Chapter two

Notes:

1. post mortem – (лат.) посмертное вскрытие тела для определения точной причины смерти
2. Senior Steward – главный распорядитель (на скачках)
3. stirrups – стремена
4. coil of wire – моток проволоки
5. groove – канавка, бороздка
6. outer wing – внешняя створка препятствия
7. wire clippers – кусачки
8. Amateur riders – наездники любители

I. Explain the following phrases:

1. He looked more of a fighter than a thinker, but I found later that his brain matched his physique.
2. ‘It’s a very chancy way to murder a man.’
3. I tried to console myself … that even if I had returned at once with a witness, it would already have been too late.
4. Clutching at straws, I said, ‘Did he go back with the other attendants to collect his pay?’
5. The accusation was as plain as could be, but I was not going to rush unasked into protestations of my innocence.
6. I wondered who had ‘directed’ him to find out if I might have arranged the crime I had myself reported.

II. Find in the text the English for the following Russian words and word combinations:

1. налила себе кофе – p.6
2. мне стало легче – p.6
3. заехал в больницу, чтобы забрать одежду Билла - p.6
4. сделать приготовления - p.6
5. незамедлительно – p.6
6. обязательно – p.6
7. стол был завален газетами и книгами – p.7
8. жестом предложил мне сесть – p.7
9. вынул лист бумаги из ящика – p.7
10. педантичный, методичный человек – p.7
11. Чем вы занимаетесь? – p.7
12. Мы занимаемся перевозками – p.7
13. нарочно – p.8
14. утешить, успокоить себя – p.8
15. заявление, показания – p.10
16. тянуть жребий – p.10

III. Answer the following questions:

1. How did Alan spend the next morning?
2. What were Alan’s relations with Bill’s family? How long had he been living with the Davidsons? Why was he staying with them?
3. Why did Alan go to the police?
4. What was Alan’s first impression of Inspector Lodge? How did his opinion chance after the second meeting?
5. What did Alan tell the inspector about himself and their family business?
6. Why was Alan sure that the fall had been engineered?
7. What did Alan think was the main aim of those who engineered the fall? Why?
8. Why did it result in Bill’s death?
9. What did Alan and Inspector Lodge find at the racecourse?
10. What information had Inspector Lodge had collected in connection with the accident by the next day?

IV. Find in the text the following words and word combinations, translate them into Russian and use them while answering the questions:

to munch chocolate

to pour coffee

to launch into a heated discussion

a routine post mortem examination

to go to the top steeplechase authority

in a matter-of-fact tone

the fall was engineered

What do you trade in?

We’re transporters

Attendants are casual staff

to reach anyone in authority

fasten the wire

to make temporary repairs to the fences

to draw lots

to roll up the wire

to collect his pay

the coroner’s inquest

We’ll be getting in touch with her

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