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(Граф Монте-Кристо - Эдмон Дантес)
Игорь Балалаев - Месть

Revenge

Ты в этот мрачный мир войдёшь как светлый луч...

You'll enter in this obscure world as a bright ray...

I'll come into this world, as a fearsome tribunal,
And I'll write "Disgrace" on his shameless forehead.
Yes, I'll fully recompense ("up-in-give") to him, who was humiliated,
But I'll re-compensate a hundred-fold to whom, who was humiliating.
As long as evil reigns, "not knowing obstacles" (without barriers),
As long as sin is covered (by the) sly mask/disguise,
So let (it be that) on the earth, the hell runs-down him ("him catches-up hell"),
And it's given to me - to serve as the heavenly/divine punishment.

My righteous god ("God right"), I thank you!
I'll execute (bring about) your will!
My righteous god, I thank you!
I'll do your biddings!

О золото земли, о дьявол наяву,
Орудие греха, награда словоблудья,
Пришла пора звенеть во славу правосудья -
Не обходить закон, а помогать ему.
И не взывай, палач, к защитникам своим.
И не надейся, вор, на купленную милость.
Здесь нет земных судей - здесь божья справедливость.
И будет приговор, как смерть, неотвратим!

Oh the gold of the earth, oh the devil's embodiment ("devil in vision/reality"),
The instrument of sin, the reward of verbiage,
Time has come to ring (tingle) in/for the glory of Justice -
Not to circumvent ("go around") the law, but to help him.
And don't appeal, the executioner, to your defenders.
And do not hope, the thief, on (for) the purchased mercy.
Here, (there is) no earthly judges - here (is the) God's Justice.
And will the verdict be, like death, inevitable!

Russian
Русский

48 - сорок восемь

forty eight

49 - сорок девять

forty nine

50 - пятьдесят

fifty

Восемнадцатый (18-й) урок

Eighteenth lesson

УРОК НОМЕР ВОСЕМНАДЦАТЬ (№18)

Lesson number eighteen (#18)

(It is) all the same to her [to her all indifferent]

AK: meaning: Don't you see that Alex is sad today?

(Что, жена? Что жена?!)

you mean [want to say]

(отдыхать, всё время)

AK: to be resting, all the time

I have [with me there-is] work for [on] all day.

I see; you (pl.) see; he sees;

lazybones, idler; all, everything; all;

УПРАЖНЕНИЕ

AK: word by word it's "he nothing not answers"

AK: compare: Do what you want, it's all the same to me.

Я сегодня хочу всё время отдыхать.

Я сегодня хочу отдыхать весь день.

AK: сегодня (today) and всё время (all the time) kind of conflicting,
so you can use "common denominator' day.
Word by word: "I today want to rest the whole day."

Здесь нельзя петь.

AK: Word by word: "Here, not permitted, to sing."

Poor postman,
(is it) true that he is dying [dies]?

AK: it's written правда-ли (true whether) in the original book

Запомните это слово.

AK: If you want to be closer to common people, use "запомните"

AK-NOTE

Мне всё равно - It's all the same to me - To me, all, is indifferent
Вам, ему, ей - to/for you pl., to him, to her

Саша, Александр between close friends (jokingly) may be called Шурик.

Let us learn the difference between всё [vssio(r)] ‚ all : everything
and все [vssie], all,
which must be distinguished by the general meaning, the diaeresis (¨) being, as a rule, seldom printed.

всё refers to some wholeness
все can mean "all people" or "all things"

Ну - well, now at the beginning of a phrase

— Что вам нужно?
— Мне нужен отдых.
First we see нужно, impersonal, then нужен, masculine, agreeing with отдых (see lesson 21).

— Что вам нужно? What do you need - "What, to/for you, is needed".
— Мне нужен отдых. I need some rest. - "For/to me, is necessary some rest."
нужно - it's needed to someone in general
нужен - he's needed

Tweested English Section

We are progressing through the fog, and that will last a little longer ;
but have no fear, everything, will be made clear. Let's go ahead.