The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 15
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The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak and laid it on the table.
Der König nahm eine schwere Tasche aus Hirschleder unter seinem Umhang hervor und legte sie auf den Tisch.
Holmes scribbled a receipt upon a sheet of his note-book and handed it to him.
Holmes kritzelte eine Quittung auf ein Blatt seines Notizbuchs und reichte sie ihm.
Vocabulary
- König
- A male monarch who rules a kingdom
- nahm
- Past tense of 'nehmen', meaning took or grabbed
- schwere
- Heavy or difficult, adjective inflected form
- Tasche
- A bag, pocket, or handheld carrying container
- aus
- Preposition meaning 'out of' or 'from'
- unter
- Preposition meaning 'under', 'beneath', or 'among'
- seinem
- Possessive pronoun 'his', dative masculine form
- Umhang
- A cloak or cape worn draped over the shoulders
- hervor
- Prefix particle indicating movement forward or outward
- legte
- Past tense of 'legen', meaning placed or laid down
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'onto', or 'upon'
- Tisch
- A flat-surfaced piece of furniture used for dining
- kritzelte
- Past tense of 'kritzeln', meaning scribbled or scrawled
- Quittung
- A receipt given as proof of payment or transaction
- Blatt
- A sheet of paper or a leaf from a plant
- seines
- Possessive pronoun 'his', genitive form
- Notizbuchs
- Genitive form of notebook used for writing notes
- reichte
- Past tense of 'reichen', meaning handed over or passed
- ihm
- Dative personal pronoun meaning 'him' or 'to him'
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