The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 2
Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
La suciedad en un instrumento delicado, o una grieta en una de sus propias lentes de gran aumento, no sería más perturbadora que una emoción intensa en una naturaleza como la suya.
And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.
Y sin embargo, para él no había más que una mujer, y esa mujer era la difunta Irene Adler, de dudosa y cuestionable memoria.
I had seen little of Holmes lately.
Últimamente había visto poco a Holmes.
My marriage had drifted us away from each other.
Mi matrimonio nos había alejado el uno del otro.
My own complete happiness, and the home-centred interests which rise up around the man who first finds himself master of his own establishment, were sufficient to absorb all my attention,
Mi propia felicidad plena, y los intereses centrados en el hogar que surgen alrededor del hombre que por primera vez se encuentra como dueño de su propio establecimiento, eran suficientes para absorber toda mi atención,
while Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.
mientras que Holmes, quien detestaba toda forma de sociedad con toda su alma bohemia, permanecía en nuestro alojamiento en Baker Street, enterrado entre sus viejos libros, y alternando de semana en semana entre la cocaína y la ambición, la somnolencia de la droga y la feroz energía de su propia naturaleza aguda.
He was still, as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime, and occupied his immense faculties and extraordinary powers of observation in following out those clues, and clearing up those mysteries which had been abandoned as hopeless by the official police.
Seguía estando, como siempre, profundamente atraído por el estudio del crimen, y empleaba sus inmensas facultades y sus extraordinarias dotes de observación en seguir aquellas pistas y esclarecer aquellos misterios que habían sido abandonados como casos sin esperanza por la policía oficial.
From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
De vez en cuando escuchaba algún relato vago de sus actividades: de su llamada a Odesa en el caso del asesinato de Trepoff, de su esclarecimiento de la singular tragedia de los hermanos Atkinson en Trincomalee, y finalmente de la misión que había llevado a cabo con tanta delicadeza y éxito para la familia reinante de Holanda.
Vocabulary
- suciedad
- Dirt, filth, or uncleanliness on a surface
- instrumento
- A tool, device, or musical instrument used for purpose
- delicado
- Delicate, fragile, or requiring careful handling
- grieta
- A crack, fissure, or narrow opening in surface
- propias
- Own or belonging to oneself (feminine plural)
- lentes
- Lenses or eyeglasses worn for vision correction
- gran
- Great, large, or of significant size importance
- aumento
- An increase, rise, or magnification of something
- sería
- Would be (conditional form of ser)
- perturbadora
- Disturbing, troubling, or causing emotional disturbance
- emoción
- Emotion, feeling, or strong affective response
- intensa
- Intense, strong, or deeply felt (feminine)
- naturaleza
- Nature or the natural world and environment
- suya
- His, hers, theirs, or yours (possessive pronoun)
- embargo
- Nevertheless, however, or despite (sin embargo)
- había
- Had or there was (past tense of haber)
- mujer
- Woman or wife (female person)
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- era
- Was or used to be (past tense of ser)
- difunta
- Deceased woman or the late (feminine)
- dudosa
- Doubtful, questionable, or uncertain (feminine)
- cuestionable
- Questionable, debatable, or open to doubt
- memoria
- Memory or the ability to recall events
- Últimamente
- Recently, lately, or in recent times
- visto
- Seen or viewed (past participle of ver)
- matrimonio
- Marriage or married couple (state)
- alejado
- Distant, far away, or separated (masculine)
- propia
- Own or belonging to oneself (feminine)
- felicidad
- Happiness, joy, or state of well-being
- plena
- Full, complete, or absolute (feminine)
- intereses
- Interests, concerns, or things of importance
- centrados
- Centered, focused, or concentrated (masculine plural)
- hogar
- Home, household, or family dwelling place
- surgen
- Arise, emerge, or come forth (present tense)
- alrededor
- Around, about, or in the vicinity
- hombre
- Man or male person (adult)
- primera
- First or earliest in order (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion, or instance (one time)
- encuentra
- Finds, encounters, or is located (present)
- dueño
- Owner, proprietor, or master (masculine)
- establecimiento
- Establishment, business, or commercial establishment
- suficientes
- Sufficient, enough, or adequate (plural)
- absorber
- Absorb or take in completely (verb)
- atención
- Attention, care, or notice (concentration)
- mientras
- While or whereas (during that time)
- detestaba
- Detested, hated, or disliked strongly (past)
- forma
- Form, shape, or manner of appearance
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