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Мельник hastened to the dam, и остановил тяжёлые, безжалостные mill-wheels. А затем отец с дочерью вытащили принцессу из воды и laid her на берег.

castle – зáмок

cook – готовить еду

dam – дамба, плотина, запруда

hall – зал

hasten – торопиться, спешить

her – её

laid – Past Simple от to lay (класть)

mermaid – русалка

mill – мельница

mill-dam – мельничная плотина

mill-stream – поток

mill-wheel – жернов

swan – лебедь

to – к

towards – по направлению к

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And the princess floated down the mill-stream, sometimes swimming and sometimes sinking, till she came near the mill. Now the miller's daughter was cooking that day, and needed water for her cooking. And as she went to draw it from the stream, she saw something floating towards the mill-dam, and she called out, “Father! father! draw your dam. There's something white – a merry maid or a milk-white swan – coming down the stream.” So the miller hastened to the dam and stopped the heavy cruel mill-wheels. And then they took out the princess and laid her on the bank.