Actually

Actually относится к наречиям и наречным сочетаниям (выра­жениям), которые представляют собой комментарий говорящего к содержанию высказывания. Оно имеет в русском языке эквивален­ты: 1) фактически, на самом деле, в действительности, по-настоя­щему: do you actually mean it? — вы в самом деле имеете это в виду? / вы это всерьез говорите?; you are actually the only friend I have — no правде говоря, ты мой единственный друг; 2) как ни странно, как ни удивительно; даже: he actually expected me to do this work for him! — подумать только, он рассчитывал, что я сделаю эту работу за него!

Примеры:

(1) June... was notorious. Had she not said to Mrs Soames — who was always so beautifully dressed — that feathers were vulgar? Mrs Soames had actually given up wearing feathers... (Gals.) Джун... слыла очень придирчивой особой. Разве не она ска­зала миссис Соме, которая так прекрасно одевается, что пе­рья вульгарны? И миссис Соме действительно перестала но­сить перья. (Лорие)

(2) Он [Пфуль] подошел к карте и стал быстро говорить, [...] дока­зывая, что [...] ежели неприятель действительно пойдет в об­ход, то неприятель должен быть неминуемо уничтожен. (Тол.)

Не went up to the table and with his finger on the map rapidly began to demonstrate that... if the enemy were actually to outflank it, then the enemy would inevitably be annihilated. (Dunn.)

Задание

Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык.

1.Paddington liked visiting Mr Gruber. Apart from selling antiques, Mr Gruber possessed a large number of books, and although no one knew if he'd actually read them all, it certainly seemed as though he must have, for he was a mine of information on almost every subject one could think of. (Bond)

2.Dr Johnson ensured Savage's place in the gallery of Bristol's 'famous' itinerants, by writing a fulsome biography of a man whose gjeat facility in life was to abuse his friends and hosts. For a long time he apparently had plenty of both, so he must have possessed some kind of charm to offset an unendearing personality. He was actually a gifted poet whose way with words brought him praise from Johnson, Pope and others. (Foot)

3."Then you regard the kidnapping of the Prime Minister as a direct attempt to prevent his being present at the Conference?"

"Most certainly I do. He was actually on his way to France at the time." (Christie)

4.He used to keep a good deal of money in the house, and he had a safe put in. Made a great fuss about it — and how secure it was. As a result of his talking so much, burglars broke in one night and actually cut a hole in the safe with a chemical device. (Christie)

5."Baked Ham with Spinach..." "What do you think of that now?" "I think it sounds filthy," said Edward. "No, no actually it would be very good — but what do you think of the whole thing?" (Christie)

6."A three years' reference recommending her most warmly, she prefers the country and actually asks less wages than Gladys. I really feel we have been most fortunate." (Christie)

7."And there was foxglove actually growing all among the sage in one corner, so the mistake was quite natural."

"But did Sylvia actually pick them herself?" (Christie)

8.They left very early in the morning, you remember. As far as I can make out, nobody actually saw them go. (Christie)

9.However abstract, or "formal", modern linguistic theory might be, it has been developed to account for the way people actually use language. (Lyons)

10.We can look at a physical object from different sides (front / back, top / bottom, etc.), and what we actually see varies accordingly. (Langacker)