Английский с Джеком Лондоном. Золотой каньон. Рассказы / Jack London. All Gold Canyon. Stories - стр. 14

(и таким образом была обнаружена еще одна крупинка, и еще одна; fashion – форма; способ действия). Great was his care of them (огромной была его забота о них). Like a shepherd he herded his flock of golden specks (как пастух, сгонял он свое стадо золотых крупинок; to herd – пасти, собирать вместе) so that not one should be lost (так, чтобы ни одна не была потеряна). At last (наконец), of the pan of dirt nothing remained but his golden herd (в лотке с землей не осталось ничего, кроме его золотого стада; herd – сущ. стадо). He counted it (он пересчитал их), and then, after all his labor (а затем, после всех его трудов), sent it flying out of the pan with one final swirl of water (выплеснул их из лотка последним круговым движением воды; swirl – водоворот, кружение).

 The washing had now become very fine – fine beyond all need of ordinary placer-mining. He worked the black sand, a small portion at a time, up the shallow rim of the pan. Each small portion he examined sharply, so that his eyes saw every grain of it before he allowed it to slide over the edge and away. Jealously, bit by bit, he let the black sand slip away. A golden speck, no larger than a pin-point, appeared on the rim, and by his manipulation of the water it returned to the bottom of the pan. And in such fashion another speck was disclosed, and another. Great was his care of them. Like a shepherd he herded his flock of golden specks so that not one should be lost. At last, of the pan of dirt nothing remained but his golden herd. He counted it, and then, after all his labor, sent it flying out of the pan with one final swirl of water.

But his blue eyes were shining with desire (но его голубые глаза светились желанием = жадно светились; desire – желание, жажда, вожделение) as he rose to his feet (когда он поднялся на ноги;). “Seven,” he muttered aloud (семь, – пробормотал он вслух), asserting the sum of the specks (обозначая количество крупинок; to assert – утверждать, заявлять) for which he had toiled so hard (ради которых он так упорно трудился; to toil – усиленно трудиться) and which he had so wantonly thrown away (и которые он столь безрассудно выбросил; wantonly – развратно; необдуманно, безрассудно). “Seven,” he repeated (семь, – повторил он), with the emphasis of one trying to impress a number on his memory (с ударением, пытаясь запечатлеть цифру в памяти: «с ударением человека, пытающегося запечатлеть цифру в памяти»; to impress – запечатлевать, оставлять след /в сознании/).

 But his blue eyes were shining with desire as he rose to his feet. “Seven,” he muttered aloud, asserting the sum of the specks for which he had toiled so hard and which he had so wantonly thrown away. “Seven,” he repeated, with the emphasis of one trying to impress a number on his memory.

He stood still a long while (он долго стоял неподвижно; a long while – долго; while – промежуток времени), surveying the hillside (оглядывая склон холма; to survey – обводить взглядом, рассматривать). In his eyes was a curiosity (в его глазах было любопытство), new-aroused and burning (только что пробужденное: «новопробужденное» и жгучее; to arouse – пробуждать). There was an exultance about his bearing and a keenness (была /некое/ торжество в его поведении и острота = напряженность;