snarling [`snRlIN] falter [`fLltq] collapsed [kq`lxpst]
`By the Dog! Is this a Vadhagh who knows how to fight like a Mabden? You have learned too late, my friend. You are the last of your race!
It was Glandyth-a-Krae, his grey eyes gleaming, his cruel mouth snarling back over yellow fangs.
Corum flung his spear.
The whirling axe knocked it aside and Glandyth's chariot did not falter.
Corum unslung his own war-axe and waited and, as he waited, the legs of his horse buckled and the beast collapsed to the ground.
Desperately Corum untangled his feet from the stirrups (отчаянно = /напрягаясь/ изо всех сил Корум вытащил ноги из стремян; to untangle — распутывать), gripped his axe in both hands (схватил топор обеими руками) and leapt backwards and aside as the chariot came at him (и отпрыгнул назад и в сторону, когда колесница налетела на него; to leap; to come at — нападать, набрасываться; добираться). He aimed a blow at Glandyth-a-Krae (он целился в Гландита-а-Краэ; to aim a blow at — замахнуться; to aim at — стремиться, ставить своей целью), but struck the brass edge of the chariot (но ударил /окованный/ латунью край колесницы). The shock of the blow numbed his hands (отдача от удара вызвала онемение его рук; shock — удар, толчок, сотрясение; потрясение) so that he almost dropped the axe (так, что он почти выронил топор). He was breathing harshly now and staggered (теперь он дышал порывисто и шатался; harshly — резко, порывисто; жестоко). Other chariots raced by on both sides (другие колесницы мчались рядом по обе стороны = окружили его; to race — мчаться, нестись) and a sword struck his helmet (и меч ударил его шлем = кто-то сбил с Корума шлем). Dazed, he fell to one knee (оглушенный, он упал на одно колено; dazed — неподвижный, онемелый; потрясенный). A spear hit his shoulder (копье ударило его в плечо; to hit — ударять, поражать, попадать в цель) and he fell in the churned mud (и он упал в сбитую /копытами/ грязь).
untangled [`An`txNgld] stirrups [`stIrqps] breathing [`brJDIN] knee [nJ] shoulder [`Squldq]
Desperately Corum untangled his feet from the stirrups, gripped his axe in both hands and leapt backwards and aside as the chariot came at him. He aimed a blow at Glandyth-a-Krae, but struck the brass edge of the chariot. The shock of the blow numbed his hands so that he almost dropped the axe. He was breathing harshly now and staggered. Other chariots raced by on both sides and a sword struck his helmet. Dazed, he fell to one knee. A spear hit his shoulder and he fell in the churned mud.
Then Corum learned cunning (Корум научился хитрости). Instead of attempting to rise (вместо того, чтобы попытаться подняться), he lay where he had fallen until all the chariots had passed (он лежал /на том месте/, где упал, пока все колесницы не проехали /мимо/; to lie). Before they could begin to turn (прежде, чем они начали разворачиваться), he pulled himself to his feet (он вскочил на ноги). His shoulder was bruised (его плечо было ушиблено; to bruise — ушибать, ставить синяки), but the spear had not pierced it (но копье не пронзило его). He stumbled through the darkness (он пошел, спотыкаясь, во тьму), seeking to escape the barbarians (пытаясь убежать от варваров). Then his feet struck something soft (затем его ноги наткнулись на что-то мягкое; to strike — бить, ударять; находить, случайно встречать) and he glanced down and saw the body of his mother (он глянул вниз и увидел тело своей матери) and he saw what had been done to her before she died (он увидел/понял, что было причинено ей = через что она прошла, прежде чем умерла) and a great moan escaped him (и громкий стон вырвался из его /груди/) and tears blinded him (слезы ослепили его) and he took a firmer grip on the axe in his left hand (он крепче сжал топор в левой руке; to take a grip on — схватиться за что-либо; grip — сжатие, хватка; firm — крепко, твердо) and painfully drew his sword, screaming (и болезненно = с большим трудом вытащил меч, крича):
`Glandyth-a-Krae!
bruised [brHzd] barbarians [bR`beqrIqnz] painfully [`peInfulI]
Then Corum learned cunning. Instead of attempting to rise, he lay where he had fallen until all the chariots had passed. Before they could begin to turn, he pulled himself to his feet. His shoulder was bruised, but the spear had not pierced it. He stumbled through the darkness, seeking to escape the barbarians. Then his feet struck something soft and he glanced down and saw the body of his mother and he saw what had been done to her before she died and a great moan escaped him and tears blinded him and he took a firmer grip on the axe in his left hand and painfully drew his sword, screaming:
`Glandyth-a-Krae!
And Corum had learned the lust for revenge (Корум познал жажду мести).
The ground shook as the hooves of the horses beat upon it (земля задрожала, когда копыта лошадей застучали по ней; to shake), hauling the returning chariots towards him (/лошадей/, тащивших возвращающиеся колесницы /прямо/ на него). The tall tower of the castle suddenly cracked and crumbled into the flames (высокая башня замка внезапно раскололась и рухнула в пламя; to crumble — крошить/ся/, обвалиться) which leapt higher and brightened the night (которое прыгнуло = взметнулось выше и озарило ночь; to brighten — очищать, полировать; осветлять, озарять) to show Earl Glandyth whipping the horses as he bore down on Corum once again (чтобы показать = и стало видно, как граф Гландит подгоняет лошадей, мчась к Коруму снова; to bear down on).
Corum stood over the corpse of his mother, the gentle Princess Colatalarna (Корум стоял над трупом своей матери, благородной принцессы Колаталарны; gentle — знатный, благородный; мягкий, кроткий, нежный). His first blow split the forehead of the leading horse (его первый удар раскроил лоб = череп передней лошади; to split — раскалывать/ся/, расщеплять/ся/) and it fell, dragging the others down with it (она упала, увлекая остальных за собой; to drag — тянуть, тащить/ся/; увлекать).
revenge [rI`venG] hauling [`hLlIN] brightened [`braItnd]
And Corum had learned the lust for revenge.
The ground shook as the hooves of the horses beat upon it, hauling the returning chariots towards him. The tall tower of the castle suddenly cracked and crumbled into the flames which leapt higher and brightened the night to show Earl Glandyth whipping the horses as he bore down on Corum once again.
Corum stood over the corpse of his mother, the gentle Princess Colatalarna. His first blow split the forehead of the leading horse and it fell, dragging the others down with it.
Earl Glandyth was flung forward (графа Гландита швырнуло вперед; to fling), almost over the edge of the chariot, and he cursed (почти через край колесницы, и он выругался; to curse — ругаться, проклинать). Behind him two other charioteers hastily tried to rein in their horses (позади него двое других возничих поспешно осадить своих лошадей; to rein in — остановить; сдержать, обуздать) to stop from crashing into their leader (чтобы не врезаться в /колесницу/ своего вожака; to crash into — врезаться, наскочить на что-либо с треском). The others, not understanding why they were stopping (остальные, не понимая, почему они останавливаются), also hauled at their reins (также натянули поводья; rein — повод, поводья, вожжи).
Corum clambered over the bodies of the horses (Корум перебрался через тела лошадей; to
