Won from the Waves — Page 12
Adam's appeal had its due effect.
El llamado de Adam tuvo el efecto debido.
Even the most superstitious were ashamed of refusing to accompany him.
Incluso los más supersticiosos se avergonzaron de negarse a acompañarlo.
When he sprang on board the boat his crew willingly followed.
Cuando saltó a bordo del bote, su tripulación lo siguió de buen grado.
He would have sent back his second boy Sam, but the lad earnestly entreated to be taken.
Habría enviado de vuelta a su segundo hijo Sam, pero el muchacho rogó con insistencia que lo llevaran.
"If you go, father, why should I stop behind?
«Si tú vas, padre, ¿por qué debería quedarme atrás?
Jacob will look after mother, and I would rather share whatever may happen to you," he said.
Jacob cuidará de madre, y prefiero compartir lo que sea que te ocurra», dijo él.
Adam and his men were soon on board the boat: the most of them had shares in her, and thus they risked their property as well as their lives.
Adam y sus hombres estuvieron pronto a bordo del bote: la mayoría de ellos tenían participaciones en él, y así arriesgaban sus bienes además de sus vidas.
The oars were got out, and the men, fixing themselves firmly in their seats, prepared for the task before them.
Se sacaron los remos, y los hombres, afianzándose firmemente en sus asientos, se prepararon para la tarea que tenían ante ellos.
Shoving off from the shore, Adam took the helm.
Alejándose de la orilla, Adam tomó el timón.
The men pulled away right lustily, and emerging from the harbour, in another minute they were breasting the heaving foam-crested billows in the teeth of the gale.
Los hombres remaron con gran vigor, y al salir del puerto, en otro minuto estaban enfrentando las agitadas olas coronadas de espuma en plena tormenta.
Sometimes, when a stronger blast than usual swept over the water, they appeared, instead of making headway, to be drifting back towards the dimly-seen shore astern.
A veces, cuando una ráfaga más fuerte que de costumbre barría el agua, parecían, en lugar de avanzar, estar derivando de vuelta hacia la costa apenas visible a popa.
Now, again exerting all their strength, they once more made progress in the direction of the wreck.
Luego, esforzándose de nuevo con todas sus fuerzas, volvieron a avanzar en dirección al naufragio.
All this time the minute guns had been heard, showing that the ship still held together, and that help, if it came, would not be useless.
Todo ese tiempo se habían escuchado los cañonazos de socorro, lo que indicaba que el barco aún se mantenía entero, y que la ayuda, si llegaba, no sería inútil.
The sound encouraged Adam and his crew to persevere.
El sonido animó a Adam y a su tripulación a perseverar.
The reports, however, now came at longer intervals than at first from each other.
Sin embargo, los disparos llegaban ahora con intervalos más largos entre sí que al principio.
Vocabulary
- llamado
- Call or summons; also meaning 'called' or 'named'
- tuvo
- Past tense of 'tener'; he/she had
- efecto
- Effect; result or consequence of an action
- debido
- Due; expected or appropriate result
- Incluso
- Even; including someone or something unexpected
- supersticiosos
- Superstitious people; those believing in omens
- avergonzaron
- They felt ashamed or embarrassed about something
- negarse
- To refuse; to decline doing something
- acompañarlo
- To accompany him; to go along with him
- saltó
- He jumped or leaped onto something
- bordo
- Board; on board a vessel or boat
- bote
- Small boat or dinghy used on water
- tripulación
- Crew; the team operating a ship or vessel
- siguió
- Followed; he/she/it followed someone or something
- grado
- Willingness; degree or level of something
- Habría
- Would have; conditional form of 'haber'
- enviado
- Sent; past participle of 'enviar' to send
- vuelta
- Back; return or turn in a direction
- segundo
- Second; ordinal number indicating second position
- hijo
- Son; male child of a parent
- muchacho
- Boy or young man; informal term for youth
- rogó
- Begged or pleaded; he/she pleaded urgently
- insistencia
- Insistence; persistent urging or demanding something
- llevaran
- That they take him; subjunctive of 'llevar'
- vas
- You go; second person singular of 'ir'
- padre
- Father; male parent of a child
- debería
- Should; conditional form expressing obligation or advice
- quedarme
- To stay or remain; reflexive form of 'quedar'
- atrás
- Behind; in a position further back
- cuidará
- Will take care of; future tense of 'cuidar'
- madre
- Mother; female parent of a child
- prefiero
- I prefer; first person present of 'preferir'
- compartir
- To share; to have or experience together with others
- sea
- Whatever it may be; subjunctive of 'ser'
- ocurra
- May happen; subjunctive of 'ocurrir' to occur
- dijo
- Said; past tense of 'decir' to say
- hombres
- Men; plural of 'hombre' adult male persons
- estuvieron
- They were; preterite of 'estar' to be
- pronto
- Ready or soon; quickly or without delay
- mayoría
- Majority; the greater number or part of something
- tenían
- They had; imperfect of 'tener' to have
- participaciones
- Shares or stakes; financial interests in something
- así
- Thus or so; in this way or manner
- arriesgaban
- They risked; imperfect of 'arriesgar' to risk
- bienes
- Goods or property; material possessions owned
- además
- Besides or furthermore; in addition to something
- vidas
- Lives; plural of 'vida' the state of living
- sacaron
- They took out or produced; preterite of 'sacar'
- remos
- Oars; paddles used to row a boat
- afianzándose
- Steadying themselves; securing their position firmly
- firmemente
- Firmly; in a solid and stable manner
- asientos
- Seats; places to sit in a vehicle or vessel
- prepararon
- They prepared; preterite of 'preparar' to prepare
- tarea
- Task or assignment; work to be accomplished
- ante
- Before or in front of; facing a situation
- Alejándose
- Moving away; departing from a place or point
- orilla
- Shore or bank; the edge of water body
- tomó
- He took hold of; preterite of 'tomar'
- timón
- Rudder or helm; steering device of a vessel
- remaron
- They rowed; preterite of 'remar' to row
- vigor
- Vigor; strength and energy in physical effort
- salir
- To leave or exit; to go out of somewhere
- puerto
- Port or harbor; sheltered area for boats
- minuto
- Minute; unit of time equal to sixty seconds
- estaban
- They were; imperfect of 'estar' to be
- enfrentando
- Facing or confronting; dealing with a challenge
- agitadas
- Agitated or rough; turbulent waves in stormy conditions
- olas
- Waves; moving ridges of water on the sea
- coronadas
- Crowned; topped with something like foam crests
- espuma
- Foam or froth; white bubbles on wave tops
- plena
- Full or complete; in the midst of something
- tormenta
- Storm; violent weather with wind and waves
- veces
- Times; occasions when something occurs repeatedly
- ráfaga
- Gust; sudden strong burst of wind
- fuerte
- Strong or powerful; having great force
- costumbre
- Custom or habit; a usual practice or tendency
- barría
- Swept; imperfect of 'barrer' to sweep across
- agua
- Water; the liquid covering most of the Earth
- parecían
- They seemed; imperfect of 'parecer' to seem
- lugar
- Place or instead; location or position
- avanzar
- To advance or move forward; to make progress
- estar
- To be; verb indicating state or condition
- derivando
- Drifting; being carried off course by currents
- hacia
- Toward; in the direction of something
- costa
- Coast or shore; land along the water's edge
- apenas
- Barely or hardly; scarcely visible or noticeable
- visible
- Visible; able to be seen or perceived
- popa
- Stern; the rear part of a boat or ship
- Luego
- Then or later; indicating subsequent action or time
- esforzándose
- Straining or making effort; pushing themselves hard
- nuevo
- New or again; 'de nuevo' means once more
- fuerzas
- Strengths or forces; physical energy and power
- volvieron
- They returned or turned; preterite of 'volver'
- dirección
- Direction; the course or way toward something
- naufragio
- Shipwreck; a vessel destroyed or sunk at sea
- tiempo
- Time or weather; duration or atmospheric conditions
- habían
- They had; past perfect auxiliary form of 'haber'
- escuchado
- Listened or heard; past participle of 'escuchar'
- cañonazos
- Cannon shots; blasts fired from a cannon
- socorro
- Distress or help; an emergency call for aid
- indicaba
- Indicated; imperfect of 'indicar' to show or signal
- barco
- Ship or boat; a large waterborne vessel
- aún
- Still or yet; continuing up to the present
- mantenía
- Was holding together; imperfect of 'mantener'
- entero
- Whole or intact; not broken or destroyed
- ayuda
- Help or aid; assistance given to someone in need
- llegaba
- Arrived or reached; imperfect of 'llegar'
- sería
- Would be; conditional of 'ser' to be
- inútil
- Useless; having no practical value or purpose
- sonido
- Sound; noise or audio signal perceived by ears
- animó
- Encouraged or motivated; preterite of 'animar'
- perseverar
- To persevere; to continue despite difficulty or obstacles
- Sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- embargo
- 'Sin embargo' means however or nevertheless
- disparos
- Shots or gunfire; projectiles fired from a weapon
- llegaban
- Were arriving; imperfect of 'llegar' to arrive
- ahora
- Now; at the present moment in time
- intervalos
- Intervals; gaps or pauses between repeated events
- largos
- Long; extended in length or duration
- entre
- Between or among; in the space separating things
- sí
- Themselves; reflexive pronoun or 'yes'
- principio
- Beginning or principle; the start of something
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