The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 13
In this case I found her biography sandwiched in between that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a staff-commander who had written a monograph upon the deep-sea fishes.
In diesem Fall fand ich ihre Biographie eingeklemmt zwischen der eines hebräischen Rabbis und der eines Stabskommandanten, der eine Monographie über die Tiefsee-Fische geschrieben hatte.
"Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858.
„Hm! Geboren in New Jersey im Jahre 1858.
Contralto—hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw—yes!
Alt—hm! La Scala, hm! Primadonna der Kaiserlichen Oper Warschau—ja!
Retired from operatic stage—ha! Living in London—quite so!
Vom Opernbühne zurückgezogen—ha! Wohnhaft in London—ganz recht!
"Then I fail to follow your Majesty.
„Dann kann ich Eurer Majestät nicht folgen.
"Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house.
„Fünf Versuche wurden unternommen. Zweimal durchwühlten von mir bezahlte Einbrecher ihr Haus.
Vocabulary
- diesem
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' (dative masculine/neuter)
- Fall
- Case, instance, or situation being considered
- fand
- Past tense of finden; discovered or found something
- ihre
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'her' or 'their'
- Biographie
- Written account of a person's life story
- eingeklemmt
- Wedged or squeezed tightly between two objects
- zwischen
- Preposition meaning 'between' two or more things
- eines
- Indefinite article 'a/an' in genitive case
- hebräischen
- Adjective relating to Hebrew language or culture
- Rabbis
- Jewish religious leaders and scholars of religious law
- Stabskommandanten
- Military staff commanders of high organizational rank
- Monographie
- Detailed scholarly study focused on a single subject
- über
- Preposition meaning 'about,' 'over,' or 'above'
- Tiefsee-Fische
- Deep-sea fish living in ocean's darkest deepest zones
- geschrieben
- Past participle of schreiben; having written a text
- hatte
- Past tense of haben; had or possessed something
- Geboren
- Past participle of gebären; born at a specific time
- im
- Contraction of 'in dem,' meaning 'in the'
- Jahre
- Year or years; unit of time measurement
- Alt
- Old in age; also a low female singing voice
- Primadonna
- Lead female singer in an opera or theatrical company
- Kaiserlichen
- Adjective meaning imperial, belonging to an emperor
- Oper
- Opera; theatrical performance combining music and drama
- Warschau
- German name for Warsaw, capital city of Poland
- Vom
- Contraction of 'von dem,' meaning 'from the'
- Opernbühne
- Opera stage where performances are presented publicly
- zurückgezogen
- Withdrawn or retired from a public role or place
- Wohnhaft
- Residing or domiciled at a particular location
- ganz
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'quite,' 'whole,' or 'entirely'
- recht
- Right, correct, or quite; expressing agreement or accuracy
- Dann
- Adverb meaning 'then' indicating sequence or consequence
- kann
- Modal verb meaning 'can' or 'is able to'
- Eurer
- Formal possessive pronoun meaning 'Your' (royal address)
- Majestät
- Majesty; formal title addressing a royal sovereign
- folgen
- To follow, comply with, or understand an argument
- Versuche
- Attempts or tries made to accomplish something
- wurden
- Past tense auxiliary 'were,' used to form passive voice
- unternommen
- Undertaken or carried out; past participle of unternehmen
- Zweimal
- Adverb meaning 'twice' or 'two times'
- durchwühlten
- Ransacked or rummaged through thoroughly searching everything
- mir
- First person singular dative pronoun meaning 'me'
- bezahlte
- Past tense of bezahlen; paid someone for a service
- Einbrecher
- Burglar who breaks into a building illegally
- ihr
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'her' or second person plural
- Haus
- House or building used as a residence
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