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あまりなじみの無い単語・熟語をちょっと解説。
Seven Years in Tibet :
Internment-11But all this had not happened in dead silence. The watch was alarmed, and they started shooting, but as their firing broke the stillness of the night, we were swallowed up by the jungle.
The first thing that Marchese did, in expression of his warm southern temperament, was to embrace and kiss me, though this was hardly the moment to give vent to outbursts of joy. Rockets went up and whistles sounded near us, showing that pursuers were on our track. We ran for our lives and moved very fast, using short cuts which I had got to know very well during my outings from the camp. We made little use of the roads and skirted around the few villages we found on our way. At the outset we hardly noticed our packs, but later on they began to feel heavy.
this：これまでの逃亡劇（前の文の最後のフレーズを指します）
dead：完全な
watch：当番（監視兵）
was alarmed：気が付いて驚いた
firing：発砲
stillness：静けさ
were swallowed up：（ジャングルに）飲み込まれる
expression：表現
temperament：気質
embrace：抱きしめる
this：ここでは、今という感じで使っています
hardly：否定文の用な形で訳すと良いでしょう
give vent to outbursts of joy：喜びの爆発に身を任せる
Rocket：（おそらく）照明弾
went up：上がった
whistle：ホイッスル
pursuer：追っ手
were on our track：私たちを追跡していた
ran for our lives：命がけで走った
got to know very well：とてもよく知るようになった
outing：遠出
made little use of 〜：〜をほとんど使わなかった
skirted around 〜：〜を避けた
outset：最初