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| ...Мне часто приходит в голову мысль о том, что все беды в английской истории так или иначе связаны с Уэльсом. Взять хотя бы Эдуарда Карнарвонского, первого из принцев Уэльсских — порочная жизнь, Пеннифедер, и жалкая смерть | '...I often think,' he continued, 'that we can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales. Think of Edward of Caernarvon, the first Prince of Wales, a perverse life, Pennyfeather, and an unseemly death, then the Tudors and the dissolution of the Church, then Lloyd George, the temperance movement, non-conformity and lust stalking hand in hand through the country, wasting and ravaging. But perhaps you think I exaggerate? I have a certain rhetorical tendency, I admit.' (E. Waugh) |
| натворить бед | wreak havoc (on something: The recent storms have wreaked havoc on crops. • Changes in the climate have wreaked/wrought havoc with the region's usual weather pattern. (Cambridge Dictionary) • I was being very careful because fairies can be fierce and wreak havoc if they want.  dolphinhugs4u2.net ART Vancouver) |
| ничто не предвещало беды. | no sign of what was to come (Lifestruck) |
