Won from the Waves — Page 8
She was already on a wind when again the mist closed over the ocean, and she was hidden from sight.
Sie lag bereits vor dem Wind, als der Nebel sich erneut über den Ozean legte und sie den Blicken entzog.
If yonder ship drives on the sands--and she has but a poor chance of keeping off them, I fear--we cannot let her people perish without trying to save them;
Wenn jenes Schiff auf die Sandbänke treibt – und sie hat, fürchte ich, kaum eine Chance, sich von ihnen freizuhalten – können wir ihre Mannschaft nicht umkommen lassen, ohne zu versuchen, sie zu retten;
and though it may be a hard job to get alongside the wreck, yet some of the poor fellows may be drifted away from her on rafts or spars, and we may be able to pick them up.
und obwohl es schwer sein mag, längsseits des Wracks zu kommen, so könnten doch einige der armen Kerle auf Flößen oder Balken von ihr abgetrieben worden sein, und wir könnten sie vielleicht aufnehmen.
The party had not long to wait before their worst apprehensions were realised.
Die Gruppe musste nicht lange warten, bis ihre schlimmsten Befürchtungen sich bewahrheiteten.
The dull report of a gun, which their practised ears told them came from Norton Sands, was heard;
Der dumpfe Knall einer Kanone, von dem ihre geübten Ohren ihnen sagten, dass er von Norton Sands kam, war zu hören;
in another minute the sound of a second gun boomed over the waters;
nach einer weiteren Minute dröhnte der Klang einer zweiten Kanone über die Wasser;
a third followed even before the same interval had elapsed.
ein dritter folgte, noch bevor das gleiche Zeitintervall verstrichen war.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- You (formal) or she/they (third person plural)
- lag
- Lay, was situated (past tense of liegen)
- bereits
- Already, by now
- vor
- Before, in front of, ago
- dem
- The (dative masculine or neuter)
- Wind
- Wind, air current
- als
- As, when, than (comparison or time)
- der
- The (masculine nominative singular)
- Nebel
- Fog, mist
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive)
- erneut
- Again, once more, anew
- über
- Over, above, across, about
- den
- The (accusative masculine or dative plural)
- Ozean
- Ocean, large body of saltwater
- legte
- Laid, placed (past tense of legen)
- und
- And, plus, conjunction
- sie
- She, they, her, them (third person)
- Blicken
- Glances, looks, views (dative plural)
- entzog
- Withdrew, hid from (past tense)
- Wenn
- If, when (conditional conjunction)
- jenes
- That (demonstrative, neuter singular)
- Schiff
- Ship, vessel
- auf
- On, onto, upon, up
- die
- The (feminine nominative or plural)
- treibt
- Drifts, drives (present tense)
- hat
- Has (present tense auxiliary verb)
- fürchte
- Fear, am afraid (first person present)
- ich
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- kaum
- Hardly, scarcely, barely
- eine
- A, an (feminine or plural indefinite article)
- Chance
- Chance, opportunity, possibility
- von
- From, of, by (preposition)
- ihnen
- Them (third person plural dative)
- können
- Can, be able to (modal verb)
- wir
- We (first person plural pronoun)
- ihre
- Her, their (possessive adjective)
- Mannschaft
- Crew, team, group of people
- nicht
- Not, no (negation)
- umkommen
- Perish, die, be lost
- lassen
- Let, allow, leave, cause to
- ohne
- Without, lacking
- zu
- To (infinitive particle or preposition)
- versuchen
- Try, attempt, endeavor
- retten
- Save, rescue, preserve
- obwohl
- Although, even though, despite that
- es
- It (neuter nominative or accusative)
- schwer
- Heavy, difficult, hard
- sein
- Be, exist (infinitive or auxiliary)
- mag
- May, like (present subjunctive)
- des
- The (genitive masculine or neuter)
- Wracks
- Wreck, debris of wrecked ship
- kommen
- Come, arrive, approach
- so
- So, thus, in this way
- könnten
- Could, might be able to
- doch
- Yet, still, however, after all
- einige
- Some, a few, several
- armen
- Poor, unfortunate (dative/accusative plural)
- Kerle
- Guys, fellows, men (plural)
- Flößen
- Rafts (plural dative or nominative)
- oder
- Or (conjunction)
- Balken
- Beam, log, plank
- ihr
- You (plural) or her/their (possessive)
- worden
- Been (past participle of werden)
- vielleicht
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly
- aufnehmen
- Take in, pick up, receive
- Die
- The (feminine nominative or plural)
- Gruppe
- Group, cluster, gathering
- musste
- Had to, must (past tense)
- lange
- Long, for a long time
- warten
- Wait, await, stay
- bis
- Until, till, before
- schlimmsten
- Worst (superlative adjective form)
- Befürchtungen
- Fears, apprehensions, worries (plural)
- Der
- The (masculine nominative singular)
- dumpfe
- Dull, muffled, dark (adjective form)
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