The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 14
Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled.
Una vez desviamos su equipaje cuando viajaba.
Twice she has been waylaid.
Dos veces le tendimos una emboscada.
There has been no result."
No ha habido resultado."
"No sign of it?"
"¿Ningún indicio?"
"Absolutely none."
"Absolutamente ninguno."
Holmes laughed.
Holmes se rió.
"It is quite a pretty little problem," said he.
"Es un problema bastante curioso", dijo él.
"But a very serious one to me," returned the King reproachfully.
"Pero muy serio para mí", respondió el Rey con reproche.
"Very, indeed.
"Muy serio, en efecto.
And what does she propose to do with the photograph?"
¿Y qué propone hacer con la fotografía?"
"To ruin me."
"Arruinarme."
"But how?"
"¿Pero cómo?"
"I am about to be married."
"Estoy a punto de casarme."
"So I have heard."
"Eso he oído."
"To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the King of Scandinavia.
"Con Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, segunda hija del Rey de Escandinavia.
You may know the strict principles of her family.
Quizás conozca usted los estrictos principios de su familia.
She is herself the very soul of delicacy.
Ella misma es la personificación de la delicadeza.
A shadow of a doubt as to my conduct would bring the matter to an end."
La menor sombra de duda sobre mi conducta daría fin al asunto."
"And Irene Adler?"
"¿E Irene Adler?"
"Threatens to send them the photograph.
"Amenaza con enviarles la fotografía.
And she will do it.
Y lo hará.
I know that she will do it.
Sé que lo hará.
You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel.
Usted no la conoce, pero ella tiene un alma de acero.
She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men.
Tiene el rostro de la más bella de las mujeres y la mente del más resuelto de los hombres.
Rather than I should marry another woman, there are no lengths to which she would not go—none."
Antes de que yo me case con otra mujer, no hay ningún extremo al que ella no llegara—ninguno."
"You are sure that she has not sent it yet?"
"¿Está usted seguro de que aún no la ha enviado?"
"I am sure."
"Estoy seguro."
"And why?"
"¿Y por qué?"
"Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the betrothal was publicly proclaimed.
"Porque ella ha dicho que la enviaría el día en que el compromiso fuera proclamado públicamente.
That will be next Monday.
Eso será el próximo lunes.
Vocabulary
- Una
- A; one (feminine article or number)
- vez
- Time; occasion; instance in sequence
- desviamos
- We deviated; we turned away from course
- su
- His, her, its, their, your (formal possessive)
- equipaje
- Luggage; baggage; personal belongings for travel
- cuando
- When; at the time that
- viajaba
- He/she/you traveled; was traveling (imperfect)
- Dos
- Two; the number 2
- veces
- Times; occasions; instances or multiplications
- le
- Him; her; you (formal, indirect object)
- tendimos
- We laid; we set up or arranged
- una
- A; one (feminine article or number)
- emboscada
- Ambush; surprise attack from concealed position
- No
- No; not; negation or refusal
- ha
- Has; have (present perfect auxiliary)
- habido
- Been; occurred; happened (past participle)
- resultado
- Result; outcome; consequence of action
- Ningún
- No; not any; without any example
- indicio
- Clue; sign; indication or evidence
- Absolutamente
- Absolutely; completely; entirely without doubt
- ninguno
- None; not one; no one at all
- se
- Himself; herself; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- rió
- He/she laughed; found something amusing
- Es
- Is; to be (present tense third person)
- un
- A; one (masculine article or number)
- problema
- Problem; difficulty; issue requiring solution
- bastante
- Enough; quite; rather; fairly or sufficiently
- curioso
- Curious; strange; odd; interesting or unusual
- dijo
- He/she said; spoke; expressed in words
- él
- He; him; male third person pronoun
- Pero
- But; however; on the other hand
- muy
- Very; greatly; to a large extent
- serio
- Serious; grave; solemn; not joking
- para
- For; to; in order to; toward
- mí
- Me; myself; first person pronoun object
- respondió
- He/she answered; replied; responded to question
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- Rey
- King; male monarch; sovereign ruler
- con
- With; in company of; accompanied by
- reproche
- Reproach; blame; expression of disapproval
- Muy
- Very; greatly; to a large extent
- en
- In; on; at; within location
- efecto
- Effect; result; consequence of action
- qué
- What; which thing; interrogative pronoun
- propone
- He/she proposes; suggests; puts forward idea
- hacer
- To do; to make; to perform action
- la
- The (feminine singular article)
- fotografía
- Photograph; photo; image captured by camera
- Arruinarme
- To ruin me; to cause my financial collapse
- cómo
- How; in what way; interrogative adverb
- Estoy
- I am; present tense first person
- punto
- Point; dot; moment; brink or verge
- de
- Of; from; belonging to; made of
- casarme
- To marry me; to get myself married
- Eso
- That; that thing; neutral demonstrative pronoun
- he
- I have; present perfect first person
- oído
- Heard; heard of; learned about (past participle)
- Con
- With; in company of; accompanied by
- segunda
- Second; number two in order
- hija
- Daughter; female child of parent
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction)
- Quizás
- Perhaps; maybe; possibly; it might be
- conozca
- Know; are acquainted; recognize (subjunctive)
- usted
- You; formal second person singular pronoun
- los
- The; them (masculine plural article/pronoun)
- estrictos
- Strict; severe; rigorous; strictly enforced
- principios
- Principles; fundamentals; moral standards or beliefs
- familia
- Family; relatives; group of related persons
- Ella
- She; her; female third person pronoun
- misma
- Same; herself; identical or very same
- es
- Is; to be (present tense third person)
- personificación
- Personification; embodiment; representation of quality
- delicadeza
- Delicacy; refinement; sensitivity or gentleness
- La
- The; her (feminine singular article/pronoun)
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