Won from the Waves — Page 6
They had retreated back a few paces to avoid the salt showers.
Eles haviam recuado alguns passos para evitar os borrifos de sal.
Adam still seemed somewhat unwilling to give up putting to sea, when the dull sound of a gun from the offing reached their ears.
Adam ainda parecia um tanto relutante em desistir de zarpar, quando o som abafado de um canhão vindo do largo chegou aos seus ouvidos.
Another and another followed.
Outro e mais outro se seguiram.
"There is a ship on Norton Sands," observed one of the men.
"Há um navio nos Areais de Norton", observou um dos homens.
"Those guns are too far off for that," answered Halliburt.
"Esses canhões estão longe demais para isso", respondeu Halliburt.
Two others followed, and then came the thunder-sounding reports of several fired together.
Mais dois se seguiram, e então vieram os estrondos semelhantes a trovões de vários disparados ao mesmo tempo.
"I was sure those were not guns of distress.
"Eu tinha certeza de que aqueles não eram tiros de socorro.
They come from ships in action, depend on that; and the news is true we heard yesterday, that the French and English are at it again," exclaimed Adam.
Vêm de navios em combate, podem ter certeza; e a notícia que ouvimos ontem é verdadeira, de que os franceses e os ingleses estão em guerra novamente", exclamou Adam.
"I thought we shouldn't long remain friends with the Mounsiers."
"Eu achava que não deveríamos ficar amigos dos Mounsiers por muito tempo."
"Good luck be with the English ships!" cried one of the fishermen.
"Boa sorte aos navios ingleses!", exclamou um dos pescadores.
"Amen to that! but they must be careful what they are about, for with the wind dead on shore, if they knock away each other's spars, they are both more than likely to drift on Norton Sands, and if they do, the Lord have mercy on them," said Adam, solemnly.
"Amém a isso! mas eles devem ter cuidado com o que estão fazendo, pois com o vento soprando diretamente para a costa, se derrubarem os mastros uns dos outros, ambos têm grande probabilidade de derivar para os Areais de Norton, e se isso acontecer, que o Senhor tenha misericórdia deles", disse Adam, solenemente.
"Whichever gets the victory, they will be in a bad way, as I fear, after all, it will be a dirty night.
"Qualquer que seja o vencedor, estará em maus lençóis, pois temo que, afinal, será uma noite horrível.
The wind has shifted three points to the eastward since I left home, and it's blowing twice as hard as it did ten minutes ago.
O vento mudou três quartas para o leste desde que saí de casa, e está soprando duas vezes mais forte do que há dez minutos.
We may as well run the Nancy up to her moorings, lads."
Bem podemos levar a Nancy até seus amarradores, rapazes."
Vocabulary
- Eles
- They; third person plural pronoun
- haviam
- Had; past perfect tense of haver
- recuado
- Retreated; moved backward or away
- alguns
- Some; a few; certain ones
- passos
- Steps; paces; footsteps or movements
- para
- For; to; in order to; preposition
- evitar
- To avoid; to prevent from happening
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession
- sal
- Salt; sodium chloride or sea salt
- ainda
- Still; yet; even; in addition
- parecia
- Seemed; appeared; looked like
- um
- A; one; masculine singular indefinite article
- tanto
- So much; quite; somewhat; rather
- relutante
- Reluctant; unwilling; showing resistance
- em
- In; on; at; preposition of location
- desistir
- To give up; to abandon; to quit
- zarpar
- To set sail; to depart by ship
- quando
- When; at what time; conjunction
- som
- Sound; noise; acoustic phenomenon
- abafado
- Muffled; suppressed; deadened or dampened
- canhão
- Cannon; large gun for firing projectiles
- vindo
- Coming; arriving; present participle of vir
- largo
- Wide; broad; open sea or harbor
- chegou
- Arrived; reached; came to a place
- aos
- To the; contraction of a + os
- seus
- His; her; their; possessive adjective
- ouvidos
- Ears; organs for hearing; auditory perception
- Outro
- Another; other; different one
- mais
- More; additional; greater in amount
- se
- If; reflexive pronoun; conditional particle
- seguiram
- Followed; came after; succeeded in sequence
- Há
- There is; there are; ago
- navio
- Ship; vessel; large boat for sea
- nos
- In the; on the; us; contraction
- observou
- Observed; noticed; watched carefully
- dos
- Of the; from the; contraction
- homens
- Men; plural of man; male persons
- Esses
- Those; those ones; demonstrative pronoun
- canhões
- Cannons; plural of cannon; large guns
- estão
- Are; present tense of estar
- longe
- Far; distant; at a great distance
- demais
- Too much; excessively; besides
- isso
- That; this thing; pronoun reference
- respondeu
- Answered; replied; responded to question
- Mais
- More; additional; in greater quantity
- dois
- Two; number 2; both
- então
- Then; at that time; therefore
- vieram
- Came; arrived; past tense of vir
- estrondos
- Loud noises; roars; crashing sounds
- semelhantes
- Similar; resembling; like; comparable to
- trovões
- Thunders; loud sounds of thunder
- vários
- Several; various; many different ones
- disparados
- Fired; shot; discharged guns or weapons
- ao
- To the; at the; contraction
- mesmo
- Same; very; even; identical
- tempo
- Time; period; weather; moment
- Eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- tinha
- Had; possessed; past tense of ter
- certeza
- Certainty; sureness; confidence in truth
- que
- That; which; what; relative pronoun
- aqueles
- Those; those ones; distant demonstrative
- não
- No; not; negation particle
- eram
- Were; past tense of ser
- tiros
- Shots; gunshots; firearm discharges
- socorro
- Help; aid; distress signal or rescue
- Vêm
- Come; arrive; present tense of vir
- navios
- Ships; vessels; large boats for sea
- combate
- Combat; battle; fighting or conflict
- podem
- Can; are able to; may
- ter
- To have; to possess; to own
- notícia
- News; information; report or notice
- ouvimos
- We heard; past tense of ouvir
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