The dirk had struck not half a foot below me, as I pursued my upward flight. 我剛才向上爬時，那把短劍猛地向我刺來，在我下面只有半英尺的距離。
Once so caught, and nine or ten inches of the bloodstained dirk would be my last experience on this side of eternity. 一旦被堵在船頭，那把短劍的九或十英寸刀刃將是我在這個世界上嘗到的最后一種滋味。
you would cross your Catalan knife with his dirk. 你會用你的迦太羅尼亞短刀去同他的匕首決斗的。