Harrigan — Page 7
He came up again almost at once, but with men draped from every portion of his body.
Er kam fast sofort wieder hoch, aber mit Männern, die an jedem Teil seines Körpers hingen.
The soldiers and police had joined forces, and once more a dozen men clutched him, spilling over him like football players in a scrimmage.
Die Soldaten und Polizisten hatten ihre Kräfte vereint, und abermals packten ihn ein Dutzend Männer und warfen sich über ihn wie Footballspieler in einem Gedränge.
He was knocked from his feet by the impact.
Durch den Aufprall wurde er von den Beinen gerissen.
He raced with long strides, head lowered and back bowed until his long arms nearly swept the ground.
Er rannte mit langen Schritten, den Kopf gesenkt und den Rücken gebeugt, bis seine langen Arme fast den Boden streiften.
Gathering impetus at every stride, he crushed into the floundering heap of arms and legs.
Mit jedem Schritt mehr Schwung gewinnend, prallte er in den zappelnden Haufen aus Armen und Beinen.
The police sergeant rose and whirled with lifted club.
Der Polizeisergeant erhob sich und wirbelte herum, den Schlagstock erhoben.
Harrigan grunted with joy as he dug his left into the man's midsection.
Harrigan stieß ein freudiges Knurren aus, als er dem Mann seine Linke in die Magengrube rammte.
The sergeant collapsed upon the ground, embracing his stomach with both arms.
Der Sergeant brach zu Boden und umfasste seinen Magen mit beiden Armen.
Harrigan jerked away the upper layers of the attackers and dragged the black-haired man to his feet.
Harrigan riss die oberen Schichten der Angreifer weg und zerrte den schwarzhaarigen Mann auf die Beine.
The victory was not yet won.
Der Sieg war noch nicht errungen.
The black soldiers of Uncle Sam's regular army need not take second place to any body of troops in the world.
Die schwarzen Soldaten von Onkel Sams regulärer Armee brauchten sich vor keiner Truppe der Welt zu verstecken.
These men had tasted their own blood and they came tearing in now for revenge.
Diese Männer hatten ihr eigenes Blut gekostet, und nun stürmten sie auf Rache sinnend heran.
Harrigan, standing full in front of the rescued man until the latter should have recovered his breath, found food for both fists, and his love of battle was fed.
Harrigan, der sich schützend vor den Geretteten stellte, bis dieser wieder zu Atem gekommen sein würde, fand für beide Fäuste reichlich Beschäftigung, und seine Kampflust wurde gestillt.
Vocabulary
- kam
- Past tense of 'kommen'; he/she came
- fast
- Almost, nearly
- sofort
- Immediately, right away
- wieder
- Again, once more
- hoch
- High, tall, up
- aber
- But, however
- mit
- With, along with
- Männern
- Dative plural of 'Mann'; men
- an
- At, on, to (preposition)
- jedem
- Dative singular of 'jeder'; every, each
- Teil
- Part, portion, section
- seines
- Genitive of 'sein'; of his
- Körpers
- Genitive of 'Körper'; of the body
- hingen
- Past tense of 'hängen'; hung, clung
- Soldaten
- Soldiers, military personnel
- Polizisten
- Police officers, policemen
- hatten
- Past tense of 'haben'; had
- ihre
- Their (possessive pronoun, plural/feminine)
- Kräfte
- Plural of 'Kraft'; forces, strengths
- vereint
- United, joined together
- abermals
- Once again, yet again
- packten
- Past tense of 'packen'; grabbed, seized
- Dutzend
- A dozen, twelve of something
- Männer
- Men (plural of 'Mann')
- warfen
- Past tense of 'werfen'; threw, hurled
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun; themselves, oneself
- über
- Over, above, across (preposition)
- wie
- Like, as, how
- Gedränge
- Crowd, crush, scrimmage, pile-up
- Durch
- Through, by means of (preposition)
- Aufprall
- Impact, collision, crash force
- wurde
- Past tense of 'werden'; was, became
- von
- From, of, by (preposition)
- Beinen
- Dative plural of 'Bein'; legs
- gerissen
- Past participle of 'reißen'; torn, pulled
- rannte
- Past tense of 'rennen'; ran, sprinted
- langen
- Long (inflected adjective form)
- Schritten
- Dative plural of 'Schritt'; steps, strides
- Kopf
- Head (body part)
- gesenkt
- Past participle of 'senken'; lowered, bowed down
- Rücken
- Back (body part)
- gebeugt
- Past participle of 'beugen'; bent, stooped
- bis
- Until, up to, as far as
- seine
- His (possessive pronoun, nominative/accusative)
- Arme
- Arms (plural of 'Arm', body part)
- Boden
- Ground, floor, soil
- streiften
- Past tense of 'streifen'; grazed, brushed, swept
- Schritt
- Step, stride, pace
- mehr
- More, additional
- Schwung
- Swing, momentum, impetus
- gewinnend
- Present participle of 'gewinnen'; gaining, winning
- prallte
- Past tense of 'prallen'; bounced, crashed into
- zappelnden
- Inflected form of 'zappelnd'; wriggling, flailing
- Haufen
- Heap, pile, bunch of people
- aus
- Out of, from (preposition)
- Armen
- Dative plural of 'Arm'; arms
- Polizeisergeant
- Police sergeant, law enforcement rank
- erhob
- Past tense of 'erheben'; raised, lifted up
- wirbelte
- Past tense of 'wirbeln'; whirled, spun around
- herum
- Around, about (directional adverb)
- Schlagstock
- Baton, truncheon, nightstick
- erhoben
- Past participle of 'erheben'; raised, lifted
- stieß
- Past tense of 'stoßen'; pushed, shoved, uttered
- freudiges
- Joyful, delighted (adjective, neuter accusative)
- Knurren
- Growl, snarl, rumble sound
- als
- When, as, than (conjunction)
- Mann
- Man, male person
- Linke
- Left hand or left side
- Magengrube
- Solar plexus, pit of the stomach
- rammte
- Past tense of 'rammen'; rammed, drove into
- Sergeant
- Sergeant, military or police rank
- brach
- Past tense of 'brechen'; broke, collapsed
- umfasste
- Past tense of 'umfassen'; embraced, grasped, enclosed
- seinen
- Accusative masculine of 'sein'; his
- Magen
- Stomach (digestive organ)
- beiden
- Both, the two (pronoun/adjective)
- riss
- Past tense of 'reißen'; tore, ripped, pulled
- oberen
- Upper, top (inflected adjective form)
- Schichten
- Layers, strata, levels
- Angreifer
- Attacker, assailant, aggressor
- weg
- Away, off, gone
- zerrte
- Past tense of 'zerren'; dragged, yanked, tugged
- schwarzhaarigen
- Inflected form of 'schwarzhaarig'; black-haired person
- auf
- On, upon, onto (preposition)
- Beine
- Legs (plural of 'Bein')
- Sieg
- Victory, triumph, win
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; was
- noch
- Still, yet, even (adverb)
- errungen
- Past participle of 'erringen'; achieved, won hard
- schwarzen
- Inflected form of 'schwarz'; black (adjective)
- Onkel
- Uncle (male relative, father's/mother's brother)
- regulärer
- Regular, standard (adjective, masculine nominative)
- Armee
- Army, military force
- brauchten
- Past tense of 'brauchen'; needed, required
- vor
- Before, in front of, ago (preposition)
- keiner
- No one, none (negative pronoun)
- Truppe
- Troop, unit, military force
- Welt
- World, earth, globe
- verstecken
- To hide, conceal oneself
- Diese
- These, this (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- ihr
- Their, her, your (pronoun/possessive)
- eigenes
- Own, one's own (adjective, neuter)
- Blut
- Blood (bodily fluid)
- gekostet
- Past participle of 'kosten'; cost, tasted
- nun
- Now, at this point (adverb)
- stürmten
- Past tense of 'stürmen'; stormed, charged forward
- Rache
- Revenge, vengeance, retaliation
- sinnend
- Present participle of 'sinnen'; pondering, plotting
- heran
- Up, close, approaching (directional adverb)
- schützend
- Present participle of 'schützen'; protecting, shielding
- Geretteten
- The rescued person (nominalized adjective, dative)
- stellte
- Past tense of 'stellen'; placed, positioned, stood
- dieser
- This, this one (demonstrative pronoun)
- Atem
- Breath, breathing
- gekommen
- Past participle of 'kommen'; come, arrived
- sein
- To be; his (infinitive or possessive)
- würde
- Would (conditional auxiliary of 'werden')
- fand
- Past tense of 'finden'; found, discovered
- für
- For (preposition)
- beide
- Both, the two of them
- Fäuste
- Fists (plural of 'Faust')
- reichlich
- Plenty, ample, abundantly
- Beschäftigung
- Occupation, employment, activity, engagement
- Kampflust
- Fighting spirit, eagerness to fight
- gestillt
- Past participle of 'stillen'; satisfied, appeased, quenched
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