure chest.
lead	li:d	поводок	The old man came back after a few minutes. He was pulling a dog on a lead. I put some money into Mr Sherman’s hand and the old man gave me Toby’s lead. Toby pulled at his lead and ran quickly through the grass.
lead (led; led)	li:d (led; led)	вести; показывать путь	He led us quickly across the street to another cab and opened the door. Suddenly, Toby ran down a path. This path led straight down towards the River Thames.
lead (led; led) out	li:d (led; led) aʊt	выводить	I have found a door which leads out onto the roof. That was how Thaddeus Sholto escaped.
lead (led; led) way	li:d (led; led) ˈweɪ	показывать путь	Holmes took the lamp and led the way.
lean (leant\leaned; leant\leaned) forward	li:n (lent\li:nd; lent\li:nd) ˈfɔ:wəd	наклониться вперед; податься вперед	Holmes rubbed his hands together excitedly. His eyes shone and he leant forward in his chair.
learn (learnt\learned; learnt\learned)	lɜ:n (lɜ:nt\lɜ:nd; lɜ:nt\lɜ:nd)	узнавать	You have been deceived, but you will learn the truth tonight.
leave (left; left)	li:v (left; left)	оставлять; покидать; уезжать; уходить	He said that he was leaving India and coming back to England. Holmes left without another word. We took the treasure, left the paper and went.
leg	leɡ	нога	They are the marks made by someone with a wooden leg. It had very long ears and very short legs and its eyes were large and sad.
let (let, let) go	let (let, let) ɡəʊ	отпускать	I have had to let Thaddeus Sholto go. Sholto has proved that he was at a friend’s house when his brother died.’
let (let; let)	let (let; let)	позволять; разрешать	I’m afraid that I made a bad mistake. I have had to let Thaddeus Sholto go. Inspector Jones had promised to let us use the police launch.
let (let; let) out	let (let; let) aʊt	выпускать	‘Go away at once,’ said the face. ‘If you don’t, I’ll let out fifty dogs upon you.’
Let me see	let mi: ˈsi:	дайте подумать	I have heard it is a very good boat. Let me see. What’s the name? The …
let’s	lets	давайте	Let’s go into the room again. Let’s examine once more the poisoned thorn which killed Bartholomew Sholto. ‘The murderer has lost these,’ said Holmes. ‘Let’s hope that he doesn’t have any more.
letter	ˈletə	буква; письмо	When I was seventeen, I received a letter from my father. This letter upset him very much. He became ill. On it was written in large letters: MORDECAl SMITH: Boats and steam launch for hire.
lick	lɪk	лизать	The dog licked my hand and wagged its tail.
lid	lɪd	крышка	I took the bar and put it under the lid of the chest. Then I turned it and the lid opened. It lifted up the lid.
lie (lying)	laɪ (ˈlaɪɪŋ)	лежать	His body still lies somewhere at the bottom of the River Thames. One day, I found one of these pygmies lying under a tree. He was very ill.
lift up	lɪft ʌp	поднимать	Then I turned it and the lid opened. It lifted up the lid. My hands were shaking.
light	laɪt	свет; лампа; огонь	It had only one small light in the kitchen window. In the light of the lamp, I read with horror – “The Sign of Four”. As we went back up the river, we shone our light on the water.
lips	lɪps	губы	At that moment, the pygmy put a short piece of wood to his lips.
liquid	ˈlɪkwɪd	жидкость	A glass tube had broken and a dark liquid had spilt onto the floor. The smell was coming from the dark liquid on the floor.
listen	ˈlɪsn̩	послушать; слушать	Miss Morstan began her story and we listened. But Inspector Jones did not want to listen to my friend. Jonathan Small began his strange story and we listened.
live	lɪv	жить	That is why I was living in London with Sherlock Holmes. I cannot live without interesting problems and mysteries.
lock	lɒk	запирать на замок	He told us to lock the door and come over to the bed. I heard him lock the door as I came downstairs.
locked	lɒkt	запертый; закрытый	We hurried forwards. Holmes turned the handle but the door was locked. The door was locked. But what about the window?
Lodge	lɒdʒ	домик	He bought a house in North London. He called the house Pondicherry Lodge.
long	ˈlɒŋ	длинный; долгий	It was a long drive to Pondicherry Lodge. It had very long ears and very short legs and its eyes were large and sad. Their hair was untidy and their faces had not been washed for a very long time.
look	lʊk	выглядеть; смотреть	I noticed at once that she looked worried and unhappy. Then she turned to Holmes and looked at him with her lovely blue eyes.
look after	lʊk ˈɑ:ftə	заботиться о; ухаживать за; присматривать	I’ll stay here and look after this poor woman. One day, I found one of these pygmies lying under a tree. He was very ill. I looked after him.
look around	lʊk əˈraʊnd	оглядеться; осмотреться	‘Oh, yes, that’s right. I remember now. But where is the Aurora?’ said Holmes, looking around.
look at	ˈlʊk ət	смотреть на	I took the thorn between my finger and thumb. I pulled it away easily from the dead man’s skin. I looked at it. Finally he spoke. ‘No,’ he said slowly. ‘I don’t think it was a child. Look at this footprint. Look at the marks of the toes. I sent a message for them to come.Look at them.
look for	lʊk fɔ:	искать	No. I don’t want these criminals to know that anyone is looking for them. I will ask my agents to look for Mordecai Smith and the Aurora. The four of us decided to look for this treasure.
look in	lʊk ɪn	заглядывать	We saw a horrid face looking in through the window.
look like	lʊk ˈlaɪk	выглядеть; быть похожим	‘It looks like the plan of a large building,’ I said. ‘It looks like a thorn,’ I said. ‘What does the Aurora look like?’ asked Holmes.
look out	lʊk ˈaʊt	выглянуть	Look out into the street. See how uninteresting London is today. After some time, a face looked out from a window above. It was not a friendly face.
look round	lʊk ˈraʊnd	осмотреться; оглядеться	I looked round the room. I thought quickly. Then suddenly I knew the answer.
look through	lʊk θru:	просматривать; перелистывать	I have just been to the offices of The Times newspaper. I looked through the old copies of the newspaper and I discovered that Major Sholto died on 28th April 1882.
look up	lʊk ʌp	смотреть вверх	He looked up at us sadly with his large eyes. He did not know what to do.
loose	lu:s	шатающийся	Finally, he stopped at a place in the wall where the bricks were loose.
lose (lost; lost)	lu:z (lɒst; lɒst)	терять; лишаться	‘The murderer has lost these,’ said Holmes. ‘Let’s hope that he doesn’t have any more. Tonight I have lost the Agra Treasure and you have killed my dear friend, Tonga. One day, soon after I arrived, I had an accident and lost my leg.
lost	lɒst	потерянный; пропавший	The Treasure is Lost We all stood astonished. The great treasure of Agra was lost for ever. Tonga is dead and I am your prisoner. And the Agra Treasure is lost for ever.
lot	lɒt	много	One dark night, we put lots of food into the boat and we sailed together from the Andaman Islands.
loud	laʊd	громкий	Holmes gave a loud cry of joy. Just then we heard footsteps and loud voices outside the room. Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door.
loudly	ˈlaʊdli	громко	He knocked loudly at the door of the house. He was talking to someone and he was speaking very loudly.
lovely	ˈlʌvli	красивый; прекрасный; привлекательный	She had a lovely face. I noticed at once that she looked worried and unhappy. Then she turned to Holmes and looked at him with her lovely blue eyes. ‘What a lovely woman,’ I remarked.
lower	ˈləʊə	спускать; опускать	Last night, I helped Bartholomew to lower the chest down into the room below. The two Sholto brothers had lowered the treasure chest through this hole the night before. The murderers then lowered the treasure chest to the ground with the rope.
luggage	ˈlʌɡɪdʒ	багаж	This note was found in my father’s luggage. ‘The same words – “The Sign of Four” – were written on that strange note in Captain Morstan’s luggage,’ said Holmes. He took out the piece of paper which had been found in Captain Morstan’s luggage.
Lyceum Theatre	laɪˈsi:əm ˈθɪətə	Театр Лицеум	Go to the Lyceum Theatre tonight at seven o’clock. This evening we’ll come with you to the Lyceum Theatre.
made of	ˈmeɪd ɒv	сделан из	Holmes put his hand in his pocket and took out a small bag made of dried grass. The chest was made of very thick iron. This was why it was so heavy.
magnifying glass	ˈmæɡnɪfaɪɪŋ ɡlɑ:s	лупа; увеличительное стекло	He took a magnifying glass out of his pocket and examined the paper. Holmes took our his magnifying glass and started to examine the room again.
Major	ˈmeɪdʒə	Майор	The Major had retired from the army some time before my father disappeared. He had one friend in London – Major Sholto.
make (made; made)	ˈmeɪk (ˈmeɪd; ˈmeɪd)	делать; сделать; создать; заставить	‘This paper was made in India,’ he remarked. They are the marks made by someone with a wooden leg. He was trying to make the engine of the launch go faster.
make (made; made) a mistake	ˈmeɪk (ˈmeɪd; ˈmeɪd) ə mɪˈsteɪk	ошибаться; заблуждаться; совершать ошибку	Inspector Jones had made a stupid mistake by arresting him. I’m afraid that I made a bad mistake. I have had to let Thaddeus Sholto go.
make (made; made) a promise	ˈmeɪk (ˈmeɪd; ˈmeɪd) ə ˈprɒmɪs	дать обещание	We made a promise to each other. We agreed that we would always work together.
make (made; made) an arrest	ˈmeɪk (ˈmeɪd, ˈmeɪd) ən əˈrest	поизвести арест	Inspector Jones Makes an Arrest
make (made; made) friends	ˈmeɪk (ˈmeɪd; ˈmeɪd) frendz	подружиться	‘I made friends with one of the people of the Andaman Islands,’ he said.
man (men)	mæn (men)	человек; мужчина (люди; мужчины)	‘You must promise me that these men are not policemen,’ said the stranger. Four strong men were on board the launch. In the lamplight we could see some men on board the Aurora.
manage	ˈmænɪdʒ	ухитриться; суметь	We managed to turn the police launch round. We went towards the wooden-legged man and threw him a rope.
mark	mɑ:k	метка; след; отпечаток	Somebody has made a mark to show a certain place in the building. Here is the print of a foot on the window-sill. And here is a round mark. Do you see this mark? It is the print of a man’s hand.
marked	mɑ:kt	заметный	Holmes pointed to the floor. I saw a clearly marked small footprint.
marry	ˈmæri	выходить замуж; жениться	If she became rich, I could not ask her to marry me. I wanted to ask her to marry me. ‘Because now I can ask you to marry me,’ I replied, holding her hand.
master	ˈmɑ:stə	хозяин; господин	‘My master is waiting for you,’ said the servant.
matter	ˈmætə	предмет обсуждения; вопрос	‘Listen, Mr Holmes,’ he said. ‘This is a matter for the police. It has nothing to do with you. Goodnight, gentlemen.’
May	meɪ	Май	The date was 4th May 1882. To my surprise, the advertisement asked for the address of Miss Mary Morstan. A few days later, on 4th May 1882, Captain Morstan’s daughter saw the advertisement in a newspaper.
mean (meant; meant)	mi:n (ment; ment)	значить; иметь в виду	‘What can this letter mean?’ asked Miss Morstan. ‘I don’t understand what this note means,’ said Holmes. What did all these things mean? And what was the mysterious Sign of Four?
meaning	ˈmi:nɪŋ	значение; смысл	But what are these names at the bottom? And what is the meaning of – “The Sign of Four”?
measure	ˈmeʒə	измерять	He measured the height of the house outside. It was seventy-four high. Then he measured the height of the rooms inside the house.
meet (met; met)	mi:t (met; met)	встречаться; познакомиться	‘I’m very pleased to meet you both,’ said the young lady. This evening we’ll come with you to the Lyceum Theatre. We’ll meet your unknown friend. ‘Is that where you met Major Sholto and Captain Morstan?’ asked Holmes.
meeting	ˈmi:tɪŋ	встреча	A Strange Meeting
member	ˈmembə	член	And to me and the other members of the Sign of Four, it has brought prison for the rest of our lives.
message	ˈmesɪdʒ	сообщение	I sent a message for them to come. You must stay here. There may be some messages. That night I got into his room and left a message.
metal	ˈmetl̩	металлический	Miss Morstan left the room and came back with a heavy metal bar. I took the bar and put it under the lid of the chest.
middle	ˈmɪdl̩	середина	It was the middle of the night, and the streets of London were black and silent.
mile	maɪl	миля	It will follow this smell for miles and miles,’ said Holmes. ‘We’ll catch these murderers now.’
mind	maɪnd	ум	Suddenly, a horrible thought came into my mind.
missing	ˈmɪsɪŋ	отсутствующий, пропавший	A man has been murdered and jewels worth a million pounds are missing. What do you think happened? Then I noticed that his right leg was missing. There was a wooden stump in its place. This was the wooden-legged man!
moment	ˈməʊmənt	миг; мгновение	A few moments later, Miss Morstan entered the room.
money	ˈmʌni	деньги	But I did not have very much money. If she became rich, I could not ask her to marry me. I put some money into Mr Sherman’s hand and the old man gave me Toby’s lead. Holmes gave each of the children some money.
month	mʌnθ	месяц	My wound was deep and took many months to heal.
moon	mu:n	луна	The night was cold, and the moon was shining brightly.
moonlight	mu:nlaɪt	лунный свет	There was no light except the moonlight. The bright moonlight was shining into the room.
morning	ˈmɔ:nɪŋ	утро	‘Nothing at all,’ replied Miss Morstan. Then she continued. ‘But the strangest thing of all happened this morning. I don’t know who he is, sir. But my husband went with a wooden-legged man in the Aurora yesterday morning and hasn’t come back! All night, I heard Holmes walking up and down in his room. Next morning, he looked tired and ill.
mother	ˈmʌðə	мать	My mother was dead and I had no other relatives in England.
move	mu:v	двигаться	This face was looking straight at me. It did not move. It was black with two red stripes. It was moving very quickly. But his wooden leg had stuck in the mud. He could not move.
move off	mu:v ɒf	отъезжать; уезжать	The man closed the door and jumped up onto the driver’s seat of the cab. The horse moved off quickly.
mud	mʌd	грязь	The man had landed in the soft, wet mud of the river bank. But his wooden leg had stuck in the mud. We were thinking of the great treasure which was lost in the mud at the bottom of the River Thames.
murder	ˈmɜ:də	убивать; убийство	I arrest you for the murder of your brother. I knew that Sholto was not guilty of the murder of his brother. Bartholomew Sholto was murdered because of it.
murderer	ˈmɜ:dərə	убийца	We must find out how the murderer got into the room. Inspector Jones thinks he has solved the crime and caught the murderer. We’ll catch the murderers and we’ll get the treasure!
My God	maɪ ɡɒd	Боже мой!	‘My God!’ he cried. ‘It’s the work of the Devil!’
mysterious	mɪˈstɪərɪəs	загадочный; таинственный	What did all these things mean? And what was the mysterious Sign of Four?
mystery	ˈmɪstəri	тайна; загадка	I cannot live without interesting problems and mysteries. ‘What, Holmes! Have you solved the mystery already?’ I asked in surprise. Mystery on the River
narrow	ˈnærəʊ	узкий	Now we were passing through small narrow streets.
near	nɪə	близко; возле; рядом	‘A small group of islands near the coast of India,’ said Miss Morstan. But we could not get near to the Aurora.
nearly	ˈnɪəli	почти	I nearly died from pain and fever. ‘It was 3rd December 1878 – nearly ten years ago.’ It was now nearly eight o’clock in the morning.
need	ni:d	нуждаться в	When people were in trouble or needed help, they came to Holmes. Something very strange has happened. Mr Holmes, I need your help! We need a fast police launch – as fast as the Aurora.
nervous	ˈnɜ:vəs	взволнованный; нервничающий	I was feeling nervous and Miss Morstan’s face looked white. He was smiling, but he seemed very nervous.
nervously	ˈnɜ:vəsli	нервно	‘This is very strange,’ Thaddeus Sholto said nervously. ‘I don’t understand why there are no lights.
news	nju:z	новости; новость	It said that if I advertised my address, I would receive some very good news. He hid the body and he also hid the Great Agra Treasure. Soon the news of Morstan’s disappearance spread through London. What was written in the letter frightened him to death. It must have been the news of your escape which killed him.
newspaper	ˈnju:speɪpə	газета	They advertised for Captain Morstan in all the newspapers, but without success. I have just been to the offices of The Times newspaper. Holmes was drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.
next day	nekst deɪ	на следующий день	I advertised my address in the same newspaper. The next day, I received a small cardboard box. I promised that I would visit her the next day. Then I went to the address which Holmes had given me. The next day, I woke early. It was still dark. To my surprise Sherlock Holmes was standing by my bed.
nice to see you	naɪs tə ˈsi: ju	рада вас видеть	‘How nice to see you,’ she said when she saw me. ‘Do you have any news?’
night	ˈnaɪt	ночь	But I was told by the hotel manager that my father was not there. He had gone out the night before and not returned. In the morning, we went to our father’s room. We found that someone had been in the room during the night. And about the arrest of Thaddeus Sholto by Inspector Jones last night.
no idea	nəʊ aɪˈdɪə	без понятия	We passed through so many streets that I was very soon lost. I had no idea where we were going.
no one else	nəʊ wʌn els	никто другой	‘The Agra Treasure belongs to the Sign of Four,’ said Small quietly. ‘No one else will have it. I threw it all to the bottom of the river.’
noise	nɔɪz	шум	The only sound was the noise of the horse’s hooves. Suddenly we heard a noise coming from inside that great black house.
noisily	ˈnɔɪzili	шумно; громко	Inspector Jones went quickly up the steps. We heard him moving about noisily in the room above.
north	nɔ:θ	северный	He bought a house in North London.
nose	nəʊz	нос	Toby did not look to the right or the left. He ran straight ahead with his nose to the ground.
not at all	nɒt ət ɔ:l	нисколько; совсем нет	‘That was very kind of you, Mr Sholto,’ said Miss Morstan. ‘Not at all,’ said Sholto. ‘But now I am going to tell you something very exciting.
note	nəʊt	записка	This note was found in my father’s luggage. I took the note and studied it carefully. ‘The same words – “The Sign of Four” – were written on that strange note in Captain Morstan’s luggage,’ said Holmes.
notebook	ˈnəʊtbʊk	записная книжка; блокнот	Holmes opened his notebook. ‘What was the date that your father disappeared?’ he asked.
nothing at all	ˈnʌθɪŋ ət ɔ:l	ничего; совсем ничего	‘There was no letter with the pearls?’ asked Holmes. ‘Nothing at all,’ replied Miss Morstan. Nothing at all. I can’t understand it. I am very surprised and disappointed.
notice	ˈnəʊtɪs	заметить; обратить внимание; объявление	I noticed at once that she looked worried and unhappy. He did not notice how much he had upset Miss Morstan. Then I noticed that his right leg was missing.
November	nəʊˈvembə	Ноябрь	London, 17th November 1887
number	ˈnʌmbə	номер	We will call them Number One and Number Two. Number Two is the wooden-legged man. But who is Number One?
of course	əv kɔ:s	разумеется; конечно	He was living in London and, of course, I went to see him. ‘My name,’ said the bald-headed man, ‘is Thaddeus Sholto. You are Miss Morstan, of course. And these two gentlemen …?’ ‘Don’t you remember me?’ ‘Why, yes, of course,’ he said. ‘You are Mr Sherlock Holmes, the private detective.
officer	ˈɒfɪsə	офицер; начальник	My father was one of the officers in charge of the prisoners. Sholto and Morstan were the officers in charge of the prisoners there.
offices	ˈɒfɪsɪz	административное здание	‘Well,’ said Holmes. ‘I have just been to the offices of The Times newspaper.
often	ˈɒfn̩	часто	He often spoke about a man with a wooden leg who followed him.
on board	ɒn bɔ:d	на борту	Four strong men were on board the launch. In the lamplight we could see some men on board the Aurora.
on the left	ɒn ðə left	слева	Go to the Lyceum Theatre tonight at seven o’clock. Stand outside the entrance, on the left. The letter had told us to stand outside on the left. We waited. Suddenly a small dark man appeared.
once more	wʌns mɔ:	ещё раз	‘Your story is very interesting,’ said Holmes, rubbing his hands together once more. ‘Please, go on.’ Let’s examine once more the poisoned thorn which killed Bartholomew Sholto.
one by one	wʌn baɪ wʌn	по одному; один за одним	So we found your address and sent you the pearls, one by one.
one day	wʌn deɪ	однажды	Then one day, in Afghanistan, I was shot in the shoulder. My wound was deep and took many months to heal. One day, soon after I arrived, I had an accident and lost my leg. After that, I could not fight any more. One day, I found one of these pygmies lying under a tree. He was very ill. I looked after him. He slowly got better.
open	ˈəʊpən	открывать	Holmes opened his notebook. A tall old woman opened it. Her face was white with fear. Let’s open the treasure chest.
opposite	ˈɒpəzɪt	напротив; расположенный напротив	By eight o’clock, we had arrived opposite the boatyard where the Aurora was hidden. He was sitting in the police launch opposite the treasure chest.
ordinary	ˈɔ:dɪnri	обычный	But they were not the footprints of an ordinary man. They were extremely small.
ornament	ˈɔ:nəment	орнамент; декоративное украшение	The cases contained some books and clothes, and some paintings and ornaments from the Andaman Islands. The room in which we were standing was full of Indian paintings and ornaments.
out at sea	aʊt ət si:	в открытом море	Their ship was waiting for them out at sea and they must not be late.
out of	aʊt ɒv	из	The children ran out of the room, all talking together.
outside	ˌaʊtˈsaɪd	на улице	But the wooden-legged man was not alone. Someone else has been here too. Look outside.
over	ˈəʊvə	завершившийся	Mordecai Smith was still on the Aurora. But he did not try to escape. We tied the Aurora to our launch. The chase was over.
owner	ˈəʊnə	владелец	Mordecai Smith, the owner, was there too. He was talking to someone and he was speaking very loudly. We could also see Mordecai Smith, the owner of the Aurora.
pain	peɪn	боль	I nearly died from pain and fever. The dead man’s body was twisted with pain.
painting	ˈpeɪntɪŋ	картина	The cases contained some books and clothes, and some paintings and ornaments from the Andaman Islands. The room in which we were standing was full of Indian paintings and ornaments.
pale	peɪl	бледный	She did not seem afraid, but her beautiful face was very pale.
paper	ˈpeɪpə	бумага; газета	In the cab, Miss Morstan took a piece of paper out of her bag. And the paper with the Sign of Four? I took the paper and read the report.
part	pɑ:t	часть	Our father had told us that this cup was part of the Agra Treasure.
pass	pɑ:s	обгонять; пересекать; проходить; миновать	That day, the time passed very slowly. The police launch was very fast. We passed all the other boats on the river without difficulty. The poisoned thorn had passed through the air between us.
pass through	pɑ:s θru:	пересекать	We passed through so many streets that I was very soon lost. Now we were passing through small narrow streets.
passage	ˈpæsɪdʒ	проход; коридор	We climbed up the stairs. There was a passage at the top of the stairs. At the end of the passage was a door.
path	pɑ:θ	тропа; дорожка	Toby ran along the paths in the garden under the trees and bushes. Suddenly, Toby ran down a path. This path led straight down towards the River Thames.
pay (paid; paid)	peɪ (peɪd; peɪd)	платить	But that he had paid for his crime. The Agra Treasure never brought him happiness – only fear and guilt. These agents are clever. I pay them to bring me information. I had paid Mordecai Smith to take us to a ship.
pearl	pɜ:l	жемчужина	Inside the box was a lovely pearl. And I have received another five pearls since that day. So we found your address and sent you the pearls, one by one.
people	ˈpi:pl̩	люди	When people were in trouble or needed help, they came to Holmes. But he was afraid that people would believe that he had killed Morstan. The people were just beginning to wake up.
perhaps	pəˈhæps	возможно; может быть	Please ask the lady to come in. Perhaps it is a new client. I don’t think the paper is very important. Perhaps it’s a trick. We were thinking of the great treasure which was lost in the mud at the bottom of the River Thames. Perhaps it was better there.
person	ˈpɜ:sn̩	человек	I wondered what kind of person we would meet at the Lyceum Theatre. I was the last person to see my brother alive. He was the last person to see his brother alive.
pick up	pɪk ʌp	подобрать; поднимать	I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick. In the room below, I picked up the thorn. I picked up a book but was unable to read it.
piece	pi:s	кусок; обрывок	In the cab, Miss Morstan took a piece of paper out of her bag. At that moment, the pygmy put a short piece of wood to his lips. He took out the piece of paper which had been found in Captain Morstan’s luggage.
pipe	paɪp	трубка	I found Sherlock Holmes standing outside the door. He was smoking his pipe.
place	ˈpleɪs	место	While I was in the army, I travelled to many strange and interesting places. Finally, he stopped at a place in the wall where the bricks were loose. There was a wooden stump in its place.
play	pleɪ	пьеса	Everyone was meeting friends and going in to see the play.
please	pli:z	доставить удовольствие; нравиться	We passed all the other boats on the river without difficulty. This pleased Holmes very much.
pleased	pli:zd	довольный; радостный	‘I’m very pleased to meet you both,’ said the young lady. The fat man stopped and stared. He was not very pleased to see Holmes. ‘I shall be pleased to do that,’ I said.
pleased to meet you	pli:zd tə mi:t ju	рад с вами познакомиться	‘I am Sherlock Holmes and this is my good friend, Doctor Watson. Doctor Watson and I have worked together many times.’ ‘I’m very pleased to meet you both,’ said the young lady.
pocket	ˈpɒkɪt	карман	I noticed that Holmes took his gun from his drawer and put it into his pocket. Holmes took a handkerchief out of his pocket and gave it to Toby to smell. Both Holmes and I had guns in our pockets.
point	pɔɪnt	указать	He pointed at the window and cried out in a voice full of fear, “Keep him out! Keep him out!” He pointed at a flat stone. I saw a dirty hand print on the stone. I looked where Holmes was pointing. I saw one of the pygmy’s poisoned thorns.
poison	ˈpɔɪzn̩	яд	I pulled it away easily from the dead man’s skin. I looked at it. It was hard and sharp. I saw that it had poison on it.
poisoned	ˈpɔɪzn̩d	отравленный	‘It is a thorn,’ said Holmes. ‘You can take it out. But be careful. It is poisoned.’ He kills people by shooting them with poisoned thorns. The poisoned thorn had passed through the air between us.
police	pəˈli:s	полицейский; полиция	Sometimes the police came to Holmes and asked for help in catching a criminal. ‘Listen, Mr Holmes,’ he said. ‘This is a matter for the police. It happened so quickly that we were not able to slow down and stop the police launch.
police officer	pəˈli:s ˈɒfɪsə	офицер полиции	At three o’clock in the afternoon, I had a visitor. It was Inspector Jones, the police officer.
police station	pəˈli:s ˈsteɪʃn̩	полицейский участок	‘Go to the police station, Mr Sholto,’ said Holmes. ‘Ask the police to come quickly. Doctor Watson and I will wait here.’
policeman (policemen)	pəˈli:smən (pəˈli:smən)	полицейский (полицейские)	‘You must promise me that these men are not policemen,’ said the stranger. He was followed by a policeman in uniform and by Thaddeus Sholto. Inspector Jones and the policeman took Thaddeus Sholto away.
polite	pəˈlaɪt	вежливый; любезный	He had not wanted his help. Now he was very quiet and polite.
politely	pəˈlaɪtli	вежливо; любезно	‘Good evening, Inspector Jones,’ said Holmes politely. ‘Don’t you remember me?’ ‘Good morning,’ said Holmes politely. ‘Are you Mordecai Smith’s wife?’
Pondicherry	pɒndɪtʃerɪ	Пондишери (административный центр в Индии)	He bought a house in North London. He called the house Pondicherry Lodge.
poor	pʊə	бедный	Sherlock Holmes did not care if his clients were rich or poor. I’ll stay here and look after this poor woman. It was a very poor street and the houses were old and dirty.
pound	paʊnd	фунт	The jewels in this treasure were worth more than a million pounds. A man has been murdered and jewels worth a million pounds are missing.
prepared	prɪˈpeəd	готовый; подготовленный	And they were prepared to kill the Sholtos – father and son – to get the treasure.
present	prezent	подарок	Then, she received a valuable present. These presents came every year. Why do the presents arrive on that day?
pretty	ˈprɪti	симпатичный	She was wearing a pretty, white dress and her hair was shining brightly in the lamplight.
print	prɪnt	след; отпечаток	Here is the print of a foot on the window-sill. They were the prints of bare feet. I saw a dirty hand print on the stone.
prison	ˈprɪzn̩	тюрьма	There is a prison on one of the islands. And to me and the other members of the Sign of Four, it has brought prison for the rest of our lives. We were sent to prison in the Andaman Islands.
prisoner	ˈprɪznə	заключенный; находящийся под стражей; пленник; узник; арестант	My father was one of the officers in charge of the prisoners. The wooden-legged man was our prisoner. But we were not able to go and get it. We were prisoners. Also, we were afraid that someone else might find the treasure.
private detective	ˈpraɪvɪt dɪˈtektɪv	частный детектив	He was the most famous private detective in London. That’s why I became a private detective. I love my work. You are Mr Sherlock Holmes, the private detective. Yes, I remember you well.
problem	ˈprɒbləm	задача; проблема	He enjoyed solving their interesting problems. I cannot live without interesting problems and mysteries. ‘See how he loves the smell,’ said Holmes. ‘We won’t have any problems now.’
promise	ˈprɒmɪs	обещать	‘You must promise me that these men are not policemen,’ said the stranger. I promised that I would visit her the next day. Inspector Jones had promised to let us use the police launch.
prove	pru:v	доказать	Sholto has proved that he was at a friend’s house when his brother died.
pull	pʊl	тащить; тянуть	He was pulling a dog on a lead. Toby pulled at his lead and ran quickly through the grass. Then we pulled him up over the side of our launch.
pull away	pʊl əˈweɪ	вытащить	I pulled it away easily from the dead man’s skin.
put (put; put)	ˈpʊt (ˈpʊt; ˈpʊt)	класть; положить; поместить; сунуть; приложить	I noticed that Holmes took his gun from his drawer and put it into his pocket. I bent down and put my eye to the keyhole. Holmes put his hand in his pocket and took out a small bag made of dried grass.
put (put; put) on	ˈpʊt (pʊt; pʊt) ɒn	надеть	Thaddeus Sholto put on his coat.
puzzled	ˈpʌzl̩d	озадаченный	I was still puzzled. ‘But Sholto died six years ago,’ I said. ‘Why did Miss Morstan receive that letter today – six years later?
pygmy	ˈpɪɡmi	пигмей; карлик	He is a very small man – in other words, a pygmy – from some foreign land. I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again. I told her about the chase on the river, the death of the pygmy and how we had caught Jonathan Small.
question	ˈkwestʃən	вопрос	‘I hope that we’ll find the answers to these questions tonight, Watson,’ said Holmes seriously. I hoped that Sherlock Holmes would discover the answer to these questions. ‘I wonder where the steam launch is,’ he said. ‘I think we must ask a few questions.’
quick	kwɪk	быстрый	‘We must be quick, Watson,’ said Holmes. ‘I want you to do two things. First, take Miss Morstan home.
quickly	ˈkwɪkli	быстро	He led us quickly across the street to another cab and opened the door. Inspector Jones went quickly up the steps. It happened so quickly that we were not able to slow down and stop the police launch.
quiet	ˈkwaɪət	спокойный; тихий	We were outside a house in a dark quiet street. It was very strange to see such brightly coloured clothes in this quiet street in London. He had not wanted his help. Now he was very quiet and polite.
quietly	ˈkwaɪətli	тихо	He sat back in the cab. Miss Morstan and I talked quietly together. ‘The treasure is lost,’ said Miss Morstan quietly. ‘The Agra Treasure belongs to the Sign of Four,’ said Small quietly.
ragged	ræɡd	истрепанный; изорванный	A few minutes later, twelve children ran into the room. Their clothes were dirty and ragged.
reach	ri:tʃ	достичь; добраться	Then he reached the garden wall and ran along beside it. At last Tonga and I reached London. But I was too late to have revenge on Sholto.
read (read; read)	ri:d (rɛd; rɛd)	читать	One afternoon, I was reading a book and Holmes was standing by the window in our sitting-room. There was a piece of paper on the body. Holmes picked it up and read it. I took the paper and read the report.
read (read; read) out	ri:d (rɛd; rɛd) aʊt	читать вслух	Holmes read out what was written on the piece of paper, ‘”Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar. The Sign of Four”.’
ready	ˈredi	готовый; готов	Are you ready? It’s six o’clock and here is Miss Morstan. He said that he had to have the Aurora ready for eight o’clock tonight. We’ll be ready for the Aurora when she comes out.
realize	ˈrɪəlaɪz	осознать; понять	I realized that the pygmy had stepped in the creosote.
receive	rɪˈsi:v	получать	When I was seventeen, I received a letter from my father. Why did Miss Morstan receive that letter today – six years later? ‘I’ve received a telegram from Sherlock Holmes,’ the Inspector went on. ‘Here it is.’
red	red	красный	The Aurora is black, sir, with two red stripes down each side.
relative	ˈrelətɪv	родственник	My mother was dead and I had no other relatives in England.
remark	rɪˈmɑ:k	заметить; отметить	‘What a lovely woman,’ I remarked. ‘This paper was made in India,’ he remarked. ‘Have a look at it, Watson.’
remember	rɪˈmembə	вспоминать; помнить	Remember that a paper from the Sign of Four was also found on the dead body of Major Sholto. ‘Good evening, Inspector Jones,’ said Holmes politely. ‘Don’t you remember me?’ ‘The Aurora, sir,’ said Mrs Smith. ‘Oh, yes, that’s right. I remember now. But where is the Aurora?’ said Holmes, looking around.
repeat	rɪˈpi:t	повторить	‘You found the treasure!’ we repeated in astonishment. ‘What’s your name?’ Holmes asked him. ‘Jonathan Small,’ replied the man. ‘Jonathan Small,’ repeated Holmes.
reply	rɪˈplaɪ	отвечать	‘What happened to his luggage?’ ‘It was still at the hotel,’ replied Miss Morstan. ‘Do you mean a dwarf?’ I asked in surprise. ‘I will show you,’ replied Holmes. ‘But where is the key of the treasure chest?’ ‘At the bottom of the river,’ replied Jonathan Small.
report	rɪˈpɔ:t	репортаж	Here is a report about the murder of Bartholomew Sholto at Pondicherry Lodge. I took the paper and read the report.
rest	rest	остаток	And to me and the other members of the Sign of Four, it has brought prison for the rest of our lives.
retire	rɪˈtaɪə	уходить; уходить в отставку	I retired from the army and came back to England. Major Sholto had retired from the army. He retired from the army about eleven years ago.
return	rɪˈtɜ:n	возвращаться; вернуться	He had gone out the night before and not returned. At half past five, Holmes returned. He was very pleased about something.
revenge	rɪˈvendʒ	месть; мстить	I don’t know why someone wants revenge on the Sholto family. And from that day, I decided to have revenge on Sholto.’ But I was too late to have revenge on Sholto.
rich	rɪtʃ	богатый	Sherlock Holmes did not care if his clients were rich or poor. If she became rich, I could not ask her to marry me. Because I love you, Mary. Now you are not going to be rich. So I can tell you my feelings.
right	raɪt	правый	‘I was wrong before and you were right,’ said Jones sadly.
river	ˈrɪvə	река	This path led straight down towards the River Thames. Soon the river appeared in front of us. We passed all the other boats on the river without difficulty.
roof	ru:f	крыша	There was extra space under the roof! I have found a door which leads out onto the roof. The drain-pipe ran all the way down from the roof to the garden below.
room	ru:m	комната	Our housekeeper came into the room. Two people came into this room. We will call them Number One and Number Two. We decided to leave the treasure hidden in the secret room in the fortress.
rope	rəʊp	веревка	On the floor by the set of steps was a rope. Then he must have taken the rope, opened the window and thrown the end of the rope down into the garden. We went towards the wooden-legged man and threw him a rope.
round	ˈraʊnd	круглый	Here is the print of a foot on the window-sill. And here is a round mark.
rub hands	rʌb hændz	потирать руки (от удовольствия)	Holmes rubbed his hands together excitedly. ‘Your story is very interesting,’ said Holmes, rubbing his hands together once more. ‘Please, go on.’ ‘It is similar to tar,’ Holmes answered. ‘It is creosote.’ He was smiling and rubbing his hands together.
rub together	rʌb təˈɡeðə	тереть предметы друг от друга	Holmes rubbed his hands together excitedly. ‘Your story is very interesting,’ said Holmes, rubbing his hands together once more. ‘Please, go on.’ ‘It is similar to tar,’ Holmes answered. ‘It is creosote.’ He was smiling and rubbing his hands together.
ruby	ˈru:bi	рубин	Inside the treasure chest were hundreds of beautiful jewels – diamonds, rubies, sapphires and many others.
rude	ru:d	грубый	I’m sorry that I was rude. I didn’t know that you were a friend of Sherlock Holmes. Two days ago, he had been very rude to Holmes.
run (ran; run)	rʌn (ræn; rʌn)	бежать; проходить	The drain-pipe ran all the way down from the roof to the garden below. Toby pulled at his lead and ran quickly through the grass. Suddenly, Toby ran down a path.
run (ran; run) into	rʌn (ræn; rʌn) ˈɪntə	вбежать	A few minutes later, twelve children ran into the room.
run (ran; run) off	rʌn (ræn; rʌn) ɒf	сбежать; убегать	Now, I think that Thaddeus Sholto killed his brother. Then he ran off with the jewels.
run (ran; run) out	rʌn (ræn; rʌn) aʊt	выбегать	‘We ran out into the garden,’ replied Sholto. The children ran out of the room, all talking together.
rush	rʌʃ	устремиться; броситься; ринуться; мчаться	We rushed to the window but the man had gone.
sad	sæd	печальный; грустный	It had very long ears and very short legs and its eyes were large and sad. His sad eyes shone with happiness and his tail wagged. Inspector Jones looked so sad that I began to feel sorry for him.
sadly	ˈsædli	грустно; печально	He turned sadly away from the window. He looked up at us sadly with his large eyes. ‘I was wrong before and you were right,’ said Jones sadly.
sail	seɪl	плыть; идти под парусом	One dark night, we put lots of food into the boat and we sailed together from the Andaman Islands.
sapphire	ˈsæfaɪə	сапфир	Inside the treasure chest were hundreds of beautiful jewels – diamonds, rubies, sapphires and many others.
say (said; said)	ˈseɪ (ˈsed; ˈsed)	сказать; говорить	‘My master is waiting for you,’ said the servant. ‘Why do you say “Thank God”?’ asked Miss Morstan.
say (said; said) goodbye	ˈseɪ (ˈsed; ˈsed) ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ	попрощаться	I said goodbye to her and drove back to Baker Street.
say (said; said) nothing	ˈseɪ (ˈsed, ˈsed) ˈnʌθɪŋ	молчать; ничего не сказать	He decided to say nothing. He hid the body and he also hid the Great Agra Treasure.
school	sku:l	школа	So, while my father was away, I was sent to school.
search	sɜ:tʃ	искать	My brother, Bartholomew, and I searched for the treasure for six years. They have searched the whole river. The Aurora has disappeared.
second	ˈsekənd	во-вторых	First, take Miss Morstan home. Second, go to this address – 3 Pinchin Lane.
secret	ˈsi:krɪt	тайна; секрет; тайный	He was the only person who knew this terrible secret. The Agra Treasure had been hidden in the secret room above. We decided to leave the treasure hidden in the secret room in the fortress.
see (saw; seen)	ˈsi: (ˈsɔ:; ˈsi:n)	видеть	She looked very pleased to see me. We were looking for the body of the pygmy. But we saw nothing. It was a small dark man – the smallest man I have ever seen.
seeing	ˈsi:ɪŋ	возможность видеть	I was very happy and excited about seeing my dear father again. I went to London and arrived at the hotel.
seem	si:m	казаться; выглядеть	But this afternoon he did not seem very happy. He was smiling, but he seemed very nervous. But they seemed happy and cheerful.
send (sent; sent)	send (sent; sent)	послать; отправить	‘Why did you send me the pearls?’ she asked. That is why we sent you the letter, Miss Morstan. We were sent to prison in the Andaman Islands.
sending	ˈsendɪŋ	посылка; посылание	We had discovered the truth about some things – the death of Captain Morstan, the sending of the pearls to Miss Morstan, the advertisement, the letter.
seriously	ˈsɪərɪəsli	серьезно	‘I hope that we’ll find the answers to these questions tonight, Watson,’ said Holmes seriously.
servant	ˈsɜ:vənt	слуга; прислуга	It was opened immediately by an Indian servant. ‘My master is waiting for you,’ said the servant. We followed the Indian servant into the house.
set	set	группа; очертания	A set of steps was standing beneath the hole. On the floor by the set of steps was a rope.
seventeen	ˌsevnˈti:n	17	When I was seventeen, I received a letter from my father. He said that he was leaving India and coming back to England.
seventeenth	ˌsevnˈti:nθ	семнадцатое	London, 17th November 1887
seventy	ˈsevnti	70	He added the heights of the rooms together. The total was only seventy feet. There was extra space under the roof!
seventy-four	ˈsevnti fɔ:	74	He measured the height of the house outside. It was seventy-four high. Then he measured the height of the rooms inside the house.
several	ˈsevrəl	несколько	I worked as a doctor in the British Army for several years. Several small boats were near the jetty on the bank of the river.
shake (shook; shaken)	ʃeɪk (ʃʊk; ˈʃeɪkən)	дрожать; качать; качаться; трястись	Thaddeus Sholto began to shake with fear. His face was very white. We were going so fast that the police launch started to shake. Holmes shook his head.
shape	ʃeɪp	фигура	Beside him was a strange dark shape. At the sound of the man’s voice, the strange dark shape beside him moved.
share	ʃeə	делить; разделять; доля; часть	For many years, I shared an apartment in London with my friend, Sherlock Holmes. He had wanted us to share the treasure with you. When we were free, we would get the treasure and share it with them.
sharing	ˈʃeərɪŋ	разделение; деление	I enjoyed sharing an apartment with Holmes.
sharp	ʃɑ:p	острый	I took the thorn between my finger and thumb. I pulled it away easily from the dead man’s skin. I looked at it. It was hard and sharp. In the room below, I picked up the thorn. I held it carefully between my fingers. I felt afraid. It was long and sharp.
shine (shone; shone)	ʃaɪn (ʃɒn; ʃɒn)	светить; сиять	His eyes shone and he leant forward in his chair. The night was cold, and the moon was shining brightly. As we went back up the river, we shone our light on the water.
ship	ʃɪp	корабль	Their ship was waiting for them out at sea and they must not be late. I had paid Mordecai Smith to take us to a ship.
shoes	ʃu:z	обувь	Their clothes were dirty and ragged. They had no shoes on their feet.
shoot (shot; shot)	ʃu:t (ʃɒt; ʃɒt)	стрелять	Then one day, in Afghanistan, I was shot in the shoulder. ‘Shoot him if he moves his hand,’ said Holmes.
shooting	ˈʃu:tɪŋ	стрельба	He kills people by shooting them with poisoned thorns.
short	ʃɔ:t	короткий	It had very long ears and very short legs and its eyes were large and sad. At that moment, the pygmy put a short piece of wood to his lips.
shoulder	ˈʃəʊldə	плечо	Then one day, in Afghanistan, I was shot in the shoulder.
shout	ʃaʊt	кричать	Inspector Jones shouted again. ‘Stop!’ He shouted at us angrily. He was a big strong man. ‘Where is the treasure, Small?’ shouted Jones angrily.
show (showed; shown)	ʃəʊ (ʃəʊd; ʃəʊn)	быть видным; показывать	She opened a flat box and showed us six beautiful pearls. Mr Holmes, I forgot to show you this. They showed very clearly in the thick dust.
shut (shut; shut)	ʃʌt (ʃʌt; ʃʌt)	закрываться; запирать	At these words, the window suddenly shut and a few minutes later the door opened. The British all hid in an old fortress at Agra. They shut themselves inside.
sick	sɪk	тошнота	I bent down and put my eye to the keyhole. I felt very sick and afraid. Holmes was smiling, but I felt cold and sick.
side	saɪd	борт; сторона	The Aurora is black, sir, with two red stripes down each side. The Aurora is black with two red stripes down each side. Then we pulled him up over the side of our launch.
sign	saɪn	знак	And what is the meaning of – “The Sign of Four”? And what was the mysterious Sign of Four? He stole it from the Sign of Four and also from his friend Morstan.
silent	ˈsaɪlənt	тихий; беззвучный; молчаливый	Everything was black and silent. There was no light except the moonlight. It was the middle of the night, and the streets of London were black and silent. We were all silent. We were thinking of the great treasure which was lost in the mud at the bottom of the River Thames.
silver	ˈsɪlvə	серебряный	She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray.
similar	ˈsɪmələ	сходный; похожий	‘It is similar to tar,’ Holmes answered. ‘It is creosote.’ He was smiling and rubbing his hands together.
since	sɪns	с тех пор; со времени	And I have received another five pearls since that day. Since my father disappeared, I have been alone in the world. ‘No, you can’t. He isn’t here. I haven’t seen him since yesterday morning.’
sit (sat; sat)	sɪt (sæt; sæt)	сидеть	As we sat in the cab, Thaddeus Sholto continued to talk. Holmes, Miss Morstan and I listened. He was sitting in a chair by a table. Miss Morstan was sitting by the window.
sit (sat; sat)back	sɪt (sæt, sæt) ˈbæk	откинуться на спинку	He sat back in the cab. Miss Morstan and I talked quietly together.
sit (sat; sat) down	sɪt (sæt; sæt) daʊn	сесть	When Holmes had gone I sat down by the window and tried to read a book. Miss Morstan sat down and her face turned very white.
sitting room	ˈsɪtɪŋ ru:m	гостиная	One afternoon, I was reading a book and Holmes was standing by the window in our sitting-room.
situation	ˌsɪtʃʊˈeɪʃn̩	положение; ситуация	We were in a terrible situation. We knew where the Agra Treasure was.
skin	skɪn	кожа; шкура	There were two large tiger-skins on the walls. I looked. I saw something sticking in the dead man’s skin near his ear. ‘What about the poisoned thorn in the dead man’s skin?’ asked Holmes.
sky	skaɪ	небо	The sky was beginning to get light now.
sleep (slept; slept)	sli:p (slept; slept)	спать	We had not slept all night and I was very tired. I went to bed, but I could not sleep.
slow down	sləʊ daʊn	замедляться; притормозить	It happened so quickly that we were not able to slow down and stop the police launch.
slowly	ˈsləʊli	медленно	Holmes did not answer. He was still studying the tiny footprints. Finally he spoke. ‘No,’ he said slowly. That day, the time passed very slowly. He slowly got better. He became my friend.
small	smɔ:l	маленький; небольшой	She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray. Holmes picked up the card. I advertised my address in the same newspaper. The next day, I received a small cardboard box. It was a small dark man – the smallest man I have ever seen.
smell	smel	запах	The smell was coming from the dark liquid on the floor. ‘See how he loves the smell,’ said Holmes. ‘We won’t have any problems now.’ He had found his favourite smell – the smell of creosote.
smell (smelt\smelled; smelt\smelled)	smel (smelt\smeld; smelt\smeld)	чувствовать запах; нюхать; пахнуть	‘Come here, Watson,’ he said. ‘What can you smell?’ Suddenly I smelt something very strong and unpleasant. Toby smelled all round carefully.
smile	smaɪl	улыбаться; улыбка	‘Thank you,’ said Miss Morstan. She smiled at us and left the room. There was a horrible smile on the face. At that moment, the door opened and Holmes came into the room. He was smiling.
smoke	sməʊk	курить	I found Sherlock Holmes standing outside the door. He was smoking his pipe.
soft	sɒft	мягкий	The carpet was soft and very thick. The man had landed in the soft, wet mud of the river bank.
soldier	ˈsəʊldʒə	солдат	‘I went to India as a soldier in the British Army,’ said Small. Two British soldiers were killed in a fight.
solve	sɒlv	разгадывать; решать	He helped to solve crimes and catch criminals. We’ll meet your unknown friend. And we’ll try to solve the mystery. Now there were other mysteries which we had to solve.
soon	su:n	вскоре; скоро	We got into a cab and were soon on our way to the Lyceum Theatre. You’ll soon have some other prisoners, Inspector Jones. Soon we were moving quickly down the River Thames.
soon after	su:n ˈɑ:ftə	вскоре после этого	One day, soon after I arrived, I had an accident and lost my leg. After that, I could not fight any more.
sorry	ˈsɒri	огорченный; сожалеющий	I am not sorry about the deaths of Sholto and his son. I’m not sorry about anything.
sound	ˈsaʊnd	звук	The only sound was the noise of the horse’s hooves. It was the sound of a woman crying. At the sound of the man’s voice, the strange dark shape beside him moved.
speak (spoke; spoken)	spi:k (spəʊk; ˈspəʊkən)	разговаривать; говорить	I was speaking the truth. I wanted to help Miss Morstan. As he spoke, a fat man in a grey suit entered the room. She was very upset by what had happened and spoke very little.
speak (spoke; spoken) of	spi:k (spəʊk, ˈspəʊkən) ɒv	говорить о; упоминать	The letter speaks of telling her the truth.
spill (spilt; spilt)	spɪl (spɪlt; spɪlt)	разливаться	A glass tube had broken and a dark liquid had spilt onto the floor.
spread (spread; spread)	spred (spred; spred)	распространяться; расстилать	Holmes unfolded the note carefully and spread it on his knee. Soon the news of Morstan’s disappearance spread through London.
stairs	steəz	лестница; ступеньки	We climbed up the stairs. There was a passage at the top of the stairs. They went down the stairs and out into the street.
stand (stood; stood)	stænd (stʊd; stʊd)	находиться; стоять; располагаться	One afternoon, I was reading a book and Holmes was standing by the window in our sitting-room. In the centre of the room stood a strange little man with a bald head. We all stood astonished. The great treasure of Agra was lost for ever. To my surprise Sherlock Holmes was standing by my bed.
stand (stood; stood) up	stænd (stʊd; stʊd) ʌp	вставать	Then he bent down and looked through the keyhole. He stood up again quickly. Suddenly, the man at the back of the Aurora stood up.
stare	steə	пристально смотреть	My brother and I stared at the window. We saw a horrid face looking in through the window. The fat man stopped and stared. He was not very pleased to see Holmes.
start	stɑ:t	начать	The housekeeper started to cry again. Then he started to pull at his lead. We were going so fast that the police launch started to shake.
stay	steɪ	оставаться	I’ll stay here and look after this poor woman. You must stay here. There may be some messages.
steal (stole; stolen)	sti:l (stəʊl; ˈstəʊlən)	воровать; красть	‘The treasure has gone!’ he cried. ‘They have stolen the treasure. He found the treasure and took it to England. He stole it from the Sign of Four and also from his friend Morstan.
steam launch	sti:m lɔ:ntʃ	паровой катер	On it was written in large letters: MORDECAl SMITH: Boats and steam launch for hire. I wanted to hire the steam launch. Smith has taken the two murderers in his steam launch.
step	step	шаг; шагнуть; наступать	A set of steps was standing beneath the hole. On the floor by the set of steps was a rope. I realized that the pygmy had stepped in the creosote.
steps	steps	ступеньки; стремянка	Inspector Jones went quickly up the steps. We climbed the steps and found ourselves in a small dark room without any windows.
stick	stɪk	трость; палка	I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick. I noticed that Holmes took his gun from his drawer and put it into his pocket.
stick (stuck; stuck)	stɪk (stʌk; stʌk)	торчать; застрять	I looked. I saw something sticking in the dead man’s skin near his ear.
stiff	stɪf	одеревенелый	He was sitting in a chair by a table. His body was stiff and cold.
still	stɪl	по-прежнему; всё ещё; до сих пор	‘What happened to his luggage?’ ‘It was still at the hotel,’ replied Miss Morstan. Holmes did not answer. He was still studying the tiny footprints. Mordecai Smith was still on the Aurora. But he did not try to escape.
stone	stəʊn	камень	He pointed at a flat stone. I saw a dirty hand print on the stone.
story	ˈstɔ:ri	рассказ	Miss Morstan began her story and we listened. ‘You must tell us your story,’ said Holmes. ‘What is the Sign of Four?’ Then he went on with his story.
straight	streɪt	прямо	This face was looking straight at me. It did not move. This path led straight down towards the River Thames.
straight ahead	streɪt əˈhed	вперёд; напролом	Toby did not look to the right or the left. He ran straight ahead with his nose to the ground.
strange	streɪndʒ	странно; странный; незнакомый; удивительный	While I was in the army, I travelled to many strange and interesting places. In the centre of the room stood a strange little man with a bald head. Beside him was a strange dark shape.
stranger	ˈstreɪndʒə	незнакомец	‘You must promise me that these men are not policemen,’ said the stranger.
street	stri:t	улица	It was winter. The street outside was almost empty. Now we were passing through small narrow streets. ‘Inspector Jones and I will take our prisoner to Baker Street,’ said Holmes.
stripe	straɪp	полоса	The Aurora is black, sir, with two red stripes down each side. It has a black funnel with a white stripe. Suddenly a launch came out of the boatyard. It was black with two red stripes.
strong	strɒŋ	едкий; сильный	He is very strong and can climb great heights easily. Suddenly I smelt something very strong and unpleasant. He was a big strong man.
stronger	ˈstrɒŋɡə	сильнее	If his heart had been stronger, he would have been alive today.
study	ˈstʌdi	изучать	He took the letter and studied it carefully. I took the note and studied it carefully. He was still studying the tiny footprints.
stump	stʌmp	протез; искусственная нога	There was a wooden stump in its place. This was the wooden-legged man!
stupid	ˈstju:pɪd	глупый	Perhaps I am very stupid, Holmes, but I don’t see why this discovery is interesting. Inspector Jones had made a stupid mistake by arresting him.
success	səkˈses	успех; удача	They advertised for Captain Morstan in all the newspapers, but without success. ‘I have had great success, Watson,’ he said, as I gave him a cup of tea.
such	sʌtʃ	такой	It was very strange to see such brightly coloured clothes in this quiet street in London. I didn’t know that you were in such terrible danger.
sudden	ˈsʌdn̩	неожиданный	We threw ourselves at the door and it broke with a sudden crack.
suddenly	sʌdn̩li	вдруг; неожиданно	We waited. Suddenly a small dark man appeared. I walked over. Suddenly I smelt something very strong and unpleasant. Suddenly, the man at the back of the Aurora stood up.
suit	su:t	костюм	As he spoke, a fat man in a grey suit entered the room.
sure	ʃʊə	уверенный	I was sure that Thaddeus Sholto was not the murderer. I was sure that we would hit something. We were sure that it contained the Agra Treasure.
surprised	səˈpraɪzd	изумленный; удивленный	‘What wooden-legged man, Mrs Smith?’ asked Holmes in a surprised voice. I am very surprised and disappointed. My agents say that they cannot find the Aurora. I was surprised about this but I was also very pleased.
table	ˈteɪbl̩	стол	‘On the table, beside our father’s bed, was a gold cup,’ Sholto answered. And look on the floor – here is another footprint and another mark. And again by the table. I put the heavy chest down on the table.
tail	teɪl	хвост	The dog licked my hand and wagged its tail. His sad eyes shone with happiness and his tail wagged.
take (took) out	teɪk (tʊk; ˈteɪkən) aʊt	вынимать; вытаскивать	In the cab, Miss Morstan took a piece of paper out of her bag. Holmes took a handkerchief out of his pocket and gave it to Toby to smell. He took out the piece of paper which had been found in Captain Morstan’s luggage.
take (took, taken) home	teɪk (tʊk, ˈteɪkən) həʊm	отвезти домой	‘We must be quick, Watson,’ said Holmes. ‘I want you to do two things. First, take Miss Morstan home. I took Miss Morstan home in Thaddeus Sholto’s cab. She was very upset by what had happened and spoke very little.
take (took; taken)	teɪk (tʊk; ˈteɪkən)	брать; брать с собой; взять; забрать; доставить; занимать (время)	I have a cab waiting outside. It will take us to Pondicherry Lodge. We must not be late. My wound was deep and took many months to heal. Smith has taken the two murderers in his steam launch.
take (took; taken) away	teɪk (tʊk; ˈteɪkən) əˈweɪ	уводить; забирать; уносить	Inspector Jones and the policeman took Thaddeus Sholto away. A few minutes later the house was quiet again. ‘Doctor Watson,’ said Holmes, when Inspector Jones had taken Small away, ‘that is the end of our adventure.’
take (took; taken) back	teɪk (tʊk; ˈteɪkən) ˈbæk	отводить	Then I’ll take Toby back to Pinchin Lane.
talk	ˈtɔ:k	говорить	Miss Morstan and I talked quietly together. As we sat in the cab, Thaddeus Sholto continued to talk. He was talking to someone and he was speaking very loudly.
tall	tɔ:l	высокий	She was young and not very tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes. A tall old woman opened it. Her face was white with fear.
tar	tɑ:	смола; деготь; гудрон	‘It smells like tar,’ I said. ‘It is similar to tar,’ Holmes answered. ‘It is creosote.’
tear	ˈtɪə	слеза	‘I knew that he was dead,’ she said. There were tears in her eyes.
telegram	ˈtelɪɡræm	телеграмма	Inspector Jones Receives a Telegram ‘I’ve received a telegram from Sherlock Holmes,’ the Inspector went on. ‘Here it is.’ I took the telegram and read it.
tell (told; told)	tel (təʊld; təʊld)	рассказать; сказать	If I see Mr Smith, I will tell him that I have seen you. Goodbye. At last we told Sholto and Morstan about the great treasure. Thaddeus Sholto had told us that his brother had made this hole.
telling	ˈtelɪŋ	сообщение; рассказ	The letter speaks of telling her the truth. What can it mean?
terrible	ˈterəbl̩	жуткий; страшный; ужасный	He was the only person who knew this terrible secret. What a terrible death. But who killed him? And why? But a terrible thing happened. Two British soldiers were killed in a fight.
Thames	ˈtemz	Темза	This path led straight down towards the River Thames. Soon we were moving quickly down the River Thames. We were thinking of the great treasure which was lost in the mud at the bottom of the River Thames.
Thank God	θæŋk ɡɒd	Слава Богу	‘The treasure is lost,’ said Miss Morstan quietly. ‘Thank God!’ I said. ‘Why do you say “Thank God”?’ asked Miss Morstan.
thank you	θæŋk ju	благодарю вас; спасибо	That is why I came to see you. This morning, I received a letter. Please read it.’ ‘Thank you,’ said Holmes. He took the letter and studied it carefully. Then he handed it to me. We’ll meet your unknown friend. And we’ll try to solve the mystery.’ ‘Thank you,’ said Miss Morstan. She smiled at us and left the room. I am going up the river myself. If I see Mr Smith, I will tell him that I have seen you. Goodbye.’ ‘Goodbye and thank you,’ said Mordecai Smith’s wife.
that’s right	ðæts raɪt	именно; верно	What’s the name? The …’ ‘The Aurora, sir,’ said Mrs Smith. ‘Oh, yes, that’s right. I remember now. But where is the Aurora?’ said Holmes, looking around.
the same	ðə seɪm	те же; то же; тот же	I advertised my address in the same newspaper. ‘The same words – “The Sign of Four” – were written on that strange note in Captain Morstan’s luggage,’ said Holmes. As soon as Holmes saw the pygmy, he took out his gun. I did the same.
theatre	ˈθɪətə	театр	There were many people outside the theatre. Everyone was meeting friends and going in to see the play.
thick	θɪk	толстый; густой; плотный	The carpet was soft and very thick. They showed very clearly in the thick dust. The walls of this fortress were very thick.
thin	θɪn	тонкий	I took the note and studied it carefully. The paper was thin and old. There was a drawing on the paper.
thing	ˈθɪŋ	вещь; дело	It was the most important thing in his life. ‘You see,’ said Holmes, ‘already we begin to know many things about murderer Number One. But a terrible thing happened. Two British soldiers were killed in a fight.
think (thought; thought)	ˈθɪŋk (ˈθɔ:t; ˈθɔ:t)	думать	But I could not stop thinking about Miss Morstan. As the cab went along, I thought about everything that had happened. He thought his own ideas were better.
third	ˈθɜ:d	третье	It was 3rd December 1878 – nearly ten years ago.
thorn	θɔ:n	шип	‘It is a thorn,’ said Holmes. ‘You can take it out. But be careful. It is poisoned.’ Let’s examine once more the poisoned thorn which killed Bartholomew Sholto. The poisoned thorn had passed through the air between us.
thought	ˈθɔ:t	мысль	Suddenly, a horrible thought came into my mind.
through	θru:	сквозь; через	I looked through the keyhole of the door of his room. Number One got out of the room through the hole in the ceiling. The poisoned thorn had passed through the air between us.
throw (threw; thrown)	ˈθrəʊ (θru:; ˈθrəʊn)	бросать; кидать	Then he must have taken the rope, opened the window and thrown the end of the rope down into the garden. We went towards the wooden-legged man and threw him a rope. I threw it all to the bottom of the river.
throw (threw; thrown) away	ˈθrəʊ (θru:; ˈθrəʊn) əˈweɪ	выбрасывать	‘Why did you throw it away?’ cried Inspector Jones angrily.
throw (threw; thrown) oneself	ˈθrəʊ (θru:; ˈθrəʊn) wʌnˈself	бросаться; кидаться	We threw ourselves at the door and it broke with a sudden crack.
thumb	θʌm	большой палец	I took the thorn between my finger and thumb. I pulled it away easily from the dead man’s skin.
tidy	ˈtaɪdi	аккуратный; чистый	Her clothes were not fashionable, but they were clean and tidy.
tie	taɪ ʌp	привязать	We tied the Aurora to our launch. The chase was over.
tiger	ˈtaɪɡə	тигр	There were two large tiger-skins on the walls.
time	ˈtaɪm	раз	Doctor Watson and I have worked together many times.
tiny	ˈtaɪni	очень маленький; крохотный	He was still studying the tiny footprints. They are the prints of a tiny man. Inspector Jones was not listening. He had not noticed the tiny footprints.
tired	ˈtaɪəd	уставший; утомленный	But you look tired, Watson. Let’s go home and have breakfast. I did feel very tired. I was glad to go home to Baker Street. All night, I heard Holmes walking up and down in his room. Next morning, he looked tired and ill.
to my surprise	tə maɪ səˈpraɪz	к моему удивлению	To my surprise, the advertisement asked for the address of Miss Mary Morstan. To my surprise Sherlock Holmes was standing by my bed.
to the left	tə ðə left	налево	Toby did not look to the right or the left. He ran straight ahead with his nose to the ground.
to the right	tə ðə raɪt	направо	Toby did not look to the right or the left. He ran straight ahead with his nose to the ground.
toe	təʊ	палец ноги	Look at the marks of the toes. They are very wide apart.
tonight	təˈnaɪt	сегодня вечером\ночью	You have been deceived, but you will learn the truth tonight. He said that he had to have the Aurora ready for eight o’clock tonight. His two gentlemen were leaving for America. Tonight the three of us – you and me and Doctor Watson – will be on the police launch. We will be waiting outside the boatyard at eight o’clock.
top	tɒp	верх	There was a passage at the top of the stairs.
top floor	tɒp flɔ:	верхний этаж; чердак	My brother made a hole in the ceiling of the room on the top floor.
total	ˈtəʊtl̩	сумма; итог	He added the heights of the rooms together. The total was only seventy feet.
touch	tʌtʃ	касаться	Don’t touch them, Watson. They are poisoned. As soon as the Aurora touched the bank of the river, he jumped out.
towards	təˈwɔ:dz	к; по направлению к	This path led straight down towards the River Thames. The wooden-legged man turned the Aurora towards the bank of the river. We went towards the wooden-legged man and threw him a rope.
trail	treɪl	след	It was very easy to follow his trail. ‘He’s on the trail!’ cried Holmes. ‘Let’s go!’ Toby was still following the trail.
travel	ˈtrævl̩	путешествовать	While I was in the army, I travelled to many strange and interesting places.
tray	treɪ	поднос	She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray.
treasure	ˈtreʒə	сокровище; клад	The jewels in this treasure were worth more than a million pounds. It was here that the treasure had been hidden for so many years. And the Agra Treasure is lost for ever.
treasure chest	ˈtreʒə tʃest	сокровищница	Inside this little room, the treasure chest was standing. The murderers then lowered the treasure chest to the ground with the rope. Let’s open the treasure chest.
trick	trɪk	хитрость; уловка	‘I don’t think the paper is very important. Perhaps it’s a trick. But wait a moment. What’s that up there? I see a hole in the ceiling.
true	tru:	правда	‘Oh no, it isn’t true!’ cried Thaddeus Sholto.
trust	trʌst	доверять	I don’t trust that wooden-legged man. We did not want to give Sholto the plan. I didn’t trust him.
truth	tru:θ	правда	You have been deceived, but you will learn the truth tonight. He said that he wanted to tell us the truth about Captain Morstan’s death. But I was not speaking the truth.
try (tried)	traɪ (traɪd)	пытаться; стараться; пробовать	And we’ll try to solve the mystery. Try not to worry about your husband, Mrs Smith. But he did not try to escape.
tube	tju:b	пробирка	There were some bottles and tubes in one corner of the room.
turban	ˈtɜ:bən	тюрбан; чалма	The Indian was wearing a bright yellow turban on his head.
turn	tɜ:n	поворачиваться	Then she turned to Holmes and looked at him with her lovely blue eyes. Inspector Jones turned to Holmes angrily. Then I turned it and the lid opened.
turn away	tɜ:n əˈweɪ	отворачиваться	He turned sadly away from the window.
turn on	tɜ:n ɒn	зажигать; включать	At last we got closer to the Aurora. Inspector Jones turned on a light and shone it on the Aurora.
turn round	tɜ:n ˈraʊnd	обернуться; поворачивать на 180 градусов	Our strange driver did not turn round or speak to us. We managed to turn the police launch round.
turn white	tɜ:n waɪt	побледнеть	Miss Morstan sat down and her face turned very white.
twenty eighth	ˈtwenti eɪtθ	двадцать восьмое	I looked through the old copies of the newspaper and I discovered that Major Sholto died on 28th April 1882. Four years later, on 28th April 1882, Sholto died. A few days later, on 4th May 1882, Captain Morstan’s daughter saw the advertisement in a newspaper.
twisted	ˈtwɪstɪd	скрученный	The dead man’s body was twisted with pain.
unable	ʌnˈeɪbl̩	не способный; не в состоянии	I picked up a book but was unable to read it.
under	ˈʌndər	под	He added the heights of the rooms together. The total was only seventy feet. There was extra space under the roof!
understand (understood; understood)	ʌndəˈstænd (ˌʌndəˈstʊd; ˌʌndəˈstʊd)	понимать	‘I don’t understand what this note means,’ said Holmes. Nothing at all. I can’t understand it. I am very surprised and disappointed. I don’t understand why there are no lights.
unfold	ʌnˈfəʊld	развертывать	Holmes unfolded the note carefully and spread it on his knee.
unhappy	ʌnˈhæpi	несчастный	I noticed at once that she looked worried and unhappy.
uniform	ˈju:nɪfɔ:m	форма; униформа	He was followed by a policeman in uniform and by Thaddeus Sholto.
uninteresting	ʌnˈɪntrəstɪŋ	скучный; неинтересный	Look out into the street. See how uninteresting London is today.
unknown	ˌʌnˈnəʊn	неизвестный	You have been deceived, but you will learn the truth tonight. Your Unknown Friend. This evening we’ll come with you to the Lyceum Theatre. We’ll meet your unknown friend.
unlucky	ʌnˈlʌki	несчастливый	‘The Agra Treasure is unlucky,’ said Small. ‘It has never brought happiness to anyone.
unpleasant	ʌnˈpleznt	неприятный	Suddenly I smelt something very strong and unpleasant.
untidy	ʌnˈtaɪdi	неопрятный; неряшливый; в беспорядке	Their hair was untidy and their faces had not been washed for a very long time.
up and down	ʌp ənd daʊn	вверх и вниз	I have many agents everywhere up and down the river.
upset	ˌʌpˈset	расстроенный	I took Miss Morstan home in Thaddeus Sholto’s cab. She was very upset by what had happened and spoke very little. A child was crying somewhere inside the house. I saw that the woman was very upset about something. She had been crying.
upset (upset; upset)	ˌʌpˈset (ˌʌpˈset; ˌʌpˈset)	расстраиваться	He did not notice how much he had upset Miss Morstan. One day in 1882, our father received a letter from India. This letter upset him very much. I saw that the woman was very upset about something.
upstairs	ˌʌpˈsteəz	вверх по лестнице; наверх; на верхний этаж	A short time ago, I went upstairs. I looked through the keyhole of the door of his room. ‘You must all go upstairs,’ said Miss Morstan.
use	ˈju:z	использовать; воспользоваться; пользоваться	I went up onto the roof and discovered how the pygmy climbed up and climbed down again. He used that drain-pipe. Inspector Jones had promised to let us use the police launch.
usually	ˈju:ʒəli	обычно	Usually he was very busy and active. But this afternoon he did not seem very happy.
valuable	ˈvæljʊəbl̩	ценный; дорогой	Then, she received a valuable present. These presents came every year.
visit	ˈvɪzɪt	посещать; навещать	I promised that I would visit her the next day.
visitor	ˈvɪzɪtə	гость; посетитель	Chapter 1 – A Visitor for Sherlock Holmes At three o’clock in the afternoon, I had a visitor.
voice	vɔɪs	голос	As he spoke, we heard a man’s voice. Thaddeus Sholto’s voice became excited. ‘What wooden-legged man, Mrs Smith?’ asked Holmes in a surprised voice.
wag	wæɡ	махать	The dog licked my hand and wagged its tail. His sad eyes shone with happiness and his tail wagged.
wait	weɪt	ждать	I waited all day and all night, but my father didn’t come back to the hotel. ‘Wait here. I’ll go and get him.’ When I got back to Baker Street, Holmes, Inspector Jones and the prisoner, Jonathan Small, were all waiting for me.
wait a moment	weɪt ə ˈməʊmənt	подождите; один момент	Perhaps it’s a trick. But wait a moment. What’s that up there? I see a hole in the ceiling.
wake (woke; waken)	weɪk (wəʊk; ˈweɪkən)	просыпаться	I went to bed and woke late in the afternoon. The next day, I woke early.
wake (woke; waken) up	weɪk (wəʊk; ˈweɪkən) ʌp	просыпаться	The people were just beginning to wake up.
walk over	wɔ:k ˈəʊvə	подходить	‘Come here, Watson,’ he said. ‘What can you smell?’ I walked over. Suddenly I smelt something very strong and unpleasant.
walk up	wɔ:k ʌp	приближаться; подходить	We walked up to the house. Suddenly we heard a noise coming from inside that great black house.
walk up and down	wɔ:k ʌp ənd daʊn	ходить взад и вперед	All night, I heard Holmes walking up and down in his room.
wall	wɔ:l	стена	There were two large tiger-skins on the walls. Then he reached the garden wall and ran along beside it. The walls of this fortress were very thick.
want	ˈwɒnt	хотеть; нуждаться; требовать	I was speaking the truth. I wanted to help Miss Morstan. ‘That’s why Mr Holmes wants him,’ I said. I did not want to take the treasure to Miss Morstan.
warm	wɔ:m	жаркий	Everyone was at home in front of their warm fires.
wash	wɒʃ	мыть; умывать	Their hair was untidy and their faces had not been washed for a very long time.
watch	wɒtʃ	наблюдать; следить; наручные часы	Holmes looked at his watch. ‘It’s now half past three,’ he said. Tonga and I waited six years. We watched Pondicherry Lodge and Bartholomew Sholto carefully.
water	ˈwɔ:tə	вода	There was a large barrel full of the water under the end of the drain-pipe. The path went down to the water’s edge. As we went back up the river, we shone our light on the water.
way	ˈweɪ	путь; способ	We got into a cab and were soon on our way to the Lyceum Theatre. The only way to get the treasure was to kill Sholto. The men were going on their way to work.
weak	wi:k	слабый	Miss Morstan, your father had a very weak heart. Father knew that Morstan’s heart was weak.
weaker	ˈwi:kə	слабее	He became ill. Every day he grew weaker. At last, he was dying.
wear (wore; worn)	weə (wɔ:; wɔ:n)	быть одетым; носить	She was wearing a dark cloak and hat. The Indian was wearing a bright yellow turban on his head. She was wearing a pretty, white dress and her hair was shining brightly in the lamplight.
well (better; best)	wel (ˈbetə; best)	хорошо	I had never seen the fat man before, but Holmes seemed to know him well. Yes, I remember you well. You have done well.
wet	wet	влажный; мокрый	The man had landed in the soft, wet mud of the river bank.
What time…	ˈwɒt ˈtaɪm	Когда …? В котором часу …?	I have no friends whom I can ask for help. What time shall we meet this evening? ‘What time was that?’ asked Holmes. ‘It was ten o’clock.
What's the matter?	wɒts ðə ˈmætə	В чем дело?; Что случилось…?	‘What’s the matter with you today, Holmes?’ I asked. ‘What is the matter with my brother?’
which	wɪtʃ	который; какой	We opened the chest with a key which we found beside it. ‘Well, perhaps I can help you,’ said Mrs Smith. ‘Which boat do you want?’
while	waɪl	пока; в то время как	While I was in the army, I travelled to many strange and interesting places. So, while my father was away, I was sent to school. Holmes had been listening carefully while Small told his story.
whisper	ˈwɪspə	шептать	‘That’s the door of my brother’s room,’ he whispered. ‘Holmes!’ I whispered. ‘A child has done this terrible thing.’ ‘Then I say “Thank God” too,’ she whispered.
white	waɪt	белый; бледный	She was carrying a small white card on a silver tray. Her face was white with fear. She was wearing a pretty, white dress and her hair was shining brightly in the lamplight.
whole	həʊl	весь	They have searched the whole river. The Aurora has disappeared.
whom	hu:m	кого; которого	I have no friends whom I can ask for help. What time shall we meet this evening?
wicked	ˈwɪkɪd	злой; плохой; дурной; грешный	He told us as he was dying that he had been a wicked and greedy man.
wide apart	waɪd əˈpɑ:t	далеко друг от друга; на большом расстоянии	Look at the marks of the toes. They are very wide apart.
wife (wives)	waɪf (waɪvz)	жена (жены)	‘Good morning,’ said Holmes politely. ‘Are you Mordecai Smith’s wife?’ ‘Goodbye and thank you,’ said Mordecai Smith’s wife.
wild	waɪld	возбужденный; безумный	It was wild and had a black beard and cruel eyes.
window	ˈwɪndəʊ	окно	One afternoon, I was reading a book and Holmes was standing by the window in our sitting-room. We rushed to the window but the man had gone. The women were opening the windows and cleaning their houses.
window-sill	ˈwɪndəʊsɪl	подоконник	He carried the lamp to the window and examined the window-sill carefully. Here is the print of a foot on the window-sill.
winter	ˈwɪntə	зима	It was winter. The street outside was almost empty. Everyone was at home in front of their warm fires.
wish	wɪʃ	желать; хотеть	I wished that I had brought my gun with me.
woman (women)	ˈwʊmən (ˈwɪmɪn)	женщина (женщины); женский	I’m not a rich woman but I hope you can help me too. It was the sound of a woman crying. We left the two women – Miss Morstan and the housekeeper – downstairs.
wonder	ˈwʌndə	желать знать; задаваться вопросом; хотеть знать	I wondered what kind of person we would meet at the Lyceum Theatre. I wondered what would happen when we found them. ‘I wonder where the steam launch is,’ he said.
wonderful	ˈwʌndəfəl	замечательный; изумительный; чудесный; удивительный	Miss Morstan, the Agra Treasure is really wonderful.
wood	wʊd	дерево	At that moment, the pygmy put a short piece of wood to his lips. It was fixed in the wood where Holmes and I had been standing.
wooden	ˈwʊdn̩	деревянный	They are the marks made by someone with a wooden leg. It ended at a small wooden jetty.
wooden leg	ˈwʊdn̩ leɡ	деревянная нога	He often spoke about a man with a wooden leg who followed him. They are the marks made by someone with a wooden leg. But his wooden leg had stuck in the mud.
wooden-legged	ˈwʊdn̩ ˈleɡɪd	с деревянной ногой; деревянноногий	But the wooden-legged man was not alone. ‘What wooden-legged man, Mrs Smith?’ asked Holmes in a surprised voice. The wooden-legged man turned the Aurora towards the bank of the river.
word	ˈwɜ:d	слово	And on this paper some words were written. These words were “The Sign of Four”. ‘He is a very small man – in other words, a pygmy – from some foreign land. Holmes left without another word.
work	ˈwɜ:k	работа	‘I need some work, Watson,’ said Holmes impatiently.
work (worked/wrought; worked/wrought)	ˈwɜ:k (wɜ:kt/ˈrɔ:t; wɜ:kt/ˈrɔ:t)	работать	I worked as a doctor in the British Army for several years. Mordecai Smith and the wooden-legged man are working together.
world	wɜ:ld	мир	Since my father disappeared, I have been alone in the world.
worried	ˈwʌrɪd	встревоженный; обеспокоенный	I noticed at once that she looked worried and unhappy. I am very worried about my heart. I was worried about my friend.
worry	ˈwʌri	беспокоиться; волноваться	But this afternoon he did not seem very happy. I was worried about my friend. ‘Don’t worry, Mr Sholto,’ said Holmes. Try not to worry about your husband, Mrs Smith.
worth	wɜ:θ	имеющий определенную стоимость	A man has been murdered and jewels worth a million pounds are missing.
wound	wu:nd	рана	My wound was deep and took many months to heal.
write (wrote; written)	ˈraɪt (rəʊt; ˈrɪtn̩)	писать; написать	And on this paper some words were written. These words were “The Sign of Four”. On it was written in large letters: MORDECAl SMITH: Boats and steam launch for hire. What was written in the letter frightened him to death.
wrong	rɒŋ	неблагополучный; неправильный; неверный; ошибочный	I listened to his heart beating. But I could hear nothing wrong with it. ‘The only woman in the house is the housekeeper,’ said Sholto. ‘Something is wrong.’ ‘I was wrong before and you were right,’ said Jones sadly.
wrongly	ˈrɒŋli	дурно; плохо; предосудительно	He told us as he was dying that he had been a wicked and greedy man. He said that he had acted very wrongly.
year	ˈjiə	год	For many years, I shared an apartment in London with my friend, Sherlock Holmes. Four years later, on 28th April 1882, Sholto died. Tonga and I waited six years.
years old	ˈjiəz əʊld	лет	He was about fifty years old. He had black, curly hair and a black beard.
yellow	ˈjeləʊ	желтый	The Indian was wearing a bright yellow turban on his head. He had white clothes and a yellow belt.
yesterday	ˈjestədi	вчера	Yesterday my brother and I found the Great Agra Treasure! I haven’t seen him since yesterday morning. But my husband went with a wooden-legged man in the Aurora yesterday morning and hasn’t come back!
yet	jet	ещё	I told her that we had not found the treasure yet.
young	jʌŋ	молодой	She was young and not very tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes. ‘I’m very pleased to meet you both,’ said the young lady. When I was very young, he was sent to India.

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