Harrigan — Page 1
The captain had raided two opium dens the day before, and the pride of accomplishment puffed his chest.
Der Hauptmann hatte am Tag zuvor zwei Opiumhöhlen ausgehoben, und der Stolz über seine Leistung schwellte seine Brust.
He would have given advice to the sheriff of Oahu that evening.
Er hätte an jenem Abend dem Sheriff von Oahu Ratschläge erteilt.
He went on: "I can pick some men out of the crowd by the way they walk, and others by their eyes.
Er fuhr fort: „Manche Männer kann ich an ihrer Art zu gehen aus der Menge herauserkennen, und andere an ihren Augen.
The red-headed man came nearer through the crowd.
Der rothaarige Mann näherte sich durch die Menge.
Because of the warmth, he had stuffed his soft hat into a back pocket, and now the light from a window shone steadily on his hair and made a fire of it, a danger signal.
Wegen der Wärme hatte er seinen weichen Hut in eine Gesäßtasche gestopft, und nun schien das Licht eines Fensters gleichmäßig auf sein Haar und machte ein Feuer daraus, ein Gefahrensignal.
He encountered the searching glances of the two officers and answered with cold, measuring eyes, like the gaze of a prize fighter who waits for a blow.
Er begegnete den forschenden Blicken der beiden Beamten und antwortete mit kalten, abschätzenden Augen, wie der Blick eines Preisboxers, der auf einen Schlag wartet.
The sergeant turned to his superior with a grunt.
Der Sergeant wandte sich mit einem Grunzen an seinen Vorgesetzten.
He stepped into his automobile and the sergeant beckoned to a nearby policeman.
Er stieg in sein Automobil und der Sergeant winkte einem nahegelegenen Polizisten.
The Kanaka smiled without enthusiasm.
Der Kanaka lächelte ohne Begeisterung.
The sergeant nodded, and Akana tightened his belt.
Der Sergeant nickte, und Akana zog seinen Gürtel enger.
He had eaten fish baked in ti leaves that evening.
Er hatte an jenem Abend in Ti-Blättern gebackenen Fisch gegessen.
He suggested: "Morley has little to do.
Er schlug vor: „Morley hat wenig zu tun.
Vocabulary
- Hauptmann
- Captain; military or police officer of middle rank
- hatte
- Past tense of haben; had
- am
- Contraction of an dem; at the, on the
- Tag
- Day; a 24-hour period
- zuvor
- Before, previously; earlier in time
- zwei
- Two; the number 2
- Opiumhöhlen
- Opium dens; illegal establishments for opium use
- ausgehoben
- Raided, broken up; past participle of ausheben
- Stolz
- Pride; feeling of satisfaction over achievement
- über
- Over, about, above; common preposition
- seine
- His; third-person masculine possessive pronoun
- Leistung
- Achievement, performance; result of one's effort
- schwellte
- Swelled, puffed up; past tense of schwellen
- Brust
- Chest, breast; front part of the torso
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive II form of haben
- jenem
- That; dative form of demonstrative pronoun jener
- Abend
- Evening; the later part of the day
- Sheriff
- Sheriff; law enforcement official, especially American
- Ratschläge
- Advice, tips; plural of Ratschlag, recommendations given
- erteilt
- Given, dispensed; past participle of erteilen
- fuhr
- Drove, went; past tense of fahren or fortfahren
- fort
- Away, forth; also prefix meaning to continue
- Manche
- Some, certain; indefinite pronoun indicating several
- Männer
- Men; plural of Mann, adult male persons
- kann
- Can, am able to; present tense of können
- ihrer
- Their, of them; genitive or dative possessive pronoun
- Art
- Way, manner, type; kind or style of something
- gehen
- To walk, to go; basic verb of movement
- aus
- Out of, from; common preposition indicating origin
- Menge
- Crowd, quantity; a large number or gathering
- herauserkennen
- To pick out, identify from a group or crowd
- andere
- Others, other; referring to additional or different persons
- ihren
- Their; accusative or dative form of ihr
- Augen
- Eyes; plural of Auge, the organs of sight
- rothaarige
- Red-haired; adjective describing someone with red hair
- Mann
- Man; adult male person
- näherte
- Approached, drew near; past tense of sich nähern
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating movement or means
- Wegen
- Ways, paths; plural of Weg, or because of (wegen)
- Wärme
- Warmth, heat; pleasant or intense thermal sensation
- seinen
- His; accusative masculine possessive pronoun
- weichen
- Soft; accusative adjective, or to yield, give way
- Hut
- Hat; a head covering worn outdoors
- Gesäßtasche
- Back pocket; rear trouser or pants pocket
- gestopft
- Stuffed, shoved; past participle of stopfen
- nun
- Now; at this moment or at that point
- schien
- Seemed, shone; past tense of scheinen
- Licht
- Light; electromagnetic radiation visible to the eye
- Fensters
- Window's; genitive of Fenster, a window in a wall
- gleichmäßig
- Evenly, uniformly; in a steady, consistent manner
- sein
- His; possessive pronoun, or to be (infinitive)
- Haar
- Hair; the strands growing from one's head
- machte
- Made, did; past tense of machen
- Feuer
- Fire; combustion producing heat and light
- daraus
- From it, out of it; contraction of da and aus
- Gefahrensignal
- Danger signal; a warning sign indicating possible threat
- begegnete
- Met, encountered; past tense of begegnen
- forschenden
- Searching, probing; adjective from forschen, to probe
- Blicken
- Gazes, glances; dative plural of Blick
- beiden
- Both; referring to two people or things together
- Beamten
- Officers, officials; dative plural of Beamte
- antwortete
- Answered, replied; past tense of antworten
- kalten
- Cold; dative/accusative adjective form of kalt
- abschätzenden
- Appraising, assessing; adjective from abschätzen
- wie
- Like, as, how; conjunction or adverb of comparison
- Blick
- Glance, gaze, look; a directed visual expression
- Preisboxers
- Prize fighter's; genitive of Preisboxer, a professional boxer
- Schlag
- Blow, punch; a forceful hit or strike
- wartet
- Waits; third-person present tense of warten
- Sergeant
- Sergeant; non-commissioned police or military officer rank
- wandte
- Turned; past tense of wenden, to turn or address
- Grunzen
- Grunt; a short, low, inarticulate sound of assent
- Vorgesetzten
- Superior, boss; dative of Vorgesetzter, a higher-ranking person
- stieg
- Climbed, got; past tense of steigen
- Automobil
- Automobile, car; a motor vehicle for road travel
- winkte
- Waved, beckoned; past tense of winken
- nahegelegenen
- Nearby, adjacent; adjective from nahegelegen, situated close
- Polizisten
- Police officers; dative or accusative plural of Polizist
- lächelte
- Smiled; past tense of lächeln
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- Begeisterung
- Enthusiasm, excitement; strong feeling of eager interest
- nickte
- Nodded; past tense of nicken, to nod the head
- zog
- Pulled, drew; past tense of ziehen
- Gürtel
- Belt; a strap worn around the waist
- enger
- Tighter, narrower; comparative form of eng
- gebackenen
- Baked; accusative adjective form of gebacken
- Fisch
- Fish; aquatic animal used as food
- gegessen
- Eaten; past participle of essen
- schlug
- Suggested, hit; past tense of schlagen
- vor
- Before, in front of; also prefix meaning to suggest
- hat
- Has; third-person singular present tense of haben
- wenig
- Little, few; indicating a small amount or degree
- tun
- To do; basic verb expressing action or activity
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