The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 3
Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely shared with all the readers of the daily press, I knew little of my former friend and companion.
Abgesehen von diesen Zeichen seiner Tätigkeit jedoch, die ich nur mit allen Lesern der Tagespresse teilte, wusste ich wenig über meinen früheren Freund und Gefährten.
One night—it was on the twentieth of March, 1888—I was returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street.
Eines Abends – es war am zwanzigsten März 1888 – kehrte ich von einem Besuch bei einem Patienten zurück (denn ich hatte nun die Zivilpraxis wieder aufgenommen), als mein Weg mich durch die Baker Street führte.
As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
Als ich an der wohlbekannten Tür vorüberging, die in meinem Geist stets mit meiner Brautwerbung und mit den düsteren Vorfällen der Studie in Scharlachrot verbunden sein wird, ergriff mich ein lebhafter Wunsch, Holmes wiederzusehen und zu erfahren, wie er seine außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten einsetzte.
His rooms were brilliantly lit, and, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice in a dark silhouette against the blind.
Seine Zimmer waren hell erleuchtet, und gerade als ich hinaufblickte, sah ich seine große, hagere Gestalt zweimal als dunkle Silhouette gegen das Rollo vorübergehen.
He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him.
Er durchmaß das Zimmer rasch und eifrig, den Kopf auf die Brust gesenkt und die Hände hinter dem Rücken verschränkt.
To me, who knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their own story.
Für mich, der ich jede seiner Stimmungen und Gewohnheiten kannte, erzählten seine Haltung und sein Gebaren ihre eigene Geschichte.
He was at work again.
Er war wieder bei der Arbeit.
He had risen out of his drug-created dreams and was hot upon the scent of some new problem.
Er hatte sich aus seinen durch Drogen erzeugten Träumen erhoben und war einem neuen Problem eifrig auf der Spur.
I rang the bell and was shown up to the chamber which had formerly been in part my own.
Ich klingelte und wurde in das Zimmer geführt, das früher zum Teil mein eigenes gewesen war.
His manner was not effusive.
Seine Art war nicht überschwänglich.
It seldom was; but he was glad, I think, to see me.
Das war sie selten; aber er freute sich, glaube ich, mich zu sehen.
Vocabulary
- Abgesehen
- Apart from, aside from, disregarding something
- von
- From, of, by (preposition indicating origin or agent)
- diesen
- These, this (demonstrative pronoun, accusative/dative)
- Zeichen
- Sign, signal, mark, indication of something
- seiner
- His, its (possessive pronoun, genitive/dative masculine)
- Tätigkeit
- Activity, occupation, work, pursuit or employment
- jedoch
- However, nevertheless, but, yet, on the other hand
- die
- The (definite article, feminine/plural; relative pronoun)
- ich
- I (first person singular personal pronoun)
- nur
- Only, merely, just, solely, nothing but
- mit
- With, along with, together with, by means
- allen
- All, every, entire (plural dative or accusative form)
- Lesern
- Readers (plural dative of Leser, one who reads)
- der
- The (definite article, feminine/genitive; relative pronoun)
- teilte
- Shared, divided, distributed (past tense of teilen)
- wusste
- Knew, was aware of (past tense of wissen)
- wenig
- Little, small amount, few, not much
- über
- Over, above, about, concerning, across
- meinen
- My (possessive pronoun accusative/dative); to mean, intend
- früheren
- Former, previous, earlier (dative/accusative adjective form)
- Freund
- Friend, companion, mate, person one is friendly with
- und
- And, plus, as well as, in addition to
- Gefährten
- Companion, fellow, comrade (dative/accusative singular form)
- Eines
- One's, of one (genitive singular or possessive pronoun)
- Abends
- Evening, in the evening, one evening, at night
- es
- It, that, this (neuter pronoun or impersonal subject)
- war
- Was, existed, occurred (past tense of sein)
- am
- On the, at the (contraction of an + dem)
- zwanzigsten
- Twentieth, ordinal number for date or sequence
- März
- March, third month of the year, spring month
- kehrte
- Returned, came back (past tense of kehren)
- einem
- A, an (indefinite article dative masculine singular)
- Besuch
- Visit, call, visitation, a visiting of someone
- bei
- At, by, near, with, at the place of
- Patienten
- Patients, plural of patient (dative/accusative form)
- zurück
- Back, backwards, return (adverb or prefix)
- denn
- Because, for, then, at that time, consequently
- hatte
- Had, possessed (past tense singular of haben)
- nun
- Now, well then, at this point, from now
- wieder
- Again, once more, back, anew, in return
- aufgenommen
- Resumed, taken up, accepted, started again
- als
- As, when, than, while, since, during
- mein
- My, mine (possessive pronoun singular nominative)
- Weg
- Way, path, road, route, journey or direction
- mich
- Me, myself (accusative personal pronoun first person)
- durch
- Through, by means of, via, across
- führte
- Led, conducted, guided (past tense of führen)
- Als
- When, as, at the moment that, just as
- an
- At, on, to, by, in, against, near
- wohlbekannten
- Well-known, familiar, recognized (adjective accusative/dative form)
- Tür
- Door, entrance, gateway, means of access
- vorüberging
- Passed by, went past (past tense of vorübergehen)
- in
- In, into, within, inside, at, during
- meinem
- My, mine (possessive pronoun dative masculine singular)
- Geist
- Mind, spirit, intellect, ghost, mental faculty
- stets
- Always, constantly, continuously, forever, at all times
- den
- The, that (definite article accusative masculine/plural)
- düsteren
- Dark, gloomy, sinister (dative/accusative adjective form)
- Vorfällen
- Incidents, occurrences, events (plural dative of Vorfall)
- Studie
- Study, sketch, preliminary examination or investigation work
- verbunden
- Connected, linked, associated, joined together
- sein
- To be, to exist, his, its (possessive pronoun)
- wird
- Will be, becomes, is being (present tense future)
- ergriff
- Seized, grasped, took hold of (past tense)
- ein
- A, an, one (indefinite article nominative singular)
- lebhafter
- Lively, vivid, animated, vigorous (nominative adjective form)
- Wunsch
- Wish, desire, longing, request, hope for something
- wiederzusehen
- To see again, to meet again, reunion
- zu
- To, towards, at, for, in order to
- erfahren
- To learn, to find out, to experience, discover
- wie
- How, what, as, like, in what manner
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