A Study in Scarlet — Page 12
We left him working among his chemicals, and we walked together towards my hotel.
Nous le laissâmes à ses travaux de chimie, et nous marchâmes ensemble en direction de mon hôtel.
"By the way," I asked suddenly, stopping and turning upon Stamford, "how the deuce did he know that I had come from Afghanistan?"
« À propos, » demandai-je soudainement, m'arrêtant et me tournant vers Stamford, « comment diable savait-il que je venais d'Afghanistan ? »
My companion smiled an enigmatical smile. "That's just his little peculiarity," he said. "A good many people have wanted to know how he finds things out."
Mon compagnon sourit d'un sourire énigmatique. « C'est là sa petite particularité, » dit-il. « Beaucoup de gens ont voulu savoir comment il découvre les choses. »
"You must study him, then," Stamford said, as he bade me good-bye. "You'll find him a knotty problem, though. I'll wager he learns more about you than you about him. Good-bye."
« Il vous faudra donc l'étudier, » dit Stamford, en me faisant ses adieux. « Vous le trouverez cependant une affaire épineuse. Je parie qu'il apprendra plus de choses sur vous que vous sur lui. Au revoir. »
"Good-bye," I answered, and strolled on to my hotel, considerably interested in my new acquaintance.
« Au revoir, » répondis-je, et je me dirigeai tranquillement vers mon hôtel, considérablement intrigué par ma nouvelle connaissance.
Vocabulary
- Nous
- We; first person plural pronoun
- le
- The; masculine singular definite article
- laissâmes
- We left; past tense of laisser
- ses
- His, her, its; possessive adjective
- travaux
- Works, tasks, research projects
- de
- Of, from; preposition
- chimie
- Chemistry; scientific study of substances
- et
- And; conjunction
- marchâmes
- We walked; past tense of marcher
- ensemble
- Together; adverb
- en
- In, to; preposition
- direction
- Direction; toward a specific place
- mon
- My; masculine singular possessive adjective
- hôtel
- Hotel; lodging establishment
- demandai
- I asked; past tense of demander
- je
- I; first person singular pronoun
- soudainement
- Suddenly; adverb indicating abrupt occurrence
- arrêtant
- Stopping; present participle of arrêter
- me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- tournant
- Turning; present participle of tourner
- vers
- Toward, to; preposition indicating direction
- comment
- How; interrogative adverb
- savait
- Knew; past tense of savoir
- il
- He, it; third person singular pronoun
- que
- That, which; conjunction or relative pronoun
- venais
- Came; past tense of venir
- Mon
- My; masculine singular possessive adjective
- compagnon
- Companion; person you spend time with
- sourit
- Smiled; past tense of sourire
- un
- A, an; indefinite article
- sourire
- Smile; facial expression of happiness
- énigmatique
- Enigmatic; mysterious and difficult to understand
- est
- Is; present tense of être
- là
- There; adverb indicating location
- sa
- His, her, its; feminine singular possessive
- petite
- Small; feminine form of petit
- particularité
- Peculiarity; distinctive characteristic
- dit
- Says, said; past tense of dire
- Beaucoup
- Many, much; adverb of quantity
- gens
- People; plural noun for persons
- ont
- Have; third person plural of avoir
- voulu
- Wanted; past participle of vouloir
- savoir
- Know; infinitive of savoir
- découvre
- Discover; present tense of découvrir
- les
- The; definite article plural
- choses
- Things; plural noun
- Il
- It; third person singular pronoun
- vous
- You; formal or plural pronoun
- faudra
- Will be necessary; future of falloir
- donc
- Therefore, then; conjunction
- étudier
- Study; infinitive verb
- faisant
- Making, doing; present participle
- adieux
- Goodbyes; farewell
- Vous
- You; formal or plural pronoun
- trouverez
- Will find; future tense of trouver
- cependant
- However; however, yet
- une
- A, an; feminine indefinite article
- affaire
- Matter, affair, deal
- épineuse
- Thorny; difficult or problematic
- Je
- I; first person singular pronoun
- parie
- Wager, bet; present tense of parier
- qu
- That; contraction of que
- apprendre
- Learn; infinitive verb
- plus
- More; adverb of quantity
- sur
- On, about; preposition
- lui
- Him, he; third person pronoun
- Au
- To the; contraction of à le
- revoir
- Goodbye; literally until seeing again
- répondis
- Answered; past tense of répondre
- dirigeai
- Directed; past tense of diriger
- tranquillement
- Quietly; adverb indicating calm manner
- considérablement
- Considerably; to a great extent
- intrigué
- Intrigued; past participle of intriguer
- par
- By, through; preposition
- ma
- My; feminine singular possessive adjective
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