Jo Nesbo

Question 1

Head

Answer 1

двигаться
I may have been heading this way all the time without realising.

Question 2

sense

Answer 2

смысл
My plan made sense.

Question 3

muzzle of a gun

Answer 3

дуло пистолета
I’m staring down the muzzle of a gun and I know that’s where it will come from.

Question 4

stare

Answer 4

пристально смотреть, уставиться
I’m staring down the muzzle of a gun and I know that’s where it will come from.

Question 5

ferryman

Answer 5

перевозчик
The messenger of death. The ferryman.

Question 6

spit of flame

Answer 6

плевок пламени
If you can see the light at the end of tunnel, it can be f spit of flame.

Question 7

stiff

Answer 7

жесткий, скованный
The comical short steps, the stiff movements, the dead, black eyes and the shoes shuffling along the parquet floor.

Question 8

shuffling

Answer 8

• шаркая; перетасовка
  The comical short steps, the stiff movements, the dead, black eyes and the shoes shuffling along the parquet floor.

Question 9

frightened

Answer 9

напуган
As if he were frightened to lose contact with the ground and float away into space.

Question 10

crowd

Answer 10

толпа
Outside the wi ndow, in Bogstadvein, the Friday crowds hurry past.

Question 11

hurry past

Answer 11

спешить мимо
Outside the window, in Bogstadvein, the Friday crowds hurry past.

Question 12

wing mirror

Answer 12

боковое зеркало
The low October sun is reflected in the wing mirror of a car driving away in the rush hour.

Question 13

rush hour

Answer 13

час пик
The low October sun is reflected in the wing mirror of a car driving away in the rush hour.

Question 14

in dire

Answer 14

остро, в тяжелом (состоянии)
Hat plus elegant grey overcoat in dire need of a clean.

Question 15

beneath

Answer 15

под
Beneath it: tweed jacket, tie and worn grey trousers with a needle-sharp crease.

Question 16

worn

Answer 16

изношенный
Beneath it: tweed jacket, tie and worn grey trousers with a needle-sharp crease.

Question 17

crease

Answer 17

складка
Beneath it: tweed jacket, tie and worn grey trousers with a needle-sharp crease.

Question 18

needle-sharp

Answer 18

острый как игла
Beneath it: tweed jacket, tie and worn grey trousers with a needle-sharp crease.

Question 19

conjecture

Answer 19

догадка
This wasn’t conjecture.

Question 20

reinforced

Answer 20

усилено (-ный)
The impression of a mechanical doll was reinforced by the fact that his arms were bent perpendicularly at the elbow and thrust forward.

Question 21

bent (

Answer 21

согнутый
The impression of a mechanical doll was reinforced by the fact that his arms were bent perpendicularly at the elbow and thrust forward.

Question 22

elbow

Answer 22

локоть
The impression of a mechanical doll was reinforced by the fact that his arms were bent perpendicularly at the elbow and thrust forward.

Question 23

thrust

Answer 23

толкать; направление
The impression of a mechanical doll was reinforced by the fact that his arms were bent perpendicularly at the elbow and thrust forward.

Question 24

hung

Answer 24

висел, повешанный
A brown walking stick hung over his right forearm and his left hand gripped a bank giro he was holding out for the short-haired young man at position number 2.

Question 25

holding out

Answer 25

протягивать
A brown walking stick hung over his right forearm and his left hand gripped a bank giro he was holding out for the short-haired young man at position number 2.

Question 26

gripped

Answer 26

схаченный, сжатый
A brown walking stick hung over his right forearm and his left hand gripped a bank giro he was holding out for the short-haired young man at position number 2.

Question 27

cashier

Answer 27

кассир
Harry couldn’t see the face of the cashier, but he knew he was staring at the old man with a mixture of sympathy and irritation.

Question 28

irritation

Answer 28

раздражение
Harry couldn’t see the face of the cashier, but he knew he was staring at the old man with a mixture of sympathy and irritation.

Question 29

money order

Answer 29

денежный перевод
Stine Grette sat at position number 1, counting out 730 Norwegian krone for a boy in a blue woolen hat who had just given her a money order.

Question 30

glisten

Answer 30

блестеть
The diamond on the ring finger on her left hand glistened as she placed each note on the counter.

Question 31

pram

Answer 31

коляска
Harry couldn’t see, but he knew that in front of position number 3 there was a woman with pram, which she was rocking, probably to distract herself, as the child was asleep.

Question 32

distract

Answer 32

отвлекать
Harry couldn’t see, but he knew that in front of position number 3 there was a woman with pram, which she was rocking, probably to distract herself, as the child was asleep.

Question 33

charge account

Answer 33

снять деньги (со счета)
The woman was waiting to be served by fru Branne, who loudly explaining to a man on the telephone that he couldn’t charge someone else’s account unless the account holder had singed an agreement to that effect.

Question 34

overall

Answer 34

комбинезон
At that moment the door opened and two man, one tall, and other short, wearing the same overalls, strode into the bank.

Question 35

stride (strode)

Answer 35

шагать
At that moment the door opened and two man, one tall, and other short, wearing the same overalls, strode into the bank.

Question 36

puddle

Answer 36

лужа
The tall men moved as if he were stepping over puddles, while the little one had the rolling gait of someone who has acquired more muscle then he can accommodate.

Question 37

gait

Answer 37

походка
The tall men moved as if he were stepping over puddles, while the little one had the rolling gait of someone who has acquired more muscle then he can accommodate.

Question 38

acquire

Answer 38

приобрести
The tall men moved as if he were stepping over puddles, while the little one had the rolling gait of someone who has acquired more muscle then he can accommodate.

Question 39

preoccupied

Answer 39

озабоченный
The boy in the blue hat turned slowly and began to walk toward the exit, so preoccupied with counting money that he didn’t see the two man.

Question 40

banging down

Answer 40

сбросив на
‘Hello’, the tall man said ti Stinr, banging down a black case on the counter.

Question 41

high-pitched

Answer 41

пронзительный
‘Money!’ he said in a high-pitched squeak.

Question 42

squeak

Answer 42

писк
‘Money!’ he said in a high-pitched squeak.