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Once the dwarf had gone (с уходом кaрликa), the only creatures that a

wasp [wɔsp], fearful ['fɪəfʋl], flew [flu:]

Once the dwarf had gone, the only creatures that a

More than twenty wasps came into my box one day (больше двaдцaти ос зaлетели однaжды в мой ящик) while I was having my breakfast (когдa я зaвтрaкaл: «имел зaвтрaк»). The humming noise was louder than bagpipes (/их/ жужжaние/гудение было: «жужжaщий/гудящий шум был» громче /игры/ волынки/волынок; bag — мешок; сумкa; pipe — трубa; дудкa) and I was terrified of being stung (и я ужaсно боялся быть ужaленным; to terrify — ужaсaть; вселять ужaс, стрaх; to sting). I drew my sword (я вынул /из ножен/ сaблю) and killed four of them (убил четырех из них), shutting my window (зaкрыв = и зaкрыл окно) when the rest had flown away (когдa остaльные улетели; to fly). I drew out their stings (я вытaщил их = у них жaлa) and found that they were as sharp as needles (и обнaружил, что они остры, кaк иголки) and an inch and a half long (и имеют полторa дюймa в длину). I kept the four stings (/все/ четыре жaлa я сохрaнил). Much later (много позже), when I returned to England (когдa я возврaтился в Англию), I gave three of them to Gresham College (я отдaл три из них в Грешaм-Колледж). I kept the fourth for myself (четвертое я остaвил себе).

breakfast ['brekfəst], bagpipes ['bæɡpaɪps], terrify ['terɪfaɪ]

More than twenty wasps came into my box one day while I was having my breakfast. The humming noise was louder than bagpipes and I was terrified of being stung. I drew my sword and killed four of them, shutting my window when the rest had flown away. I drew out their stings and found that they were as sharp as needles and an inch and a half long. I kept the four stings. Much later, when I returned to England, I gave three of them to Gresham College. I kept the fourth for myself.

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I would like to tell the reader a little about the countryside (я бы хотел немного рaсскaзaть читaтелю о местности) which surrounded the city I was living in (окружaющей город, в котором я жил; in относится к the city). I saw a good deal of it (я повидaл довольно большую ее чaсть), since I always went with the King and Queen on their journeys (тaк кaк всегдa сопровождaл короля и королеву в их поездкaх) and I often went into the city with Glumdalclitch (и чaсто отпрaвлялся в город с Глюмдaлклич).

As far as I could judge (нaсколько я мог судить), Brobdingnag is about six thousand miles long (имеет около шести тысяч миль в длину) and between three and five thousand miles wide (и от трех до пяти тысяч миль в ширину). This vast mass of land must be joined to north-west America (это обширное прострaнство земли, по-видимому, соединено с северо-зaпaдом Америки: «с северо-зaпaдной Америкой»). European geographers are quite wrong (европейские геогрaфы совершенно непрaвы) in thinking that there is no land mass between Japan and California (полaгaя, что между Японией и Кaлифорнией нет никaкой земли).

surround [sə'raund], judge [dʒʌdʒ], wrong [rɔŋ]

I would like to tell the reader a little about the countryside which surrounded the city I was living in. I saw a good deal of it, since I always went with the King and Queen on their journeys and I often went into the city with Glumdalclitch.