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.
Elle était déjà sous voile quand le brouillard se referma de nouveau sur l'océan, et elle disparut aux regards.
"We will keep the _Nancy_ where she is," said Halliburt; "we don't know what may happen.
« Nous garderons le _Nancy_ là où il est, » dit Halliburt ; « nous ne savons pas ce qui peut arriver.
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;
Si ce navire là-bas s'échoue sur les bancs de sable — et il n'a guère de chance de les éviter, je le crains — nous ne pouvons pas laisser ses gens périr sans essayer de les sauver ;
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.
et bien que ce soit une tâche difficile d'accoster l'épave, certains des pauvres malheureux auront peut-être dérivé loin d'elle sur des radeaux ou des esparres, et nous pourrons peut-être les recueillir.
Whatever happens, we must do our best."
Quoi qu'il arrive, nous devons faire de notre mieux. »
"Ay, ay, Adam," answered several of his hardy crew, who stood around him; "where you think fit to go we are ready to go too."
« Oui, oui, Adam, » répondirent plusieurs membres de son équipage endurci, qui se tenaient autour de lui ; « là où vous jugerez bon d'aller, nous sommes prêts à y aller aussi. »
The party had not long to wait before their worst apprehensions were realised.
Le groupe n'eut pas longtemps à attendre avant que leurs pires craintes ne se réalisent.
The dull report of a gun, which their practised ears told them came from Norton Sands, was heard;
Le bruit sourd d'un coup de canon, que leurs oreilles exercées leur indiquèrent comme venant des Norton Sands, se fit entendre ;
in another minute the sound of a second gun boomed over the waters;
une minute plus tard, le son d'un deuxième coup de canon retentit sur les eaux ;
a third followed even before the same interval had elapsed.
un troisième suivit avant même que le même intervalle se fût écoulé.
Vocabulary
- était
- Was; third-person singular imperfect of être
- déjà
- Already; used to indicate something happened before
- sous
- Under; preposition indicating position below something
- voile
- Sail or veil; fabric used to propel a ship
- quand
- When; conjunction introducing a time clause
- brouillard
- Fog; thick mist reducing visibility outdoors
- referma
- Closed again; past tense of refermer, to shut again
- nouveau
- New/again; adjective or adverb meaning once more
- océan
- Ocean; vast body of saltwater covering Earth
- disparut
- Disappeared; past tense of disparaître, to vanish
- regards
- Gazes; looks or glances directed toward something
- garderons
- Will keep; future tense of garder, to keep
- là
- There; adverb indicating a place or position
- où
- Where; relative or interrogative adverb of place
- dit
- Said; past tense of dire, to say or tell
- savons
- Know; first-person plural present of savoir
- ce
- This/that; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- peut
- Can/may; third-person singular present of pouvoir
- arriver
- To arrive/happen; infinitive meaning to occur
- Si
- If; conjunction introducing a conditional clause
- navire
- Ship; large vessel for sailing on water
- là-bas
- Over there; adverb indicating a distant location
- échoue
- Runs aground; present tense of échouer, to strand
- bancs
- Banks/shoals; shallow underwater ridges of sand
- sable
- Sand; fine granular material found on shores
- guère
- Hardly/scarcely; negative adverb meaning barely at all
- chance
- Chance/luck; probability or opportunity to succeed
- éviter
- To avoid; infinitive meaning to escape or prevent
- crains
- Fear; first-person singular present of craindre
- pouvons
- Can; first-person plural present tense of pouvoir
- laisser
- To let/leave; infinitive meaning to allow something
- gens
- People; noun referring to a group of persons
- périr
- To perish; infinitive meaning to die or be destroyed
- sans
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack
- essayer
- To try; infinitive meaning to attempt something
- sauver
- To save; infinitive meaning to rescue from danger
- bien
- Well/good; adverb indicating a positive manner
- soit
- Be; third-person singular present subjunctive of être
- tâche
- Task; a piece of work to be accomplished
- difficile
- Difficult; adjective meaning hard or challenging
- accoster
- To come alongside; to approach or board a wreck
- épave
- Wreck; remains of a wrecked or stranded vessel
- certains
- Some/certain; indefinite adjective referring to some people
- pauvres
- Poor; adjective meaning unfortunate or impoverished
- malheureux
- Unfortunate ones; noun or adjective meaning unhappy people
- auront
- Will have; third-person plural future of avoir
- peut-être
- Perhaps/maybe; adverb expressing possibility or uncertainty
- dérivé
- Drifted; past participle of dériver, to drift away
- loin
- Far; adverb indicating a great distance away
- radeaux
- Rafts; flat floating structures used for rescue
- esparres
- Spars; wooden poles or beams from a ship
- pourrons
- Will be able; first-person plural future of pouvoir
- recueillir
- To gather/collect; to rescue or take in survivors
- Quoi
- What; interrogative pronoun used in exclamations
- arrive
- Happens/arrives; third-person singular present of arriver
- devons
- Must/owe; first-person plural present of devoir
- faire
- To do/make; common infinitive for doing or making
- mieux
- Better/best; comparative adverb meaning more well
- répondirent
- Replied; third-person plural past tense of répondre
- plusieurs
- Several; indefinite adjective meaning more than two
- membres
- Members; people belonging to a group or crew
- équipage
- Crew; the team of people working on a ship
- endurci
- Hardened; adjective describing someone toughened by experience
- tenaient
- Held/stood; imperfect tense of tenir, to hold
- autour
- Around; preposition indicating surrounding position
- jugerez
- Will judge/decide; second-person plural future of juger
- bon
- Good; adjective expressing quality or appropriateness
- aller
- To go; infinitive meaning to move toward a place
- prêts
- Ready; adjective meaning prepared to do something
- y
- There/it; adverbial pronoun replacing a place or idea
- aussi
- Also/too; adverb meaning likewise or in addition
- groupe
- Group; a number of people gathered together
- eut
- Had; third-person singular simple past of avoir
- longtemps
- A long time; adverb indicating an extended duration
- attendre
- To wait; infinitive meaning to wait for something
- avant
- Before; preposition or adverb indicating earlier time
- pires
- Worst; superlative adjective meaning most bad or severe
- craintes
- Fears; noun meaning worries or apprehensions about danger
- réalisent
- Come true/realize; third-person plural present of réaliser
- bruit
- Noise/sound; any audible sound or disturbance
- sourd
- Muffled/deaf; adjective meaning dull or low sound
- coup
- Blow/shot; a strike or discharge of a weapon
- canon
- Cannon; large heavy gun used on ships
- oreilles
- Ears; the organs used for hearing sounds
- exercées
- Trained/practiced; adjective meaning skilled through experience
- indiquèrent
- Indicated; third-person plural past tense of indiquer
- comme
- As/like; conjunction or preposition of comparison
- venant
- Coming; present participle of venir, to come
- fit
- Made/did; third-person singular simple past of faire
- entendre
- To hear; infinitive meaning to perceive sound
- minute
- Minute; a unit of time equal to sixty seconds
- plus
- More/no more; adverb of quantity or negation
- tard
- Late/later; adverb indicating a later point in time
- deuxième
- Second; ordinal adjective meaning number two in order
- retentit
- Rang out; past tense of retentir, to resound
- eaux
- Waters; plural of eau, referring to bodies of water
- troisième
- Third; ordinal adjective meaning number three in order
- suivit
- Followed; third-person singular simple past of suivre
- même
- Same/even; adjective or adverb of identity or emphasis
- intervalle
- Interval; a gap or pause between two events
- fût
- Had been; imperfect subjunctive of être, to be
- écoulé
- Elapsed/passed; past participle of s'écouler, to flow by
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