Harrigan — Page 5
There were lights in the after-cabin and he guessed that the ship, in a small way, carried both freight and passengers.
Il y avait des lumières dans la cabine arrière et il supposa que le navire, dans une certaine mesure, transportait à la fois du fret et des passagers.
At last McTee came down the steps to the deck and as he passed Harrigan snapped: "Follow me."
Enfin McTee descendit les marches jusqu'au pont et, en passant devant Harrigan, lui lança sèchement : « Suivez-moi. »
He led the way aft and up another flight of steps to the after-cabin, unlocked a door, and showed Harrigan into the captain's room.
Il le conduisit vers l'arrière et monta un autre escalier jusqu'à la cabine arrière, ouvrit une porte à clé et fit entrer Harrigan dans la cabine du capitaine.
Here he took one chair and Harrigan dropped easily into another.
Là, il prit une chaise et Harrigan se laissa tomber aisément dans une autre.
"Now, what 'n hell was your line of thinkin', McTee," he began, "when you told me to--"
« Alors, qu'est-ce qui vous a pris, McTee, » commença-t-il, « quand vous m'avez dit de-- »
"Stand up!" said McTee.
« Levez-vous ! » dit McTee.
"What?"
« Quoi ? »
"Stand up!"
« Levez-vous ! »
Harrigan rose very slowly.
Harrigan se leva très lentement.
His jaw was setting harder and harder, and his face became grim.
Sa mâchoire se serrait de plus en plus, et son visage prit un air sévère.
"Harrigan, you took a chance and came with me."
« Harrigan, vous avez pris un risque en venant avec moi. »
"Yes."
« Oui. »
"I didn't ask you to come."
« Je ne vous ai pas demandé de venir. »
"Sure you didn't, but if you think you can treat me like a swine and get away with it--"
« Certes non, mais si vous croyez pouvoir me traiter comme un porc et vous en tirer comme ça-- »
It was wonderful to see the eyes of McTee grow small.
C'était étonnant de voir les yeux de McTee se rétrécir.
They seemed to retreat until they became points of light shining from the deep shadow of his brow.
Ils semblaient se retirer jusqu'à devenir des points de lumière brillant depuis l'ombre profonde de son front.
They were met by the cold, incurious light of Harrigan's stare.
Ils rencontrèrent la lumière froide et indifférente du regard fixe de Harrigan.
"You're a hard man, Harrigan."
« Vous êtes un homme dur, Harrigan. »
He made no answer, but listened to the deep thrum of the engines.
Il ne répondit pas, mais écouta le bourdonnement sourd des machines.
It seemed to him that the force which drove the ship was like a part of McTee's will, a thing of steel.
Il lui semblait que la force qui propulsait le navire était comme une partie de la volonté de McTee, une chose d'acier.
"And I'm a hard man, Harrigan. On this ship I'm king.
« Et moi aussi je suis un homme dur, Harrigan. Sur ce navire, je suis roi.
Vocabulary
- y
- ee — Adverbial pronoun meaning 'there' or 'it'
- avait
- ah-veh — Third person singular imperfect of 'avoir', meaning 'there was'
- lumières
- lü-myehr — Plural noun meaning 'lights' or 'illuminations'
- cabine
- kah-been — Noun meaning 'cabin' or small enclosed room
- arrière
- ah-ryehr — Adjective or noun meaning 'rear' or 'back'
- supposa
- sü-poh-zah — Past tense of 'supposer', meaning 'he supposed' or assumed
- navire
- nah-veer — Noun meaning 'ship' or large seafaring vessel
- certaine
- sehr-tehn — Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'particular'
- mesure
- muh-zür — Noun meaning 'measure' or 'extent'
- transportait
- trahns-por-teh — Imperfect tense meaning 'was transporting' or carrying
- fois
- fwah — Noun meaning 'time' or 'instance' in a series
- fret
- freh — Noun meaning 'freight' or cargo carried by vessel
- passagers
- pah-sah-zheh — Plural noun meaning 'passengers' traveling aboard vehicle
- Enfin
- ahn-fan — Adverb meaning 'finally' or 'at last'
- descendit
- deh-sahn-dee — Simple past meaning 'descended' or went down steps
- marches
- marsh — Plural noun meaning 'steps' or 'stairs'
- jusqu'
- zhüs-kuh — Preposition meaning 'until' or 'as far as'
- pont
- pohn — Noun meaning 'deck' of a ship or 'bridge'
- passant
- pah-sahn — Present participle meaning 'passing' or going by
- devant
- duh-vahn — Preposition meaning 'in front of' or 'before'
- lui
- lwee — Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him' or 'him'
- lança
- lahn-sah — Simple past of 'lancer', meaning 'threw out' or said sharply
- sèchement
- sesh-mahn — Adverb meaning 'drily' or 'curtly', in a curt manner
- Suivez-moi
- swee-veh-mwah — Imperative phrase meaning 'Follow me'
- conduisit
- kohn-dwee-zee — Simple past of 'conduire', meaning 'led' or guided someone
- vers
- vehr — Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'
- monta
- mohn-tah — Simple past of 'monter', meaning 'climbed' or went up
- escalier
- es-kah-lyeh — Noun meaning 'staircase' or flight of stairs
- ouvrit
- oo-vree — Simple past of 'ouvrir', meaning 'opened'
- porte
- port — Noun meaning 'door' or entrance
- clé
- kleh — Noun meaning 'key' used to open a lock
- fit
- fee — Simple past of 'faire', meaning 'made' or caused
- entrer
- ahn-treh — Infinitive meaning 'to enter' or go inside
- capitaine
- kah-pee-tehn — Noun meaning 'captain' or commanding officer of vessel
- Là
- lah — Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a location
- prit
- pree — Simple past of 'prendre', meaning 'took' or grabbed
- chaise
- shehz — Noun meaning 'chair' or seat for one person
- laissa
- leh-sah — Simple past of 'laisser', meaning 'let' or allowed
- tomber
- tohn-beh — Infinitive meaning 'to fall' or drop down
- aisément
- eh-zeh-mahn — Adverb meaning 'easily' or 'with ease'
- Alors
- ah-lor — Adverb meaning 'then', 'so', or 'at that moment'
- est-ce
- es-suh — Interrogative construction meaning 'is it' in questions
- pris
- pree — Past participle of 'prendre', meaning 'taken' or seized
- commença-t-il
- koh-mahn-sah-teel — Inverted past tense meaning 'he began' to speak
- quand
- kahn — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- dit
- dee — Past participle of 'dire', meaning 'said' or told
- Levez-vous
- luh-veh-voo — Imperative meaning 'Stand up' or 'Get up'
- Quoi
- kwah — Interrogative pronoun meaning 'What?' expressing surprise
- leva
- luh-vah — Simple past of 'lever', meaning 'rose' or stood up
- très
- treh — Adverb meaning 'very' intensifying adjectives or adverbs
- lentement
- lahnt-mahn — Adverb meaning 'slowly' or at a slow pace
- mâchoire
- mah-shwahr — Noun meaning 'jaw' or lower part of the face
- serrait
- seh-reh — Imperfect of 'serrer', meaning 'was tightening' or clenching
- plus
- plü — Adverb meaning 'more' used in comparisons
- visage
- vee-zahzh — Noun meaning 'face' or a person's facial features
- air
- ehr — Noun meaning 'air' or 'expression', 'look', 'manner'
- sévère
- seh-vehr — Adjective meaning 'severe' or 'stern', harsh in manner
- risque
- reesk — Noun meaning 'risk' or danger involved in action
- venant
- vuh-nahn — Present participle of 'venir', meaning 'coming' with me
- demandé
- duh-mahn-deh — Past participle of 'demander', meaning 'asked' or requested
- venir
- vuh-neer — Infinitive meaning 'to come' toward a place
- Certes
- sehrt — Adverb meaning 'certainly' or 'admittedly', granting a point
- si
- see — Conjunction meaning 'if' or intensifier meaning 'so'
- croyez
- krwah-yeh — Second person plural of 'croire', meaning 'you believe'
- pouvoir
- poo-vwahr — Infinitive meaning 'to be able to' or can
- traiter
- treh-teh — Infinitive meaning 'to treat' someone in a certain way
- comme
- kohm — Conjunction or preposition meaning 'like' or 'as'
- porc
- por — Noun meaning 'pig' or used as insult for swine
- tirer
- tee-reh — Infinitive meaning 'to pull' or 'to shoot'
- était
- eh-teh — Imperfect of 'être', meaning 'it was' or used to be
- étonnant
- eh-toh-nahn — Adjective meaning 'astonishing' or 'surprising'
- voir
- vwahr — Infinitive meaning 'to see' or observe something
- yeux
- yuh — Plural noun meaning 'eyes'
- rétrécir
- reh-treh-seer — Infinitive meaning 'to narrow' or shrink in size
- semblaient
- sahm-bleh — Imperfect of 'sembler', meaning 'they seemed' or appeared
- retirer
- ruh-tee-reh — Infinitive meaning 'to withdraw' or pull back
- devenir
- duh-vuh-neer — Infinitive meaning 'to become' something different
- points
- pwan — Plural noun meaning 'points' or dots of something
- lumière
- lü-myehr — Noun meaning 'light' or illumination from a source
- brillant
- bree-yahn — Adjective meaning 'shining' or 'brilliant', gleaming brightly
- depuis
- duh-pwee — Preposition meaning 'from' or 'since' a point in time
- ombre
- ohm-bruh — Noun meaning 'shadow' or 'shade', area of darkness
- profonde
- proh-fohnd — Adjective meaning 'deep' or 'profound'
- front
- frohn — Noun meaning 'forehead' or front of the face
- rencontrèrent
- rahn-kohn-trehr — Simple past plural meaning 'they met' or encountered
- froide
- frwahd — Adjective meaning 'cold' in temperature or manner
- indifférente
- an-dee-feh-rahnt — Adjective meaning 'indifferent' or showing no emotion
- regard
- ruh-gar — Noun meaning 'gaze' or 'look' in someone's eyes
- fixe
- feeks — Adjective meaning 'fixed' or 'steady', unwavering stare
- êtes
- eht — Second person plural of 'être', meaning 'you are'
- homme
- ohm — Noun meaning 'man' or adult male person
- dur
- dür — Adjective meaning 'hard' or 'tough', difficult to deal with
- répondit
- reh-pohn-dee — Simple past of 'répondre', meaning 'replied' or answered
- écouta
- eh-koo-tah — Simple past of 'écouter', meaning 'listened' or paid attention
- bourdonnement
- boor-don-mahn — Noun meaning 'humming' or droning low continuous sound
- sourd
- soor — Adjective meaning 'muffled' or 'dull', also 'deaf'
- machines
- mah-sheen — Plural noun meaning 'machines' or engines of a ship
- semblait
- sahm-bleh — Imperfect of 'sembler', meaning 'it seemed' or appeared to be
- force
- fors — Noun meaning 'force' or 'strength', power or energy
- propulsait
- proh-pül-seh — Imperfect of 'propulser', meaning 'was propelling' forward
- partie
- Noun meaning 'part' or 'portion' of a whole
- volonté
- voh-lohn-teh — Noun meaning 'will' or determination, strength of resolve
- chose
- shohz — Noun meaning 'thing' or object in general terms
- acier
- ah-syeh — Noun meaning 'steel', hard strong metallic material
- aussi
- oh-see — Adverb meaning 'also', 'too', or 'as well'
- roi
- rwah — Noun meaning 'king' or sovereign ruler of a kingdom
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