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.
Era già in rotta col vento quando di nuovo la nebbia si chiuse sull'oceano, e lei fu nascosta alla vista.
"We will keep the _Nancy_ where she is," said Halliburt; "we don't know what may happen.
"Terremo la _Nancy_ dov'è," disse Halliburt; "non sappiamo cosa potrebbe accadere.
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;
Se quella nave finisce sulle secche--e ha ben poche possibilità di tenersi lontana da esse, temo--non possiamo lasciare che la sua gente perisca senza cercare di salvarla;
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.
e benché possa essere un'impresa ardua avvicinarsi al relitto, tuttavia alcuni dei poveri marinai potrebbero essere trascinati via da essa su zattere o pali, e potremmo essere in grado di raccoglierli.
Whatever happens, we must do our best."
Qualunque cosa accada, dobbiamo fare del nostro meglio."
"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."
"Aye, aye, Adam," risposero alcuni dei suoi robusti marinai, che gli stavano intorno; "dove ritieni opportuno andare, siamo pronti ad andare anche noi."
The party had not long to wait before their worst apprehensions were realised.
Il gruppo non dovette aspettare a lungo prima che i loro peggiori timori si realizzassero.
The dull report of a gun, which their practised ears told them came from Norton Sands, was heard;
Il sordo rombo di un cannone, che le loro orecchie esperte dissero loro provenire da Norton Sands, fu udito;
in another minute the sound of a second gun boomed over the waters;
un minuto dopo il suono di un secondo cannone rimbombò sulle acque;
a third followed even before the same interval had elapsed.
un terzo seguì ancora prima che lo stesso intervallo fosse trascorso.
Vocabulary
- Era
- Was; past tense of essere (to be)
- già
- Already; previously or by now
- in
- In; preposition indicating location or state
- rotta
- Route; course or direction of travel
- col
- With the; contraction of con + il
- vento
- Wind; moving air or breeze
- quando
- When; at what time or during which
- di
- Of; preposition showing possession or origin
- nuovo
- New; recent or not existing before
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- nebbia
- Fog; thick mist reducing visibility
- si
- Himself/herself/itself; reflexive pronoun or particle
- chiuse
- Closed; shut or enclosed completely
- sull
- On the; contraction of su + il
- oceano
- Ocean; vast body of salt water
- lei
- She/her; feminine third-person pronoun
- fu
- Was; past tense of essere (to be)
- nascosta
- Hidden; concealed from view or sight
- alla
- To the; contraction of a + la
- vista
- Sight; ability to see or view
- Terremo
- We will hold; future tense of tenere
- dov
- Where; at or in what place
- disse
- Said; past tense of dire (to say)
- non
- Not; negation or denial particle
- sappiamo
- We know; present tense of sapere
- cosa
- What; interrogative pronoun or thing
- potrebbe
- Could; might or would be able to
- accadere
- Happen; occur or take place
- Se
- If; conditional conjunction introducing hypothesis
- quella
- That; feminine demonstrative pronoun
- nave
- Ship; large vessel for sea travel
- finisce
- Ends; concludes or stops
- sulle
- On the; contraction of su + le
- secche
- Shallows; shallow water areas or sandbars
- ha
- Has; third person singular of avere
- ben
- Well; quite or very much
- poche
- Few; small number of things
- possibilità
- Possibilities; chances or opportunities
- tenersi
- Keep oneself; maintain one's position
- lontana
- Far; distant or at great distance
- da
- From; preposition indicating origin or separation
- esse
- They; plural feminine pronoun
- temo
- I fear; I am afraid of
- possiamo
- We can; we are able to
- lasciare
- Leave; allow or permit to happen
- che
- That; relative or conjunctive pronoun
- sua
- His/her; possessive adjective feminine singular
- gente
- People; persons or folk collectively
- perisca
- Perish; die or be destroyed
- senza
- Without; lacking or deprived of
- cercare
- Try; attempt or seek to do
- salvarla
- Save it; rescue from harm
- benché
- Although; despite the fact that
- possa
- May; subjunctive of potere (can)
- essere
- Be; exist or occur in reality
- un
- A/an; indefinite article masculine singular
- impresa
- Enterprise; undertaking or difficult task
- ardua
- Difficult; hard or challenging to accomplish
- avvicinarsi
- Approach; come near to something
- al
- To the; contraction of a + il
- relitto
- Wreck; remains of destroyed ship
- tuttavia
- However; nevertheless or still
- alcuni
- Some; a few or several
- dei
- Of the; contraction of di + i
- poveri
- Poor; lacking money or resources
- marinai
- Sailors; persons who work at sea
- potrebbero
- Could; might be able to
- trascinati
- Dragged; pulled or hauled along
- via
- Away; to or at a distance
- zattere
- Rafts; floating platforms of logs
- pali
- Poles; long sticks or posts
- potremmo
- We could; we might be able
- grado
- Degree; extent or level of something
- raccoglierli
- Gather them; collect or pick up
- Qualunque
- Whatever; any or any kind of
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