involuntarily [ɪnˈvɔləntərəlɪ], vociferously [vəuˈsɪferəslɪ], sigh [saɪ]
Balthus smiled and laid his hand caressingly on the dog's head. The lips involuntarily writhed back to display the gleaming fangs; then the great beast bent his head sheepishly, and his tail moved with jerky uncertainty, as if the owner had almost forgotten the emotions of friendliness. Balthus mentally compared the great gaunt hard body with the fat sleek hounds tumbling vociferously over one another in his father's kennel yard. He sighed. The frontier was no less hard for beasts than for men. This dog had almost forgotten the meaning of kindness and friendliness.
Slasher glided ahead, and Conan let him take the lead (Задира проскользнул вперед, и Конан позволил ему возглавлять шествие). The last tinge of dusk faded into stark darkness (последний оттенок сумерек растворился в полнейшей тьме). The miles fell away under their steady feet (мили исчезали под их крепкими ногами). Slasher seemed voiceless (Задира казался немым).
Suddenly he halted, tense, ears lifted (вдруг он остановился, напряженный, уши подняты =
Conan swore like a madman (Конан ругался как сумасшедший).[43] to swear like a trooper. Да и пьют у нас, как сапожник, а у них — как рыба: to drink like a fish.
"They've attacked the fort (они напали на форт)! We're too late (мы опоздали: «мы слишком поздно»)! Come on (давай / вперед)!"
demoniac [dɪˈməunɪæk], swore [swɔ: ], steady [stedɪ]
Slasher glided ahead, and Conan let him take the lead. The last tinge of dusk faded into stark darkness. The miles fell away under their steady feet. Slasher seemed voiceless. Suddenly he halted, tense, ears lifted. An instant later the men heard it — a demoniac yelling up the river ahead of them, faint as a whisper. Conan swore like a madman.
"They've attacked the fort! We're too late! Come on!"