Hi to everyone !
I kindly ask for your help .
To improve my english i try to read
and translate some old stories . Now
i' m stuck with Bram Stoker ' s " The
slim syrens". His language is
sometimes too complicated for me .
So there are some blank spots all
over the text .
I don't know if I am allowed to post a link but the story can be easily googled and
read online. It is really short!
So could you explain several
phrases in a simple manner ?
1) And as to their chestys - why ,
you might ' ave put ' em through the
mangle and none ever the wuss -
except the mangle from jerkiness,
where it might ' ave well expected to
take it a bit india- rubbery
what does india- rubbery mean ?
what would happen to the mangle if
you put ladies chestys through it ?
2) Any ' ow , when they ' ad run the
fust companies twice round the
Greats
what is round the Greats ?
3) They used to say in the wardrobe
as ' ow there was a twenty- stun
standard , and no one would be
engyged that couldn' t pass
the butcher .
am i right supposing stun - stone ?
what is the butcher part about then?
4) They was wove that bias . \ ' ow
we was to take up ladders in ' em
About tights . What is wrong with
them?
Well i still have enormous amount of
questions, but that would be enough
for the first time .
Thanks a lot to everyone, who will
answer and help me !