A Study in Scarlet — Page 12
We left him working among his chemicals, and we walked together towards my hotel.
Lo dejamos trabajando entre sus productos químicos, y caminamos juntos hacia mi hotel.
"By the way," I asked suddenly, stopping and turning upon Stamford, "how the deuce did he know that I had come from Afghanistan?"
—A propósito —pregunté de repente, deteniéndome y volviéndome hacia Stamford—, ¿cómo diablos sabía él que yo había venido de Afganistán?
My companion smiled an enigmatical smile.
Mi compañero sonrió con una sonrisa enigmática.
"That's just his little peculiarity," he said.
—Es simplemente su pequeña peculiaridad —dijo.
"A good many people have wanted to know how he finds things out."
—Mucha gente ha querido saber cómo descubre las cosas.
"Oh! a mystery is it?" I cried, rubbing my hands.
—¡Oh! ¿Es un misterio? —exclamé, frotándome las manos.
"This is very piquant.
—Esto es muy picante.
I am much obliged to you for bringing us together.
Le estoy muy agradecido por habernos presentado.
'The proper study of mankind is man,' you know."
«El verdadero estudio de la humanidad es el hombre», ya sabe.
"You must study him, then," Stamford said, as he bade me good-bye.
—Entonces debe estudiarlo —dijo Stamford, despidiéndose de mí.
"You'll find him a knotty problem, though.
—Aunque lo encontrará un problema complicado.
I'll wager he learns more about you than you about him.
Apuesto a que él aprenderá más sobre usted que usted sobre él.
Good-bye."
Adiós.
"Good-bye," I answered, and strolled on to my hotel, considerably interested in my new acquaintance.
—Adiós —respondí, y me encaminé tranquilamente hacia mi hotel, considerablemente interesado en mi nuevo conocido.
Vocabulary
- Lo
- It, that (neuter pronoun or article)
- dejamos
- We left or we stop (first person plural preterite)
- trabajando
- Working (present participle)
- entre
- Between, among (preposition)
- sus
- His, her, their, your (possessive adjective)
- productos
- Products, goods (plural noun)
- químicos
- Chemical, chemicals (adjective or plural noun)
- caminamos
- We walked (first person plural preterite)
- juntos
- Together (adverb)
- hacia
- Toward, towards (preposition)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- hotel
- Hotel (noun)
- propósito
- Purpose, intention, aim (noun)
- pregunté
- I asked (first person singular preterite)
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- repente
- Suddenly, all of a sudden (adverb)
- deteniéndome
- Stopping myself (present participle with pronoun)
- volviéndome
- Turning myself around (present participle with pronoun)
- cómo
- How, what (interrogative adverb)
- sabía
- He/she knew, you knew (preterite)
- él
- He, him (personal pronoun)
- que
- That, which, who (relative or subordinate conjunction)
- yo
- I (personal pronoun)
- había
- Had, was (imperfect auxiliary verb)
- venido
- Come (past participle)
- Mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- compañero
- Companion, colleague, partner (noun)
- sonrió
- He/she smiled, you smiled (preterite)
- con
- With (preposition)
- una
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- sonrisa
- Smile (noun)
- enigmática
- Enigmatic, mysterious (adjective)
- Es
- Is (present indicative third person singular)
- simplemente
- Simply, merely (adverb)
- su
- His, her, their, your (possessive adjective)
- pequeña
- Small, little (feminine adjective)
- peculiaridad
- Peculiarity, oddity, distinctive trait (noun)
- dijo
- Said, he/she said (preterite)
- Mucha
- Much, a lot of (feminine adjective)
- gente
- People, persons, folk (noun)
- ha
- Has (present perfect auxiliary verb)
- querido
- Wanted, wished (past participle)
- saber
- To know, to learn (infinitive verb)
- descubre
- Discovers, reveals (third person singular present)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- cosas
- Things, matters (plural noun)
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- misterio
- Mystery, secret (noun)
- exclamé
- I exclaimed (first person singular preterite)
- frotándome
- Rubbing myself (present participle with pronoun)
- manos
- Hands (plural noun)
- Esto
- This, this thing (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- es
- Is (present indicative third person singular)
- muy
- Very, very much (adverb)
- picante
- Spicy, hot, piquant (adjective)
- Le
- Him, her, you, to him/her (indirect object pronoun)
- estoy
- I am (present indicative first person singular)
- agradecido
- Grateful, thankful (adjective)
- por
- By, for, through, because of (preposition)
- habernos
- Having us (infinitive with pronoun)
- presentado
- Introduced, presented (past participle)
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- verdadero
- True, genuine, real (adjective)
- estudio
- Study, research (noun)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- humanidad
- Humanity, mankind, human race (noun)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- hombre
- Man, human being (noun)
- ya
- Already, yet, now (adverb)
- sabe
- Knows (third person singular present)
- Entonces
- Then, therefore (adverb or conjunction)
- debe
- Should, must, ought (third person singular present)
- estudiarlo
- To study it (infinitive with pronoun)
- despidiéndose
- Saying goodbye, taking leave (present participle with pronoun)
- mí
- Me (personal pronoun with preposition)
- Aunque
- Although, though, even if (conjunction)
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