Английский язык с Эдвардом Лиром. Книга бессмыслицы

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And some small spotted dogs (в мелких пятнах /мелко-пятнистых/ собак),

And frequently walked about Ryde (часто гуляла по Райду).

There was a Young Lady of Ryde,

Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied.

She purchased some clogs,

And some small spotted dogs,

And frequently walked about Ryde.

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There was an Old Man with a nose (с носом),

Who said, 'If you choose to suppose (выберете предполагать /предпочтете

думать/),

That my nose is too long (что мой нос слишком длинный),

You are certainly wrong (вы безусловно ошибаетесь)!'

That remarkable (удивительный) Man with a nose.

There was an Old Man with a nose,

Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,

That my nose is too long,

You are certainly wrong!'

That remarkable Man with a nose.

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There was an Old Man on a hill (на холме),

Who seldom, if ever, stood still (редко, если когда-либо, стоял спокойно; stand

– стоять);

He ran up and down (бегал вверх и вниз; run – бегать),

In his Grandmother's gown (в платье своей бабушки),

Which adorned (которое украшало, красило) that Old Man on a hill.

There was an Old Man on a hill,

Who seldom, if ever, stood still;

He ran up and down,

In his Grandmother's gown,

Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

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There was a Young Lady whose bonnet (чей капор),

Came untied (становился развязанным, развязывался) when the birds sate

upon it (когда птицы садились на него; sit – сидеть, садиться);

But she said: 'I don't care (я не забочусь = мне все равно)!