Audiobook Dictation: “As for the pills and drops…”

As for the "pills" and "drops" with which her husband doses himself between the courses, it makes me ill even to think of them.

Quanto às «pílulas» e «gotas» com que o marido se medica entre os pratos, fico maldisposto só de pensar nelas.

On Christmas Eve the weather was abominable.

Na véspera de Natal o tempo estava abominável.

All night it had been blowing and raining.

Toda a noite tinha soprado vento e chovido.

In the morning it began to freeze.

De manhã começou a gear.

By the time the streets were like so many skating rinks it commenced to snow.

Quando as ruas já pareciam outros tantos ringues de patinagem, começou a nevar.

And it kept on snowing; that turned out to be quite a record in the way of snow-storms.

E continuou a nevar; acabou por ser uma tempestade de neve de recorde.