The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 1
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Las Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
por Arthur Conan Doyle
Contents
Contenido
I. A Scandal in Bohemia
I. Un escándalo en Bohemia
II. The Red-Headed League
II. La Liga de los Pelirrojos
III. A Case of Identity
III. Un caso de identidad
IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
IV. El misterio del valle de Boscombe
V. The Five Orange Pips
V. Las cinco pepitas de naranja
VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip
VI. El hombre del labio retorcido
VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
VII. La aventura del carbunclo azul
VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
VIII. La aventura de la banda moteada
IX. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
IX. La aventura del pulgar del ingeniero
X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
X. La aventura del noble soltero
XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
XI. La aventura del coronet de berilo
XII. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
XII. La aventura de las hayas de cobre
I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA
I. UN ESCÁNDALO EN BOHEMIA
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To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.
Para Sherlock Holmes ella es siempre la mujer.
I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
Rara vez le he oído mencionar su nombre de otra manera.
In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
A sus ojos, ella eclipsa y predomina sobre todo su sexo.
It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
No era que sintiera ninguna emoción parecida al amor por Irene Adler.
All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
Todas las emociones, y esa en particular, eran aborrecibles para su mente fría, precisa pero admirablemente equilibrada.
He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position.
Era, a mi entender, la máquina de razonar y observar más perfecta que el mundo ha visto, pero como amante se habría colocado en una posición falsa.
He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer.
Nunca hablaba de las pasiones más tiernas sino con una burla y un desprecio.
They were admirable things for the observer—excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives and actions.
Eran cosas admirables para el observador, excelentes para descorrer el velo de los motivos y las acciones de los hombres.
But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results.
Pero para el razonador entrenado, admitir tales intrusiones en su propio temperamento delicado y finamente ajustado era introducir un factor perturbador que podría arrojar dudas sobre todos sus resultados mentales.
Vocabulary
- Aventuras
- Adventures; exciting or unusual experiences
- Contenido
- Contents; list of topics or chapters included
- escándalo
- Scandal; shocking or disgraceful public event
- Liga
- League; association or alliance of people
- Pelirrojos
- Redheads; people with red hair
- caso
- Case; particular instance or investigation matter
- identidad
- Identity; who a person is; distinguishing characteristics
- misterio
- Mystery; something secret, unknown, or unexplained
- valle
- Valley; low area of land between hills
- cinco
- The number five
- pepitas
- Seeds or pips; small seeds from fruit
- naranja
- Orange; citrus fruit or its orange color
- hombre
- Man; adult male human being
- labio
- Lip; fleshy part surrounding the mouth
- retorcido
- Twisted; bent or warped out of normal shape
- aventura
- Adventure; exciting or risky undertaking or experience
- carbunclo
- Carbuncle; large red precious gemstone or jewel
- azul
- Blue; the color of the sky
- banda
- Band; group or stripe; gang of people
- moteada
- Speckled; marked with spots or small patches
- pulgar
- Thumb; the short thick first finger of hand
- ingeniero
- Engineer; person who designs machines or structures
- noble
- Noble; belonging to high social rank or aristocracy
- soltero
- Bachelor; unmarried man; single male person
- berilo
- Beryl; a precious gemstone, often green or blue
- hayas
- Beech trees; deciduous trees with smooth gray bark
- cobre
- Copper; reddish-brown metallic element or its color
- ESCÁNDALO
- Scandal; shocking or disgraceful public event
- siempre
- Always; at all times, without exception
- mujer
- Woman; adult female human being
- Rara
- Rare or strange; uncommon; infrequent occurrence
- vez
- Time; an instance or occasion of something happening
- oído
- Heard; past participle of oír, to hear
- mencionar
- To mention; to refer to briefly in speech
- nombre
- Name; word used to identify a person
- otra
- Another; a different one of the same kind
- manera
- Manner or way; method of doing something
- ojos
- Eyes; organs of sight on the face
- eclipsa
- Eclipses; overshadows or outshines something completely
- predomina
- Predominates; stands out or holds superior influence
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'over,' 'above,' or 'about'
- todo
- All, everything; the whole of something
- sexo
- Sex; biological category of male or female
- sintiera
- Felt; imperfect subjunctive of sentir, to feel
- ninguna
- None, no, not any; feminine negative adjective
- emoción
- Emotion; strong feeling such as love or fear
- parecida
- Similar; resembling something else in appearance or nature
- amor
- Love; deep affection or romantic feeling for someone
- Todas
- All; every one of a feminine plural group
- emociones
- Emotions; strong feelings such as joy or fear
- esa
- That; feminine singular demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- particular
- Particular; specific, individual, or distinctive in nature
- aborrecibles
- Abhorrent; hateful, detestable, or strongly repugnant
- mente
- Mind; the thinking and reasoning faculty of humans
- fría
- Cold; lacking warmth; emotionally detached or indifferent
- precisa
- Precise; exact, accurate, and carefully detailed
- pero
- But; conjunction expressing contrast or contradiction
- admirablemente
- Admirably; in a way deserving praise and respect
- equilibrada
- Balanced; well-proportioned and stable in functioning
- entender
- To understand; to comprehend meaning or information
- máquina
- Machine; mechanical device designed to do work
- razonar
- To reason; to think logically and draw conclusions
- observar
- To observe; to watch carefully and attentively
- más
- More; to a greater extent or degree
- perfecta
- Perfect; without flaws, complete and ideal
- mundo
- World; the earth and all living things on it
- visto
- Seen; past participle of ver, to see
- como
- As, like, how; conjunction or comparative preposition
- amante
- Lover; person in a romantic or sexual relationship
- habría
- Would have; conditional of haber used with participles
- colocado
- Placed or put; past participle of colocar
- posición
- Position; place, situation, or stance someone occupies
- falsa
- False; untrue, deceptive, or not genuine
- Nunca
- Never; at no time; not ever under any circumstances
- hablaba
- Spoke; third-person singular imperfect of hablar
- pasiones
- Passions; intense emotions or strong romantic feelings
- tiernas
- Tender; gentle, soft, or affectionate in nature
- sino
- But rather; conjunction expressing contrast or exception
- burla
- Mock, jest; an act of ridicule or scorn
- desprecio
- Contempt, disdain; feeling that something is worthless
- cosas
- Things; objects, matters, or affairs of any kind
- admirables
- Admirable; deserving respect, praise, or high regard
- observador
- Observer; one who watches and notices things carefully
- excelentes
- Excellent; extremely good, of very high quality
- descorrer
- To draw back; to pull aside a veil or curtain
- velo
- Veil; thin covering that hides or conceals something
- motivos
- Motives; reasons or causes behind someone's actions
- acciones
- Actions; things done or carried out by someone
- hombres
- Men; plural of hombre, adult male humans
- Pero
- But; conjunction expressing contrast or contradiction
- razonador
- Reasoner; one who thinks and argues logically
- entrenado
- Trained; prepared through practice and instruction
- admitir
- To admit; to allow or accept something into consideration
- tales
- Such; of that kind; referring to previously mentioned things
- intrusiones
- Intrusions; unwanted interferences or disruptions
- propio
- Own; belonging to oneself; one's own particular thing
- temperamento
- Temperament; a person's natural disposition or character
- delicado
- Delicate; requiring careful handling; sensitive and fine
- finamente
- Finely; in a refined, precise, or subtle manner
- ajustado
- Adjusted or tuned; precisely calibrated to work well
- introducir
- To introduce; to bring something new into a situation
- factor
- Factor; element that contributes to a result or outcome
- perturbador
- Disturbing; causing disruption or unsettling interference
- podría
- Could; conditional tense of poder, to be able
- arrojar
- To throw or cast; to project something forcefully
- dudas
- Doubts; feelings of uncertainty or lack of conviction
- todos
- All, everyone; the complete set of something
- resultados
- Results; outcomes or conclusions of a process
- mentales
- Mental; relating to the mind or intellectual processes
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