The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 12
Then, with a gesture of desperation, he tore the mask from his face and hurled it upon the ground.
Dann, mit einer Geste der Verzweiflung, riss er die Maske von seinem Gesicht und schleuderte sie zu Boden.
Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.
Doch die Sache war so heikel, dass ich sie keinem Agenten anvertrauen konnte, ohne mich in seine Gewalt zu begeben.
"The facts are briefly these: Some five years ago, during a lengthy visit to Warsaw, I made the acquaintance of the well-known adventuress, Irene Adler.
„Die Fakten sind kurz diese: Vor etwa fünf Jahren, während eines längeren Aufenthalts in Warschau, machte ich die Bekanntschaft der bekannten Abenteurerin Irene Adler.
For many years he had adopted a system of docketing all paragraphs concerning men and things, so that it was difficult to name a subject or a person on which he could not at once furnish information.
Seit vielen Jahren hatte er ein System eingeführt, alle Absätze über Menschen und Dinge zu verzeichnen, sodass es schwer war, ein Thema oder eine Person zu nennen, über die er nicht sofort Auskunft geben konnte.
Vocabulary
- Dann
- Then; at that point in time or sequence
- mit
- With; indicating accompaniment or means
- einer
- A/an; indefinite article, feminine dative form
- Geste
- Gesture; a movement expressing feeling or meaning
- der
- The; definite article in various grammatical cases
- Verzweiflung
- Despair; a state of hopelessness and anguish
- riss
- Tore; past tense of reißen, to rip or tear
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Maske
- Mask; a covering worn over the face
- von
- From/of; preposition indicating origin or possession
- seinem
- His; possessive pronoun in dative masculine form
- Gesicht
- Face; the front part of a person's head
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- schleuderte
- Hurled; past tense of schleudern, to fling forcefully
- sie
- She/it/they; third-person pronoun in various forms
- zu
- To/at; preposition indicating direction or position
- Boden
- Floor/ground; the surface beneath one's feet
- Doch
- But/however/yet; conjunction expressing contrast or contradiction
- Sache
- Matter/thing; an issue, affair, or object
- war
- Was; past tense of sein, to be
- so
- So/such; adverb indicating degree or manner
- heikel
- Delicate/tricky; describing a sensitive or difficult situation
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- ich
- I; first-person singular nominative pronoun
- keinem
- No/not any; negative indefinite pronoun in dative form
- Agenten
- Agent; a person acting on behalf of another
- anvertrauen
- To entrust; to confide something to someone's care
- konnte
- Could; past tense of können, to be able
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence or exclusion
- mich
- Me; first-person singular accusative pronoun
- in
- In/into; preposition indicating location or direction
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun in accusative feminine form
- Gewalt
- Power/force; authority or violent control over someone
- begeben
- To go/put oneself; reflexive verb indicating moving into
- Die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Fakten
- Facts; pieces of verified and true information
- sind
- Are; third-person plural form of sein, to be
- kurz
- Brief/short; of small length or duration
- diese
- These/this; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby things
- Vor
- Before/ago; preposition indicating time or position ahead
- etwa
- About/approximately; indicating an approximate quantity or time
- fünf
- Five; the cardinal number between four and six
- Jahren
- Years; plural of Jahr, a period of twelve months
- während
- During/while; preposition or conjunction indicating concurrent time
- eines
- A/one; indefinite article in genitive neuter form
- längeren
- Longer; comparative adjective describing extended duration
- Aufenthalts
- Stay/sojourn; a period spent in a particular place
- machte
- Made/did; past tense of machen, to do or make
- Bekanntschaft
- Acquaintance; the state of knowing someone or meeting
- bekannten
- Known/famous; adjective describing a well-known person
- Abenteurerin
- Adventuress; a woman who seeks exciting or daring experiences
- Seit
- Since/for; preposition indicating duration of time
- vielen
- Many; adjective in dative form indicating large quantity
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben, to have
- ein
- A/an/one; indefinite article or numeral
- System
- System; an organized set of methods or principles
- eingeführt
- Introduced/implemented; past participle of einführen
- alle
- All/every; indefinite pronoun indicating the entirety
- Absätze
- Paragraphs/passages; sections of text or written material
- über
- About/over; preposition indicating topic or position above
- Menschen
- People/humans; plural of Mensch, a human being
- Dinge
- Things; plural of Ding, an object or matter
- verzeichnen
- To record/register; to note down or document systematically
- sodass
- So that; conjunction expressing result or consequence
- es
- It; third-person singular neuter pronoun
- schwer
- Hard/difficult; describing something not easily done
- Thema
- Topic/theme; the subject of discussion or inquiry
- oder
- Or; conjunction presenting an alternative choice
- eine
- A/an; indefinite article in feminine nominative form
- Person
- Person; an individual human being
- nennen
- To name/mention; to call something or someone by name
- nicht
- Not; negation adverb used to negate verbs or adjectives
- sofort
- Immediately/at once; without any delay
- Auskunft
- Information/answer; details provided in response to inquiry
- geben
- To give; to provide or hand something to someone
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