Harrigan — Page 7
He came up again almost at once, but with men draped from every portion of his body.
Il se releva presque aussitôt, mais avec des hommes accrochés à chaque partie de son corps.
The soldiers and police had joined forces, and once more a dozen men clutched him, spilling over him like football players in a scrimmage.
Les soldats et les policiers avaient uni leurs forces, et une fois de plus une douzaine d'hommes s'agrippèrent à lui, se déversant sur lui comme des joueurs de football dans une mêlée.
He was knocked from his feet by the impact.
Il fut renversé par le choc.
"Coming!" shouted Harrigan.
« J'arrive ! » cria Harrigan.
He raced with long strides, head lowered and back bowed until his long arms nearly swept the ground.
Il courut à grandes enjambées, la tête baissée et le dos courbé au point que ses longs bras frôlaient presque le sol.
Gathering impetus at every stride, he crushed into the floundering heap of arms and legs.
Prenant de l'élan à chaque foulée, il s'écrasa dans le tas confus de bras et de jambes.
The police sergeant rose and whirled with lifted club.
Le sergent de police se redressa et fit volte-face, sa matraque levée.
Harrigan grunted with joy as he dug his left into the man's midsection.
Harrigan grogna de joie en enfonçant son poing gauche dans le ventre de l'homme.
The sergeant collapsed upon the ground, embracing his stomach with both arms.
Le sergent s'effondra sur le sol, enlaçant son ventre de ses deux bras.
Harrigan jerked away the upper layers of the attackers and dragged the black-haired man to his feet.
Harrigan écarta brusquement les assaillants du dessus et remit sur pied l'homme aux cheveux noirs.
"Shoulder to shoulder!" thundered Harrigan, and smote Officer Akana upon the point of the chin.
« Côte à côte ! » tonna Harrigan, et il frappa l'officier Akana à la pointe du menton.
The victory was not yet won.
La victoire n'était pas encore acquise.
The black soldiers of Uncle Sam's regular army need not take second place to any body of troops in the world.
Les soldats noirs de l'armée régulière de l'Oncle Sam n'avaient rien à envier à aucune autre troupe au monde.
These men had tasted their own blood and they came tearing in now for revenge.
Ces hommes avaient goûté leur propre sang et ils se ruaient maintenant à l'assaut pour se venger.
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, se plaçant résolument devant l'homme secouru le temps que celui-ci reprît son souffle, trouva de quoi occuper ses deux poings, et son amour du combat fut assouvi.
Vocabulary
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself, herself, itself'
- releva
- Past tense of relever; stood back up
- presque
- Adverb meaning 'almost, nearly'
- aussitôt
- Adverb meaning 'immediately, right away'
- accrochés
- Past participle of accrocher; hooked or clinging onto something
- chaque
- Adjective meaning 'each, every'
- partie
- Noun meaning 'part, portion, section'
- corps
- Noun meaning 'body'
- soldats
- Plural noun meaning 'soldiers'
- policiers
- Plural noun meaning 'police officers'
- uni
- Past participle of unir; united or joined together
- forces
- Plural noun meaning 'forces, strengths'
- fois
- Noun meaning 'time, instance, occasion'
- douzaine
- Noun meaning 'dozen, about twelve'
- agrippèrent
- Past tense of agripper; grabbed or clutched tightly
- déversant
- Present participle of déverser; pouring or dumping onto
- joueurs
- Plural noun meaning 'players'
- football
- Noun meaning 'football, soccer'
- mêlée
- Noun meaning 'scrum, brawl, confused struggle'
- fut
- Simple past of être; 'was'
- renversé
- Past participle of renverser; knocked down or overturned
- choc
- Noun meaning 'shock, impact, collision'
- arrive
- First person singular of arriver; 'I am coming'
- cria
- Simple past of crier; 'shouted, yelled'
- courut
- Simple past of courir; 'ran'
- enjambées
- Plural noun meaning 'strides, large steps'
- tête
- Noun meaning 'head'
- baissée
- Past participle of baisser; lowered or bent down
- dos
- Noun meaning 'back (of the body)'
- courbé
- Past participle of courber; bent or hunched over
- point
- Noun meaning 'point, degree, extent'
- bras
- Noun meaning 'arms'
- frôlaient
- Imperfect of frôler; were grazing or brushing lightly against
- sol
- Noun meaning 'ground, floor, soil'
- Prenant
- Present participle of prendre; taking
- élan
- Noun meaning 'momentum, impetus, running start'
- foulée
- Noun meaning 'stride, running step'
- écrasa
- Simple past of écraser; crushed or smashed into
- tas
- Noun meaning 'pile, heap, mass'
- confus
- Adjective meaning 'confused, tangled, chaotic'
- jambes
- Plural noun meaning 'legs'
- sergent
- Noun meaning 'sergeant'
- police
- Noun meaning 'police'
- redressa
- Simple past of redresser; straightened up or stood upright again
- fit
- Simple past of faire; 'did, made'
- volte
- Noun used in 'volte-face'; turn, reversal
- face
- Noun meaning 'face, front'
- matraque
- Noun meaning 'baton, truncheon, nightstick'
- levée
- Past participle of lever; raised or lifted up
- grogna
- Simple past of grogner; growled or grunted
- joie
- Noun meaning 'joy, delight, happiness'
- enfonçant
- Present participle of enfoncer; driving or plunging into
- poing
- Noun meaning 'fist'
- gauche
- Adjective or noun meaning 'left'
- ventre
- Noun meaning 'stomach, belly, abdomen'
- effondra
- Simple past of effondrer; collapsed or crumpled down
- enlaçant
- Present participle of enlacer; embracing or wrapping arms around
- écarta
- Simple past of écarter; pushed aside or separated forcefully
- brusquement
- Adverb meaning 'abruptly, suddenly, brusquely'
- assaillants
- Plural noun meaning 'assailants, attackers'
- dessus
- Adverb or noun meaning 'above, on top'
- remit
- Simple past of remettre; put back or set back on feet
- pied
- Noun meaning 'foot'
- cheveux
- Plural noun meaning 'hair (of the head)'
- noirs
- Plural adjective meaning 'black'
- Côte
- Noun meaning 'rib, side, coast'
- côte
- Noun meaning 'rib, side, coast'
- tonna
- Simple past of tonner; thundered or boomed loudly
- frappa
- Simple past of frapper; struck or hit someone
- officier
- Noun meaning 'officer'
- pointe
- Noun meaning 'tip, point, chin tip'
- menton
- Noun meaning 'chin'
- victoire
- Noun meaning 'victory'
- encore
- Adverb meaning 'still, yet, again'
- acquise
- Past participle of acquérir; acquired or won
- armée
- Noun meaning 'army'
- régulière
- Feminine adjective meaning 'regular, standard'
- Oncle
- Noun meaning 'uncle'
- rien
- Pronoun meaning 'nothing'
- envier
- Verb meaning 'to envy'
- aucune
- Negative adjective meaning 'no, not any' (feminine)
- autre
- Adjective meaning 'other, another'
- troupe
- Noun meaning 'troop, company of soldiers'
- monde
- Noun meaning 'world'
- Ces
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'these, those'
- goûté
- Past participle of goûter; tasted or experienced something
- propre
- Adjective meaning 'own, clean'
- sang
- Noun meaning 'blood'
- ruaient
- Imperfect of ruer; were rushing or charging forward
- maintenant
- Adverb meaning 'now, at present'
- assaut
- Noun meaning 'assault, attack'
- venger
- Verb meaning 'to avenge, to take revenge'
- plaçant
- Present participle of placer; placing or positioning oneself
- résolument
- Adverb meaning 'resolutely, firmly, determinedly'
- devant
- Preposition meaning 'in front of, before'
- secouru
- Past participle of secourir; rescued or helped someone
- temps
- Noun meaning 'time, weather'
- celui
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this one, that one'
- ci
- Adverb used with demonstratives meaning 'here, this'
- reprît
- Imperfect subjunctive of reprendre; might catch again (breath)
- souffle
- Noun meaning 'breath, wind, puff'
- trouva
- Simple past of trouver; found or discovered
- quoi
- Pronoun meaning 'what, something'
- occuper
- Verb meaning 'to occupy, to keep busy'
- poings
- Plural noun meaning 'fists'
- amour
- Noun meaning 'love'
- combat
- Noun meaning 'combat, fight, battle'
- assouvi
- Past participle of assouvir; satisfied or gratified fully
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