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Then we had to find the rule and the string again, and a new hole was made; and, about midnight, the picture would be up — very crooked and insecure, the wall for yards round looking as if it had been smoothed down with a rake, and everybody dead beat and wretched — except Uncle Podger.
"There you are," he would say, stepping heavily off the chair on to the charwoman's corns, and surveying the mess he had made with evident pride. "Why, some people would have had a man in to do a little thing like that!"
Harris will be just that sort of man when he grows up, I know, and I told him so. I said I could not permit him to take so much labour upon himself. I said:
"No; you get the paper, and the pencil, and the catalogue, and George write down, and I'll do the work."
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Then we had to find the rule and the string again (затем нам приходится найти линейку и веревку снова), and a new hole was made (и новая дырка сделана); and, about midnight, the picture would be up — very crooked and insecure (и, около полуночи, картина повешена — очень криво и ненадежно), the wall for yards round looking as if it had been smoothed down with a rake (стена на /много/ ярдов вокруг выглядит /так/, словно ее выравнивали граблями; to smooth — приглаживать/ся/, разглаживать/ся/), and everybody dead beat and wretched — except Uncle Podger (и все измождены и несчастны — кроме дяди Поджера; dead beat — смертельно усталый, изможденный; wretched — бедный, несчастный).
"There you are (вот видите)," he would say, stepping heavily off the chair on to the charwoman's corns (говорит он, слезая тяжело со стула /и наступая/ на мозоли поденщице; corn — зерно, крупинка; мозоль), and surveying the mess he had made with evident pride (и обозревая беспорядок = любуясь беспорядком, /который/ он произвел, с явной гордостью). "Why, some people would have had a man in to do a little thing like that (а некоторые бы вызвали /специального/ человека, чтобы сделать такую мелочь; to have in — иметь в доме /про запас/; вызывать специалиста)!"
Harris will be just that sort of man when he grows up, I know, and I told him so (Гаррис будет именно таким /человеком/, когда вырастет, я знаю, и я сказал ему это). I said I could not permit him to take so much labour upon himself (я сказал, я не могу позволить ему взять на себя столько работы; labour — труд, работа). I said:
"No; you get the paper, and the pencil, and the catalogue (нет, — ты принесешь бумагу, карандаш и прейскурант), and George write down, and I'll do the work (Джордж будет записывать, а я сделаю работу = все сделаю /сам/)."
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