The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 2
Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
Schmutz in einem empfindlichen Instrument oder ein Riss in einer seiner eigenen starken Linsen wäre nicht störender als eine starke Emotion in einer Natur wie der seinen.
And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.
Und doch gab es für ihn nur eine Frau, und diese Frau war die verstorbene Irene Adler, von zweifelhaftem und fragwürdigem Andenken.
I had seen little of Holmes lately.
Ich hatte Holmes in letzter Zeit wenig gesehen.
My marriage had drifted us away from each other.
Meine Heirat hatte uns voneinander entfernt.
My own complete happiness, and the home-centred interests which rise up around the man who first finds himself master of his own establishment, were sufficient to absorb all my attention,
Mein eigenes vollständiges Glück und die häuslichen Interessen, die um den Mann entstehen, der sich zum ersten Mal als Herr seines eigenen Haushalts wiederfindet, reichten aus, um meine gesamte Aufmerksamkeit zu beanspruchen,
while Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.
während Holmes, der jede Form der Gesellschaft mit seiner ganzen böhmischen Seele verabscheute, in unserer Unterkunft in der Baker Street blieb, begraben zwischen seinen alten Büchern, und von Woche zu Woche zwischen Kokain und Ehrgeiz wechselte, der Schläfrigkeit der Droge und der wilden Energie seiner eigenen scharfen Natur.
He was still, as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime, and occupied his immense faculties and extraordinary powers of observation in following out those clues, and clearing up those mysteries which had been abandoned as hopeless by the official police.
Er war nach wie vor tief fasziniert vom Studium des Verbrechens und setzte seine immensen Fähigkeiten und außerordentlichen Beobachtungsgaben ein, um jenen Spuren zu folgen und jene Geheimnisse aufzuklären, die von der offiziellen Polizei als hoffnungslos aufgegeben worden waren.
From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
Von Zeit zu Zeit hörte ich einen vagen Bericht über seine Tätigkeiten: von seiner Berufung nach Odessa im Fall des Trepoff-Mordes, von seiner Aufklärung der einzigartigen Tragödie der Brüder Atkinson in Trincomalee und schließlich von der Mission, die er so feinfühlig und erfolgreich für das regierende Haus Holland ausgeführt hatte.
Vocabulary
- Schmutz
- Dirt or filth; unclean matter or substance.
- in
- In; inside; within a location or time period.
- einem
- A (dative masculine/neuter); one in dative case.
- empfindlichen
- Sensitive; delicate; easily affected or offended.
- Instrument
- Instrument; tool or device for specific purpose.
- oder
- Or; conjunction presenting alternative options.
- ein
- A; an; one (indefinite article).
- Riss
- Crack; tear; split in surface or material.
- einer
- One; a (feminine/dative singular or genitive).
- seiner
- His; of him (possessive or genitive pronoun).
- eigenen
- Own; belonging to oneself (accusative/dative form).
- starken
- Strong; powerful; intense (accusative/dative form).
- Linsen
- Lenses; optical elements for focusing light.
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive form of sein.
- nicht
- Not; negation particle in German.
- störender
- More disturbing; comparative of störend.
- als
- Than; as; introduces comparison or time clause.
- eine
- A; an (feminine singular or accusative).
- starke
- Strong; powerful; intense (feminine/accusative form).
- Emotion
- Emotion; feeling; strong psychological response.
- Natur
- Nature; natural world; character or essence.
- wie
- How; like; as; in what manner.
- der
- The (masculine singular or plural genitive).
- seinen
- His; of his (possessive accusative/dative).
- Und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- doch
- Yet; still; however; nevertheless.
- gab
- Gave; past tense of geben.
- es
- It; pronoun for neuter nouns or impersonal.
- für
- For; in favor of; during a period.
- ihn
- Him; masculine singular accusative pronoun.
- nur
- Only; just; merely; nothing but.
- Frau
- Woman; wife; Mrs. (title of respect).
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- diese
- This; that (demonstrative pronoun/adjective).
- war
- Was; past tense of sein.
- die
- The (feminine singular or plural).
- verstorbene
- Deceased; late; departed (adjective form).
- Adler
- Eagle; also a German surname.
- von
- Of; from; by; indicates possession or origin.
- zweifelhaftem
- Dubious; doubtful; questionable (dative/neuter form).
- fragwürdigem
- Questionable; dubious; of doubtful merit.
- Andenken
- Memory; keepsake; remembrance of person or event.
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun.
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben.
- letzter
- Last; latest; most recent (adjective form).
- Zeit
- Time; period; age; era.
- wenig
- Little; few; small amount or quantity.
- gesehen
- Seen; past participle of sehen.
- Meine
- My; mine (possessive adjective/pronoun).
- Heirat
- Marriage; wedding; act of marrying.
- uns
- Us; ourselves; first person plural object pronoun.
- voneinander
- From each other; from one another.
- entfernt
- Removed; separated; distant; remote.
- Mein
- My; mine (possessive adjective).
- eigenes
- Own; particular to oneself (neuter form).
- vollständiges
- Complete; entire; whole (neuter accusative form).
- Glück
- Happiness; fortune; luck; good chance.
- häuslichen
- Domestic; household; pertaining to home life.
- Interessen
- Interests; concerns; matters of interest.
- um
- Around; about; at; for; in order to.
- den
- The (masculine singular accusative).
- Mann
- Man; husband; male adult person.
- entstehen
- Arise; originate; come into existence.
- sich
- Himself; herself; itself; oneself (reflexive pronoun).
- zum
- To the; for the (contraction).
- ersten
- First; earliest; prior (ordinal adjective).
- Mal
- Time; instance; occasion; occurrence.
- Herr
- Mr.; master; gentleman; sir (title).
- seines
- His; of his (genitive possessive pronoun).
- Haushalts
- Household; home; domestic establishment (genitive).
- wiederfindet
- Finds again; rediscovers; recovers (third person).
- reichten
- Reached; sufficed; were enough (past tense).
- aus
- Out; sufficient; enough (particle or adjective).
- meine
- My; mine (possessive adjective/pronoun).
- gesamte
- Entire; whole; complete (feminine accusative form).
- Aufmerksamkeit
- Attention; attentiveness; careful consideration.
- zu
- To; at; in; towards; too (preposition).
- beanspruchen
- Claim; demand; require; take up (space/time).
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