We would find the hammer for him, and then he would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in, and each of us had to get up on the chair, beside him, and see if we could find it; and we would each discover it in a different place, and he would call us all fools, one after another, and tell us to get down. And he would take the rule, and re-measure, and find that he wanted half thirty-one and three-eighths inches from the corner, and would try to do it in his head, and go mad.
And we would all try to do it in our heads, and all arrive at different results, and sneer at one another. And in the general row, the original number would be forgotten, and Uncle Podger would have to measure it again.
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We would find the hammer for him (мы находим молоток для него), and then he would have lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall (и потом он потерял отметку, /которую/ сделал на стене; to lose sight of — потерять из виду; забыть), where the nail was to go in (куда гвоздь должен был войти), and each of us had to get up on the chair, beside him, and see if we could find it (и каждому из нас /по очереди/ пришлось встать на стул рядом с ним и посмотреть = попытаться найти ее); and we would each discover it in a different place (и каждый обнаруживает ее в другом месте), and he would call us all fools, one after another, and tell us to get down (и он называет нас всех дураками, одного за другим, и говорит нам слезть). And he would take the rule, and re-measure (и он берет линейку, и мерит снова), and find that he wanted half thirty-one and three-eighths inches from the corner (и обнаруживает, что ему нужна половина нужно разделить пополам тридцать один и три восьмых дюйма от угла; inch — дюйм /2, 54 см/), and would try to do it in his head, and go mad (и пытается сделать это в голове, и сходит с ума = бесится).
And we would all try to do it in our heads (и мы все пытаемся сделать это в своих головах), and all arrive at different results (и все приходим к различным результатам), and sneer at one another (и издеваемся друг над другом; to sneer at — насмехаться, глумиться над). And in the general row, the original number would be forgotten (и во всеобщем споре первоначальное число забывается; row — перебранка, ссора; to forget), and Uncle Podger would have to measure it again (и дяде Поджеру приходится мерить снова).
And we would all try to do it in our heads (и мы все пытаемся сделать это в своих головах), and all arrive at different results (и все приходим к различным результатам), and sneer at one another (и издеваемся друг над другом; to sneer at — насмехаться, глумиться над). And in the general row, the original number would be forgotten (и во всеобщем споре первоначальное число забывается; row — перебранка, ссора; to forget), and Uncle Podger would have to measure it again (и дяде Поджеру приходится мерить снова).