The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 6
For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room."
Zum Beispiel haben Sie häufig die Stufen gesehen, die von der Halle zu diesem Zimmer hinaufführen."
"Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point.
„Ganz recht! Sie haben nicht beobachtet. Und doch haben Sie gesehen. Das ist genau mein Punkt.
Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed.
Ich weiß nun, dass es siebzehn Stufen sind, weil ich sowohl gesehen als auch beobachtet habe.
He threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted notepaper which had been lying open upon the table.
Er warf einen Bogen dickes, rosa getöntes Briefpapier herüber, das offen auf dem Tisch gelegen hatte.
The note was undated, and without either signature or address.
Die Notiz war undatiert und ohne Unterschrift oder Adresse.
Your recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one who may safely be trusted with matters which are of an importance which can hardly be exaggerated.
Ihre jüngsten Dienste für eines der königlichen Häuser Europas haben gezeigt, dass Sie jemand sind, dem man Angelegenheiten von einer kaum zu übertreibenden Wichtigkeit bedenkenlos anvertrauen kann.
This account of you we have from all quarters received.
Dieses Bild von Ihnen haben wir von allen Seiten erhalten.
Vocabulary
- Zum
- To the; contraction of 'zu dem'
- Beispiel
- Example; instance or illustration
- haben
- To have; auxiliary or main verb
- Sie
- You; formal singular or plural pronoun
- häufig
- Often; frequently or commonly occurring
- die
- The; feminine singular or plural article
- Stufen
- Steps; stairs or gradations
- gesehen
- Seen; past participle of 'sehen'
- von
- Of; from; preposition indicating origin
- der
- The; feminine singular or dative article
- Halle
- Hall; large room or entrance area
- zu
- To; at; preposition of direction
- diesem
- This; demonstrative pronoun dative form
- Zimmer
- Room; chamber in a building
- Ganz
- Quite; entirely or completely
- recht
- Right; correct or proper
- nicht
- Not; negation particle
- beobachtet
- Observed; past participle of 'beobachten'
- Und
- And; conjunction linking clauses
- doch
- Yet; however or still
- Das
- That; the; neuter singular article
- ist
- Is; present tense of 'sein'
- genau
- Exactly; precisely or accurate
- mein
- My; possessive pronoun
- Punkt
- Point; dot or main idea
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- weiß
- Know; present tense of 'wissen'
- nun
- Now; at the present time
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction
- es
- It; neuter pronoun
- siebzehn
- Seventeen; number between sixteen and eighteen
- sind
- Are; present tense of 'sein'
- weil
- Because; causal conjunction
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- sowohl
- As well as; both in comparison
- als
- As; than; when in comparisons
- auch
- Also; too or likewise
- habe
- Have; first person singular of 'haben'
- Er
- He; masculine singular pronoun
- warf
- Threw; past tense of 'werfen'
- einen
- A; an; masculine singular accusative article
- Bogen
- Sheet; arch or bow
- dickes
- Thick; adjective describing something substantial
- rosa
- Pink; color between red and white
- das
- That; the; neuter singular article
- offen
- Open; not closed or shut
- auf
- On; upon or at
- dem
- The; dative article
- Tisch
- Table; furniture for writing or eating
- gelegen
- Lain; past participle of 'liegen'
- hatte
- Had; past tense of 'haben'
- Die
- The; feminine plural or nominative article
- Notiz
- Note; written record or annotation
- war
- Was; past tense of 'sein'
- und
- And; conjunction
- ohne
- Without; lacking or deprived of
- Unterschrift
- Signature; written name on document
- oder
- Or; conjunction presenting alternatives
- Adresse
- Address; location or destination information
- Ihre
- Your; formal possessive pronoun
- jüngsten
- Recent; latest or most recent
- Dienste
- Services; work done for someone
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose
- eines
- Of a; one; neuter possessive
- königlichen
- Royal; of or relating to monarch
- Häuser
- Houses; buildings or royal families
- Europas
- Europe's; possessive form of Europe
- gezeigt
- Shown; past participle of 'zeigen'
- jemand
- Someone; somebody or some person
- man
- One; people in general
- Angelegenheiten
- Matters; affairs or concerns
- einer
- Of a; feminine dative article
- kaum
- Hardly; scarcely or barely
- Wichtigkeit
- Importance; significance or consequence
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