Harrigan — Page 3
He strolled out to the pier and watched the last ropes cast loose.
Ele caminhou tranquilamente até o cais e observou as últimas cordas sendo soltas.
The ship was not large, and even in the dark it seemed dingy and dilapidated.
O navio não era grande, e mesmo na escuridão parecia encardido e deteriorado.
He guessed that, big or small, this boat would carry her crew to some distant quarter of the world, and therefore to a place to be desired.
Ele supôs que, grande ou pequeno, esse barco levaria sua tripulação a algum canto distante do mundo, e portanto a um lugar a ser desejado.
A strong voice gave an order from the deck--a hard voice with a ring in it like the striking of iron against iron.
Uma voz forte deu uma ordem do convés — uma voz dura com um timbre como o choque do ferro contra o ferro.
Harrigan glanced up with a start of recognition, and by the light of a swinging lantern he saw McTee.
Harrigan olhou para cima com um sobressalto de reconhecimento, e à luz de uma lanterna balançante ele viu McTee.
If he were in command, this ship was certainly going to a far port.
Se ele estivesse no comando, este navio certamente ia a um porto distante.
Black water showed between the dock and the ship.
Água escura aparecia entre o cais e o navio.
In a moment more it would be beyond reach, and that thought decided Harrigan.
Em mais um momento estaria fora do alcance, e esse pensamento decidiu Harrigan.
He made a few paces back, noted the aperture in the rail of the ship where the gangplank was being drawn in, then ran at full speed and leaped high in the air.
Ele recuou alguns passos, observou a abertura no gradil do navio por onde a prancha de embarque estava sendo recolhida, depois correu em velocidade máxima e saltou alto no ar.
The three sailors at the rail shouted their astonishment as Harrigan struck the edge of the gangplank, reeled, and then pitched forward to his knees.
Os três marinheiros junto ao gradil gritaram de espanto quando Harrigan atingiu a borda da prancha de embarque, cambaleou e então caiu de joelhos para a frente.
He rose and shook himself like a cat that has dropped from a high fence to the ground.
Ele se levantou e sacudiu-se como um gato que caiu de uma cerca alta ao chão.
"What're you?"
"Quem é você?"
"I'm the extra hand."
"Sou o tripulante extra."
And Harrigan ran up the steps to the bridge.
E Harrigan subiu os degraus até a ponte de comando.
There he found McTee with the first and second mates.
Lá ele encontrou McTee com o primeiro e o segundo imediatos.
Vocabulary
- caminhou
- He walked; past tense of 'caminhar'
- tranquilamente
- Calmly, quietly, in a tranquil manner
- até
- Until, up to, as far as
- cais
- Dock, wharf, quay by the water
- observou
- He observed, watched; past tense of 'observar'
- últimas
- Last, final; feminine plural form of 'último'
- cordas
- Ropes, cords, lines used for fastening
- sendo
- Being; present participle of 'ser'
- soltas
- Released, loose, untied; feminine plural adjective
- navio
- Ship, large seafaring vessel
- era
- Was; imperfect past tense of 'ser'
- mesmo
- Even, same, itself; used for emphasis
- escuridão
- Darkness, absence of light
- parecia
- Seemed, appeared; imperfect past tense of 'parecer'
- encardido
- Grimy, dingy, darkened with ingrained dirt
- deteriorado
- Deteriorated, worn down, in poor condition
- supôs
- He supposed, assumed; past tense of 'supor'
- esse
- That; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- barco
- Boat, small watercraft
- levaria
- Would take, carry; conditional tense of 'levar'
- tripulação
- Crew, the people manning a vessel
- algum
- Some, any; indefinite masculine adjective
- canto
- Corner, place, spot; also means song
- distante
- Distant, far away, remote
- portanto
- Therefore, thus, consequently
- desejado
- Desired, wanted, wished for
- voz
- Voice, the sound produced when speaking
- deu
- Gave; past tense of 'dar'
- ordem
- Order, command, instruction given authoritatively
- convés
- Deck of a ship or boat
- dura
- Hard, harsh, tough; feminine form of 'duro'
- timbre
- Timbre, tone quality of a sound or voice
- choque
- Shock, clash, impact, collision
- ferro
- Iron, the metal; also a flat iron
- contra
- Against; preposition indicating opposition or contact
- olhou
- He looked; past tense of 'olhar'
- cima
- Up, above, top; used in 'para cima' meaning upward
- sobressalto
- Startle, sudden fright or shock
- reconhecimento
- Recognition, the act of identifying someone known
- lanterna
- Lantern, portable light source
- balançante
- Swinging, swaying back and forth
- viu
- He saw; past tense of 'ver'
- Se
- If, whether; conditional conjunction
- estivesse
- Were; imperfect subjunctive of 'estar'
- comando
- Command, control, authority over others
- este
- This; demonstrative pronoun or adjective masculine
- certamente
- Certainly, surely, without doubt
- ia
- Was going; imperfect past tense of 'ir'
- porto
- Port, harbor where ships dock
- escura
- Dark; feminine form of 'escuro'
- aparecia
- Was appearing; imperfect past of 'aparecer'
- entre
- Between, among; preposition of position
- estaria
- Would be; conditional tense of 'estar'
- fora
- Outside, out of, beyond
- alcance
- Reach, range, the extent one can access
- pensamento
- Thought, idea, the act of thinking
- decidiu
- He decided; past tense of 'decidir'
- recuou
- He stepped back, retreated; past tense of 'recuar'
- alguns
- Some, a few; indefinite masculine plural adjective
- passos
- Steps, paces, footsteps
- abertura
- Opening, gap, aperture in a structure
- gradil
- Railing, guardrail, iron grating
- onde
- Where; relative or interrogative adverb of place
- prancha
- Plank, gangplank used to board a vessel
- embarque
- Boarding, embarkation onto a ship
- estava
- Was; imperfect past tense of 'estar'
- recolhida
- Drawn in, retracted, put away; feminine past participle
- depois
- After, then, afterward
- correu
- He ran; past tense of 'correr'
- velocidade
- Speed, velocity, rate of movement
- máxima
- Maximum, greatest possible; feminine adjective
- saltou
- He jumped, leaped; past tense of 'saltar'
- alto
- High, tall, loud; adjective or adverb
- marinheiros
- Sailors, seamen who work aboard ships
- junto
- Together, next to, near; adverb or adjective
- gritaram
- They shouted; past tense of 'gritar'
- espanto
- Astonishment, fright, sudden amazement
- atingiu
- He reached, hit; past tense of 'atingir'
- borda
- Edge, side, gunwale of a boat
- cambaleou
- He staggered, lurched; past tense of 'cambalear'
- então
- Then, so, therefore; temporal or logical connector
- caiu
- He fell; past tense of 'cair'
- joelhos
- Knees; plural of 'joelho'
- frente
- Front, ahead; used in 'à frente' meaning forward
- levantou
- He got up, rose; past tense of 'levantar'
- sacudiu-se
- He shook himself; reflexive past of 'sacudir'
- cerca
- Fence, enclosure; also means 'about, approximately'
- alta
- High, tall; feminine form of 'alto'
- chão
- Floor, ground, the surface underfoot
- Quem
- Who; interrogative pronoun for persons
- Sou
- I am; first person singular present of 'ser'
- tripulante
- Crew member, person serving aboard a vessel
- extra
- Extra, additional, beyond the normal amount
- subiu
- He went up, climbed; past tense of 'subir'
- degraus
- Steps, stairs; plural of 'degrau'
- ponte
- Bridge; also ship's bridge where captain steers
- Lá
- There, over there; adverb of place
- encontrou
- He found, met; past tense of 'encontrar'
- segundo
- Second; ordinal number or conjunction meaning 'according to'
- imediatos
- Immediate; here referring to first and second mates
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