The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 4
With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
Ohne kaum ein Wort zu sprechen, aber mit einem freundlichen Blick, winkte er mir zu einem Sessel, warf mir sein Zigarrenetui hinüber und deutete auf einen Spirituskasten und einen Gasogene in der Ecke.
Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.
Dann stellte er sich vor das Feuer und musterte mich auf seine eigentümlich in sich gekehrte Art.
"Indeed, I should have thought a little more.
„Tatsächlich, ich hätte eher auf etwas mehr getippt.
Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson.
Nur eine Kleinigkeit mehr, glaube ich, Watson.
And in practice again, I observe.
Und wieder in der Praxis, wie ich bemerke.
"I see it, I deduce it.
„Ich sehe es, ich schließe es daraus.
You would certainly have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago.
Man hätte Sie gewiss verbrannt, hätten Sie vor einigen Jahrhunderten gelebt.
It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can't imagine how you deduce it.
Es stimmt, dass ich am Donnerstag einen Spaziergang auf dem Land gemacht habe und in einem schrecklichen Zustand nach Hause kam, aber da ich meine Kleider gewechselt habe, kann ich mir nicht vorstellen, wie Sie das schlussfolgern.
He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands together.
Er kicherte in sich hinein und rieb seine langen, nervösen Hände aneinander.
Vocabulary
- Ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- kaum
- Hardly, barely; indicates something is almost not the case
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or the number one
- Wort
- Word; a single unit of spoken or written language
- zu
- To, too, closed; versatile preposition or infinitive marker
- sprechen
- To speak, to talk; verbal communication between people
- aber
- But, however; conjunction indicating contrast or contradiction
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- einem
- A, an; dative masculine/neuter form of indefinite article
- freundlichen
- Friendly, kind; adjective describing a pleasant demeanor
- Blick
- Glance, look, gaze; a brief directing of the eyes
- winkte
- Waved, beckoned; past tense of winken, to gesture
- er
- He; third-person masculine singular personal pronoun
- mir
- Me, to me; dative first-person singular personal pronoun
- Sessel
- Armchair; a comfortable upholstered chair with armrests
- warf
- Threw; past tense of werfen, to throw or toss
- sein
- His or to be; possessive pronoun or infinitive of sein
- hinüber
- Over, across; directional adverb indicating movement to other side
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- deutete
- Pointed, indicated; past tense of deuten, to gesture toward
- auf
- On, onto, at; preposition indicating position or direction
- einen
- A, an; accusative masculine form of the indefinite article
- in
- In, inside; preposition indicating location within something
- der
- The; definite article, also used as relative pronoun
- Ecke
- Corner; the point where two walls or edges meet
- Dann
- Then, afterwards; adverb indicating subsequent action or time
- stellte
- Placed, stood; past tense of stellen, to position something
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun for third person
- vor
- Before, in front of; preposition indicating position or time
- das
- The; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- Feuer
- Fire; combustion producing heat, light, and flames
- musterte
- Scrutinized, examined; past tense of mustern, to look over
- mich
- Me; accusative first-person singular personal pronoun
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun referring to a masculine subject
- eigentümlich
- Peculiar, characteristic; oddly distinctive or unusual in manner
- Art
- Way, manner, type; a characteristic mode or kind
- Tatsächlich
- Indeed, actually, really; adverb confirming or emphasizing truth
- ich
- I; first-person singular personal pronoun
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive past form of haben, to have
- eher
- Rather, sooner; comparative adverb indicating preference or likelihood
- etwas
- Something, somewhat, a little; indefinite pronoun or adverb
- mehr
- More; comparative adverb or adjective indicating greater quantity
- getippt
- Guessed, typed; past participle of tippen, to guess or type
- Nur
- Only, just, merely; adverb limiting or restricting a statement
- eine
- A, an; feminine nominative form of the indefinite article
- Kleinigkeit
- Trifle, small thing; something minor or of little importance
- glaube
- I believe, I think; first-person present of glauben
- Und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking clauses or phrases
- wieder
- Again, once more; adverb indicating repetition of an action
- Praxis
- Practice, medical practice; a doctor's office or professional work
- wie
- How, like, as; interrogative or comparative conjunction/adverb
- bemerke
- I notice, I observe; first-person present of bemerken
- Ich
- I; first-person singular personal pronoun in German
- sehe
- I see; first-person singular present tense of sehen
- es
- It; neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
- schließe
- I conclude, I infer; first-person present of schließen
- daraus
- From that, from it; adverb indicating source or conclusion
- Man
- One, people, you; impersonal pronoun referring to people generally
- Sie
- You (formal), they; formal second-person or third-person pronoun
- gewiss
- Certainly, surely; adverb expressing confidence or certainty
- verbrannt
- Burned, burnt; past participle of verbrennen, to burn
- hätten
- Would have; subjunctive past plural form of haben
- einigen
- Some, a few, several; dative plural form of einige
- Jahrhunderten
- Centuries; dative plural of Jahrhundert, a period of 100 years
- gelebt
- Lived; past participle of leben, to live or exist
- Es
- It; neuter personal pronoun or impersonal subject marker
- stimmt
- That's right, it's true; third-person present of stimmen
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a subordinate clause
- am
- On the, at the; contraction of an plus dem
- Donnerstag
- Thursday; the fourth day of the week in German
- Spaziergang
- Walk, stroll; a leisurely walk taken for pleasure
- dem
- The; dative masculine or neuter definite article form
- Land
- Country, countryside, land; rural area or a nation-state
- gemacht
- Done, made; past participle of machen, to do or make
- habe
- Have; first-person singular present tense of haben
- schrecklichen
- Terrible, dreadful; adjective describing something frightening or awful
- Zustand
- Condition, state; the current situation or physical condition
- nach
- After, to, toward; preposition of direction, time, or manner
- Hause
- Home; dative form of Haus, used in nach Hause
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen, to come or arrive
- da
- There, since, as; adverb of place or causal conjunction
- meine
- My; first-person singular possessive pronoun, feminine/plural
- Kleider
- Clothes, dresses; plural of Kleid, garments or clothing
- gewechselt
- Changed, exchanged; past participle of wechseln, to change
- kann
- Can, is able to; modal verb expressing ability or possibility
- nicht
- Not; negation adverb used to negate verbs or statements
- vorstellen
- To imagine, to introduce; reflexive verb for picturing something
- schlussfolgern
- To conclude, to deduce; to draw a logical conclusion
- Er
- He; third-person masculine singular nominative personal pronoun
- kicherte
- Giggled, chuckled; past tense of kichern, to giggle softly
- hinein
- Into, inward; directional adverb indicating movement inside
- rieb
- Rubbed; past tense of reiben, to rub or scrub
- langen
- Long; adjective in inflected form, describing extended length
- nervösen
- Nervous, anxious; adjective describing an agitated or restless state
- Hände
- Hands; plural of Hand, the body part at the end of the arm
- aneinander
- Together, against each other; adverb indicating mutual contact
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