A Study in Scarlet — Page 10
He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence.
Er wäre mit Sicherheit gehängt worden, wenn es diesen Test gegeben hätte.
Then there was Mason of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre of Montpellier, and Samson of New Orleans.
Dann gab es noch Mason aus Bradford, und den berüchtigten Muller, und Lefevre aus Montpellier, und Samson aus New Orleans.
I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive."
Ich könnte eine Vielzahl von Fällen nennen, in denen es entscheidend gewesen wäre."
"You might start a paper on those lines.
„Sie könnten eine Zeitschrift in dieser Richtung herausgeben.
Call it the 'Police News of the Past.'"
Nennen Sie sie ‚Die Polizeiberichte der Vergangenheit.'"
He held out his hand as he spoke, and I noticed that it was all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster, and discoloured with strong acids.
Er streckte seine Hand aus, während er sprach, und ich bemerkte, dass sie über und über mit ähnlichen Pflasterstücken bedeckt und von starken Säuren verfärbt war.
Sherlock Holmes seemed delighted at the idea of sharing his rooms with me.
Sherlock Holmes schien entzückt von dem Gedanken, seine Räume mit mir zu teilen.
You don't mind the smell of strong tobacco, I hope?
Sie haben doch nichts gegen den Geruch von starkem Tabak, hoffe ich?
Vocabulary
- Er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun.
- wäre
- Would be; conditional form of sein.
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
- Sicherheit
- Certainty; security; the state of being sure.
- gehängt
- Hanged; past participle of hängen.
- worden
- Been; past participle of werden in passive voice.
- wenn
- If; when; conditional conjunction.
- es
- It; third person singular neuter pronoun.
- diesen
- This; that; demonstrative adjective, accusative masculine.
- Test
- Test; examination to measure knowledge or ability.
- gegeben
- Given; past participle of geben.
- hätte
- Would have; conditional form of haben.
- Dann
- Then; afterwards; subsequently in time.
- gab
- Gave; past tense of geben.
- noch
- Still; yet; additionally or in continuation.
- aus
- From; out of; preposition indicating origin.
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- den
- The; definite article, accusative masculine.
- berüchtigten
- Notorious; infamous; having a bad reputation.
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun.
- könnte
- Could; might; conditional form of können.
- eine
- A; an; indefinite article, feminine or accusative.
- Vielzahl
- Multitude; a large number of things.
- von
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- Fällen
- Cases; instances; plural of Fall.
- nennen
- Name; to call; to mention or specify.
- in
- In; into; preposition indicating location or direction.
- denen
- Which; those; relative pronoun, dative plural.
- entscheidend
- Decisive; crucial; important in determining outcome.
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of sein.
- Sie
- You; formal second person pronoun.
- könnten
- Could; might; conditional plural of können.
- Zeitschrift
- Magazine; journal; periodical publication.
- dieser
- This; that; demonstrative adjective.
- Richtung
- Direction; way; course or tendency.
- herausgeben
- Publish; edit; to bring out or release.
- Nennen
- Name; to call or mention specifically.
- sie
- She; they; third person pronoun.
- Die
- The; definite article, feminine or plural.
- Polizeiberichte
- Police reports; official accounts of police incidents.
- der
- The; definite article, masculine or genitive.
- Vergangenheit
- Past; history; the time gone by.
- streckte
- Stretched; extended; past tense of strecken.
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun, masculine or plural.
- Hand
- Hand; the body part at the wrist.
- während
- During; while; at the same time as.
- sprach
- Spoke; past tense of sprechen.
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun.
- bemerkte
- Noticed; observed; past tense of bemerken.
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing subordinate clause.
- über
- Over; above; preposition indicating position or covering.
- ähnlichen
- Similar; alike; resembling; comparable.
- Pflasterstücken
- Paving stones; pieces of pavement or cobblestone.
- bedeckt
- Covered; past participle of bedecken.
- starken
- Strong; powerful; intense; having great strength.
- Säuren
- Acids; chemical compounds with pH less than seven.
- verfärbt
- Discolored; stained; having changed color.
- war
- Was; past tense of sein.
- schien
- Seemed; appeared; past tense of scheinen.
- entzückt
- Delighted; charmed; filled with delight.
- dem
- The; definite article, dative masculine or neuter.
- Gedanken
- Thought; idea; the product of thinking.
- Räume
- Spaces; rooms; plural of Raum.
- mir
- Me; to me; dative first person pronoun.
- zu
- To; too; preposition or adverb.
- teilen
- Share; divide; to distribute or apportion.
- haben
- Have; to possess or hold.
- doch
- Yet; however; still; expressing contrast.
- nichts
- Nothing; not anything; zero quantity.
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