Reader, you may have lain awake at night and thought the silence oppressive (ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, Π²Ρ, Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ, Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠ½Π° ΠΏΠΎ Π½ΠΎΡΠ°ΠΌ ΠΈ Π΄ΡΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ½Π° /ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΡ/ ΡΠ³Π½Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ; to oppressβ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²Π»ΡΡΡ, ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΡΡ, ΡΠ³Π½Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ; oppressiveβ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Π΄Π΅ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; Π³Π½Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈΠΉ, ΡΡΠ³ΠΎΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ), but I say with confidence that you can have no idea what a vivid, tangible thing perfect silence really is (Π½ΠΎ Ρ Ρ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ /ΠΌΠΎΠ³Ρ/ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ Π²Ρ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠΈΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΅ΡΠ΅, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΎΡΡΠ·Π°Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π°Ρ ΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ½Π° Π½Π° ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠΌ Π΄Π΅Π»Π΅; vividβ ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ; ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ; tangibleβ Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ, ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΠΎΡΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ; perfectβ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ, Π±Π΅Π·ΡΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; Π°Π±ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ).
adequate ['xdIkwIt], description [dIs'krIpS(q)n], mitigate ['mItIgeIt], assert [q'sq:t], terrify ['terIfaI], quail [kweIl], oppressive [q'presIv], tangible ['txndZ(q)bl]
I CAN give no adequate description of the horrors of the night which followed. Mercifully they were to some extent mitigated by sleep, for even in such a position as ours wearied nature will sometimes assert itself. But I, at any rate, found it impossible to sleep much. Putting aside the terrifying thought of our impending doom β for the bravest man on earth might well quail from such a fate as awaited us, and I never had any great pretensions to be brave β the silence itself was too great to allow of it. Reader, you may have lain awake at night and thought the silence oppressive, but I say with confidence that you can have no idea what a vivid, tangible thing perfect silence really is.
On the surface of the earth there is always some sound or motion (Π½Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡ Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»ΠΈ Π²ΡΠ΅Π³Π΄Π° Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅-Π½ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΄Ρ Π·Π²ΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅), and though it may in itself be imperceptible (ΠΈ, Ρ ΠΎΡΡ, ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅ Π±ΡΡΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΎΡΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΌΠΈ; perceptible β Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΠΎΡΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ, Π²ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅ΠΌΡΠΉ), yet does it deaden the sharp edge of absolute silence (Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΠΏΠ»ΡΡΡ ΠΎΡΡΡΡΠΉ ΠΊΡΠ°ΠΉ = ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΡΡ Π°Π±ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ½Ρ; to deaden β ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π»ΡΡΡ, ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ; ΠΎΡΠ»Π°Π±ΠΈΡΡ, Π·Π°Π³Π»ΡΡΠΈΡΡ). But here there was none (Π½ΠΎ Π·Π΄Π΅ΡΡ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ /Π·Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ² ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ/). We were buried in the bowels of a huge, snow-clad peak(ΠΌΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅Π½Ρ Π² Π½Π΅Π΄ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΎΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΏΠΎΠΊΡΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ½Π΅Π³ΠΎΠΌ Π²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ½Ρ; bowelβ ΠΊΠΈΡΠΊΠ°; /Π³Π΅ΠΎΠ»./ Π½Π΅Π΄ΡΠ°). Thousands of feet above us the fresh air rushed over the white snow (Π² ΡΡΡΡΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡΡΠ°Ρ Π½Π°Π΄ Π½Π°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ²Π΅ΠΆΠΈΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π΄ΡΡ Π΄ΡΠ» /ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ²Π°ΠΌΠΈ/ Π½Π°Π΄ Π±Π΅Π»ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ½Π΅Π³Π°ΠΌΠΈ; to rushβ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ, ΠΌΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ; Π΄ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ²Π°ΠΌΠΈ /ΠΎ Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅/), but no sound of it reached us (Π½ΠΎ Π½ΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π·Π²ΡΠΊΠ° Π½Π΅ Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π΅ΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎ Π½Π°Ρ). We were separated by a long tunnel and five feet of rock even from the awful chamber of the dead (ΠΌΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π΅Π½Ρ Π΄Π»ΠΈΠ½Π½ΡΠΌ ΡΠΎΠ½Π½Π΅Π»Π΅ΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΡΡΡ ΡΡΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΊΠ°Π»Ρ Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΎΡ ΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡ Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ); and the dead make no noise (Π° ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡ Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΌΡΡ: Β«Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡ ΡΡΠΌΠ°Β»). The crashing of all the artillery of earth and heaven could not have come to our ears in our living tomb (/Π·Π²ΡΠΊ/ ΠΊΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ½Π°Π΄Ρ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΉ Π°ΡΡΠΈΠ»Π»Π΅ΡΠΈΠΈ Π½Π° Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅ ΠΈ Π½Π° Π½Π΅Π±Π΅ Π½Π΅ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ³ Π±Ρ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡ ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ Π² Π½Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ»Π΅ = Π² ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ»Π΅, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΌΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅Π½Ρ Π·Π°ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎ; crashβ Π³ΡΠΎΡ ΠΎΡ, ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΊ). We were cut off from all echoes of the world (ΠΌΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π·Π°Π½Ρ ΠΎΡ Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ Π·Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ² ΠΌΠΈΡΠ°; echo β ΡΡ ΠΎ, ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π·Π²ΡΠΊ) β we were as already dead (ΠΌΡ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΎ ΡΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ).