Harrigan — Page 5
You can't get away with little tricks like that. You better be starting on. Move along."
No puedes salirte con la tuya con esos pequeños trucos. Será mejor que te pongas en marcha. Muévete."
Harrigan glanced slowly from face to face.
Harrigan miró lentamente de rostro en rostro.
The three policemen drew closer together as if for mutual protection.
Los tres policías se acercaron entre sí como en busca de protección mutua.
"Please--honey!" urged the whisper of the girl.
"¡Por favor... cariño!" susurró la chica con urgencia.
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.
La mano de Harrigan, apoyada en el alféizar de la ventana, se había cerrado formando un puño apretado, con los nudillos en blanco, pero asintió con la cabeza hacia el espacio abierto entre las cabañas.
"If you're looking for work," he said, "seems as though you'd find a handful over there."
"Si están buscando trabajo", dijo, "parece que encontrarían bastante por allá."
A clatter of sharp, quick voices rose from a group of Negro soldiers gathering around a white man.
Un estallido de voces agudas y rápidas surgió de un grupo de soldados negros que se congregaban alrededor de un hombre blanco.
No one could tell the cause of the quarrel.
Nadie podía determinar la causa de la disputa.
It might have been anything from an oath to a blow.
Podría haber sido cualquier cosa, desde un insulto hasta un golpe.
"Watch him," said Harrigan. "He looks like a man." He added plaintively: "But looks are deceivin'."
"Obsérvalo", dijo Harrigan. "Parece todo un hombre." Añadió con melancolía: "Pero las apariencias engañan."
The center of the disturbance appeared to be a man indeed.
El centro del altercado parecía ser efectivamente un hombre.
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.
Era incluso más alto que Harrigan y de hombros más anchos, y, al igual que este, había en él una sugerencia de fuerza que no podía definirse únicamente por su tamaño.
At the distance they could guess his smile as he faced the clamoring mob.
Desde la distancia podían intuir su sonrisa mientras se enfrentaba a la multitud vociferante.
"Break in there!" ordered the sergeant to his companions, and started toward the angry circle.
"¡Intervengan!" ordenó el sargento a sus compañeros, y se dirigió hacia el círculo enfurecido.
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.
Mientras hablaba, oyeron maldecir a uno de los negros y el puño del hombre alto se lanzó contra el rostro de un soldado y lo hizo caer tambaleándose hacia atrás entre sus camaradas.
Vocabulary
- No
- Negation; refusal or denial of something.
- puedes
- You can; second person singular present of poder.
- salirte
- To get away with; to escape or avoid consequences.
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- tuya
- Yours; feminine singular possessive pronoun.
- esos
- Those; masculine plural demonstrative adjective.
- pequeños
- Small; little; adjective describing size.
- trucos
- Tricks; schemes or clever methods to deceive.
- Será
- Will be; third person singular future of ser.
- mejor
- Better; superior in quality or condition.
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun or conjunction.
- te
- You; second person singular direct/indirect object pronoun.
- pongas
- You put; second person singular subjunctive of poner.
- en
- In; on; preposition indicating location or position.
- marcha
- Movement; march; motion or forward progress.
- Muévete
- Move yourself; second person singular imperative of moverse.
- miró
- He/she looked; third person singular past of mirar.
- lentamente
- Slowly; adverb describing slow movement or action.
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- rostro
- Face; visage; the front of a person's head.
- Los
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- tres
- Three; the number 3.
- policías
- Police officers; law enforcement personnel.
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; indicates reflexive action.
- acercaron
- They approached; third person plural past of acercarse.
- entre
- Between; among; preposition indicating position or relationship.
- sí
- Themselves; reflexive pronoun for emphasis.
- como
- Like; as; comparison or similarity.
- busca
- Search; seeks; third person singular present of buscar.
- protección
- Protection; defense against harm or danger.
- mutua
- Mutual; reciprocal; shared between two parties.
- Por
- For; by; preposition indicating purpose or agency.
- favor
- Favor; please; polite expression of request.
- cariño
- Darling; sweetheart; term of endearment.
- susurró
- He/she whispered; third person singular past of susurrar.
- chica
- Girl; young woman or female child.
- urgencia
- Urgency; pressing need or importance.
- La
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- mano
- Hand; upper limb body part.
- apoyada
- Rested; leaned; feminine past participle of apoyar.
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- ventana
- Window; opening in a wall for light.
- había
- Had; third person singular imperfect of haber.
- cerrado
- Closed; past participle of cerrar.
- formando
- Forming; creating; present participle of formar.
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article.
- puño
- Fist; clenched hand.
- apretado
- Tight; clenched; past participle of apretar.
- nudillos
- Knuckles; joints of the fingers.
- blanco
- White; pale; the color white.
- pero
- But; however; conjunction showing contrast.
- asintió
- He/she nodded; third person singular past of asentir.
- cabeza
- Head; top part of body.
- hacia
- Towards; toward; preposition indicating direction.
- espacio
- Space; area; open expanse.
- abierto
- Open; not closed; past participle of abrir.
- cabañas
- Cabins; small rustic houses or shelters.
- Si
- If; conditional conjunction.
- están
- They are; third person plural present of estar.
- buscando
- Looking for; searching; present participle of buscar.
- trabajo
- Work; employment; job or labor.
- dijo
- He/she said; third person singular past of decir.
- parece
- It seems; appears; third person singular of parecer.
- encontrarían
- They would find; conditional of encontrar.
- bastante
- Enough; sufficient; rather or quite.
- por
- For; by; preposition indicating reason or duration.
- allá
- Over there; yonder; that place afar.
- Un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article.
- estallido
- Burst; explosion; sudden loud sound or outbreak.
- voces
- Voices; sounds made by speaking.
- agudas
- Sharp; high-pitched; feminine plural of agudo.
- rápidas
- Fast; quick; feminine plural of rápido.
- surgió
- It emerged; third person singular past of surgir.
- grupo
- Group; collection of people or things.
- soldados
- Soldiers; military personnel trained for combat.
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