Harrigan — Page 5
You can't get away with little tricks like that. You better be starting on. Move along."
Mit solchen kleinen Tricks kommen Sie nicht durch. Sie sollten besser aufbrechen. Weitergehen."
Harrigan glanced slowly from face to face.
Harrigan blickte langsam von Gesicht zu Gesicht.
The three policemen drew closer together as if for mutual protection.
Die drei Polizisten rückten näher zusammen, als ob sie sich gegenseitig schützen wollten.
The hand of Harrigan resting on the window sill had gathered to a hard-bunched fist, white at the knuckles, but he nodded across the open space between the cottages.
Harrigans Hand, die auf dem Fensterbrett ruhte, hatte sich zu einer harten, geballten Faust zusammengezogen, an den Knöcheln weiß, doch er nickte über den offenen Raum zwischen den Häuschen hinüber.
A clatter of sharp, quick voices rose from a group of Negro soldiers gathering around a white man.
Ein Lärm scharfer, schneller Stimmen erhob sich von einer Gruppe schwarzer Soldaten, die sich um einen weißen Mann versammelten.
No one could tell the cause of the quarrel.
Niemand konnte den Grund des Streits erkennen.
It might have been anything from an oath to a blow.
Es könnte alles gewesen sein, von einem Fluch bis zu einem Schlag.
The center of the disturbance appeared to be a man indeed.
Der Mittelpunkt der Unruhe schien tatsächlich ein Mann zu sein.
He was even taller than Harrigan and broader of shoulder, and, like the latter, there was a suggestion of strength in him which could not be defined by his size alone.
Er war sogar größer als Harrigan und breiter in den Schultern, und wie dieser ließ er eine Andeutung von Stärke erkennen, die sich nicht allein durch seine Statur erklären ließ.
At the distance they could guess his smile as he faced the clamoring mob.
Aus der Entfernung konnten sie sein Lächeln erahnen, als er der lärmenden Menge gegenüberstand.
As he spoke, they heard one of the Negroes curse and the fist of the tall man darted at the face of a soldier and drove him toppling back among his comrades.
Während er sprach, hörten sie einen der Schwarzen fluchen, und die Faust des großen Mannes schoss auf das Gesicht eines Soldaten zu und trieb ihn taumelnd zurück unter seine Kameraden.
Vocabulary
- Mit
- Preposition indicating accompaniment or means.
- solchen
- Demonstrative adjective meaning such or that kind of.
- kleinen
- Adjective meaning small or little in size.
- Tricks
- Plural noun meaning tricks or cunning deceptions.
- kommen
- Verb meaning to come or to arrive.
- Sie
- Formal second person singular pronoun meaning you.
- nicht
- Adverb meaning not or negation particle.
- durch
- Preposition meaning through or by means of.
- sollten
- Modal verb meaning should or ought to.
- besser
- Adjective or adverb meaning better or superior.
- aufbrechen
- Verb meaning to break open or depart.
- Weitergehen
- Noun meaning continuation or proceeding forward.
- blickte
- Verb meaning looked or glanced in past tense.
- langsam
- Adverb meaning slowly or at slow pace.
- von
- Preposition meaning from or of in German.
- Gesicht
- Noun meaning face or facial features.
- zu
- Preposition meaning to or towards a direction.
- Die
- Definite article meaning the in feminine form.
- drei
- Number meaning three or group of three.
- Polizisten
- Plural noun meaning police officers or policemen.
- rückten
- Verb meaning moved closer together in past.
- näher
- Adverb meaning closer or nearer in proximity.
- zusammen
- Adverb meaning together or collectively in union.
- als
- Conjunction meaning as or when or than.
- ob
- Conjunction meaning whether or as if or.
- sie
- Pronoun meaning they or she in context.
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning himself or themselves or.
- gegenseitig
- Adjective meaning mutual or reciprocal to each.
- schützen
- Verb meaning to protect or defend from.
- wollten
- Modal verb meaning wanted or wished to.
- Hand
- Noun meaning hand or arm appendage.
- die
- Definite article meaning the in various cases.
- auf
- Preposition meaning on or upon a surface.
- dem
- Definite article meaning the in dative case.
- Fensterbrett
- Noun meaning windowsill or window ledge.
- ruhte
- Verb meaning rested or lay in past.
- hatte
- Verb meaning had in past tense form.
- einer
- Indefinite article meaning a or one in.
- harten
- Adjective meaning hard or harsh or firm.
- geballten
- Adjective meaning clenched or balled into fist.
- Faust
- Noun meaning fist or closed hand.
- zusammengezogen
- Adjective meaning drawn together or contracted into.
- an
- Preposition meaning at or on or.
- den
- Definite article meaning the in accusative.
- Knöcheln
- Noun meaning knuckles or joint of fingers.
- weiß
- Adjective meaning white or color or.
- doch
- Adverb or conjunction meaning yet or though.
- er
- Pronoun meaning he or masculine third person.
- nickte
- Verb meaning nodded or moved head in.
- über
- Preposition meaning over or across or above.
- offenen
- Adjective meaning open or not closed or.
- Raum
- Noun meaning room or space or area.
- zwischen
- Preposition meaning between or among two things.
- Häuschen
- Noun meaning small house or little cottage.
- hinüber
- Adverb meaning over there or to other.
- Ein
- Indefinite article meaning a or one or.
- Lärm
- Noun meaning noise or loud sound or.
- scharfer
- Adjective meaning sharp or harsh or keen.
- schneller
- Adjective meaning faster or quicker or rapid.
- Stimmen
- Plural noun meaning voices or sounds or.
- erhob
- Verb meaning raised or lifted up in.
- Gruppe
- Noun meaning group or collection of people.
- schwarzer
- Adjective meaning black or dark in color.
- Soldaten
- Plural noun meaning soldiers or military personnel.
- um
- Preposition meaning around or about or concerning.
- weißen
- Adjective meaning white in accusative case form.
- Mann
- Noun meaning man or male human person.
- versammelten
- Verb meaning assembled or gathered together in.
- Niemand
- Pronoun meaning nobody or no one or.
- konnte
- Verb meaning could or was able to.
- Grund
- Noun meaning reason or ground or basis.
- des
- Definite article meaning the in genitive case.
- Streits
- Noun meaning quarrel or dispute or conflict.
- erkennen
- Verb meaning to recognize or identify or.
- Es
- Pronoun meaning it or impersonal subject.
- könnte
- Modal verb meaning could or might or.
- alles
- Pronoun or adjective meaning everything or all.
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