Чтение онлайн

to forgive прощать

goose yсленг дурак

story этаж

to regret сожалеть (о чем-л.)

fireman пожарник

false alarm ложная тревога

fire hoses пожарные шланги

pressure давление

broom closet хозяйственное помещение (чулан для швабр)

to startle пугать

to bump ударять(ся)

chin подбородок

dentist дантист

plates вставные челюсти

excuse извинение

to embarrass ошеломлять, ставить в неловкое положение

bra разг. бюстгальтер

flagpole флагшток

to urinate мед. мочиться

to apologize извиняться

son of a bitch сукин сын

deaf and dumb глухонемой

in spite of несмотря на

to break a fall разг. прерывать падение

it makes me sick (при мысли об этом) меня тошнит, мне плохо

to pass out сленг вырубаться

bad taste дурной вкус

One New Year's Eve Judy stood up at the local pub and said that it was time to get ready. At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every husband to be standing next to the one person who made his life worth living. Well, it was kind of embarrassing. The bartender was almost crushed to death.

Words and Expressions:

the stroke of midnight момент наступления полуночи

kind of разг. типа

to crush to death задавить насмерть

A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink.

«Why of course?» comes the reply.

The first man then asks, «Where are you from?»

«I'm from Ireland,» replies the second man.

The first man responds, «You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland.»

«Of course,» replies the second man.

Curious, the first man then asks, «Where in Ireland are you from?»

«Dublin,» comes the reply.

«I can't believe it,» says the first man. «I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin.»

«Of course,» replies the second man.

Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks, «What school did you go to?»

«Saint Mary's,» replies the second man. «I graduated in '62.»

«This is unbelievable!» the first man says. «I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '62, too!»

About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar.

«What's been going on?» he asks the bartender. «Nothing much,» replies the bartender. «The O'Malley twins are drunk again.»

Words and Expressions:

to stumble up подходить, спотыкаясь

patron постоянный посетитель

to graduate заканчивать школу

regular постоянный посетитель

Why of course? А почему бы и нет?

You don't say! Не может быть!

another round to Ireland еще один раз (стаканчик) за Ирландию

What's been going on? Что происходит?

A fellow stopped at a rural gas station, and, after filling his tank, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to drink his cola and he watched while a man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. Then another man came along behind and filled in the hole. While one was digging a new hole, the other was about 25 feet behind filling in the old.

The men worked right past the fellow with the soft drink and went on down the road. «I can't stand this,» said the man tossing the can in a trash container and heading down the road toward the men.

«Hold it, hold it,» he said to the men. «Can you tell me what's going on here with this digging?»

«Well, we work for the county,» one of the men said.

«But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting the county's money?»

«You don't understand, mister,» one of the men said, leaning on his shovel and wiping his brow. «Normally there's three of us: me, Rodney and Mike. I dig the hole, Rodney sticks in the tree and Mike here puts the dirt back. Now just because Rodney's sick, that don't mean that Mike and me can't work and get paid.»

Words and Expressions:

crew бригада, команда

rural сельский

gas station автозаправочная станция

tank бак

soft легкий, мягкий; зд. безалкогольный

cola кока-кола

to move on двигаться дальше

to fill in заполнять, засыпать

to toss пихать, совать

trash мусор, отходы

container контейнер

county округ, район, графство