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Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказовShould I bring it to a successful conclusion, it will certainly represent the crowning glory of my career. Ah, here is my latest from the front! He glanced hurriedly at the note which had been handed in. Halloa! Lestrade seems to have observed something of interest. Put on your hat, Watson, and we will stroll down together to Westminster. It was my first visit to the scene of the crime a high, dingy, narrow-chested house, prim, formal, and solid, like the century which gave it birth. Lestrades bulldog features gazed out at us from the front window, and he greeted us warmly when a big constable had opened the door and let us in. The room into which we were shown was that in which the crime had been committed, but no trace of it now remained save an ugly, irregular stain upon the carpet. This carpet was a small square drugget in the centre of the room (этот ковер был маленьким шерстяным квадратом в середине комнаты; drugget драгет /грубая шерстяная материя для половиков/), surrounded by a broad expanse of beautiful (окруженным широким пространством красивого), old-fashioned wood-flooring in square blocks (старинного дощатого пола в квадратных плитках), highly polished (отполированных до /зеркального/ блеска) ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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