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.
Du sable dans un instrument délicat, ou une fissure dans l'un de ses propres objectifs de haute puissance, n'auraient pas été plus perturbateurs qu'une émotion forte dans une nature telle que la sienne.
And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.
Et pourtant, il n'y avait pour lui qu'une seule femme, et cette femme était la défunte Irene Adler, au souvenir douteux et équivoque.
I had seen little of Holmes lately.
Je n'avais guère vu Holmes ces derniers temps.
My marriage had drifted us away from each other.
Mon mariage nous avait éloignés l'un de l'autre.
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,
Mon bonheur complet, et les intérêts centrés sur le foyer qui surgissent autour de l'homme qui se trouve pour la première fois maître de son propre établissement, suffisaient à absorber toute mon attention,
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.
tandis que Holmes, qui détestait toute forme de société de toute son âme bohémienne, demeurait dans notre logement de Baker Street, enseveli parmi ses vieux livres, alternant de semaine en semaine entre la cocaïne et l'ambition, la somnolence de la drogue et l'énergie farouche de sa propre nature vive.
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.
Il était toujours, comme par le passé, profondément attiré par l'étude du crime, et occupait ses immenses facultés et ses extraordinaires pouvoirs d'observation à suivre ces indices et à élucider ces mystères qui avaient été abandonnés comme sans espoir par la police officielle.
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 temps à autre, j'entendais quelque vague récit de ses activités : de sa convocation à Odessa dans l'affaire du meurtre Trepoff, de son élucidation de la singulière tragédie des frères Atkinson à Trincomalee, et enfin de la mission qu'il avait accomplie avec tant de délicatesse et de succès pour la famille régnante de Hollande.
Vocabulary
- du
- of the, from the (contraction of de + le)
- sable
- sand; fine granular material on beaches
- dans
- in, inside, within (preposition indicating location)
- un
- a, an (indefinite article masculine singular)
- instrument
- tool, device, or musical instrument for specific purpose
- délicat
- delicate, fragile, requiring careful handling or attention
- ou
- or (conjunction presenting alternatives or choices)
- une
- a, an (indefinite article feminine singular)
- fissure
- crack, crevice, or narrow opening in surface
- de
- of, from (preposition indicating possession or origin)
- ses
- his, her, its (possessive adjective plural)
- propres
- own, one's own (adjective indicating personal possession)
- objectifs
- objectives, goals, or aims to be achieved
- haute
- high, tall (adjective feminine form)
- puissance
- power, strength, or capability; might or force
- auraient
- would have (conditional past tense third person plural)
- pas
- not (negation particle); also step or pace
- été
- summer; past participle of être (to be)
- plus
- more, plus (comparative); no longer when with ne
- qu
- that (relative pronoun, elided form of que)
- émotion
- emotion, feeling, or strong emotional response
- forte
- strong, powerful (adjective feminine form)
- nature
- nature, natural world, or character of something
- telle
- such, that kind of (demonstrative adjective feminine)
- la
- the (definite article feminine singular)
- sienne
- his, hers, its own (possessive pronoun feminine)
- Et
- and (conjunction connecting words or clauses)
- pourtant
- yet, however, nevertheless (adversative conjunction)
- il
- he, it (personal pronoun third person singular)
- avait
- had, was having (imperfect tense of avoir)
- pour
- for, in favor of (preposition indicating purpose)
- lui
- him, to him, her, to her (indirect object pronoun)
- seule
- sole, only, alone (adjective feminine form)
- femme
- woman, wife (noun feminine)
- cette
- this, that (demonstrative adjective feminine singular)
- défunte
- deceased, dead (adjective feminine form)
- au
- to the, at the (contraction of à + le)
- souvenir
- memory, recollection, or remembrance of past
- douteux
- doubtful, questionable, dubious (adjective masculine)
- équivoque
- ambiguous, equivocal, unclear or misleading meaning
- Je
- I (personal pronoun first person singular)
- guère
- scarcely, hardly, barely; little (adverb)
- vu
- seen (past participle of voir; to see)
- ces
- these, those (demonstrative adjective plural)
- derniers
- last, recent (adjective masculine plural)
- temps
- time, period, or weather (noun masculine)
- Mon
- my (possessive adjective masculine singular)
- mariage
- marriage, wedding (noun masculine)
- nous
- us, to us, we (personal pronoun plural)
- éloignés
- distant, remote, far away (adjective masculine plural)
- autre
- other, another, different (adjective or pronoun)
- bonheur
- happiness, joy, good fortune, luck
- complet
- complete, whole, full (adjective masculine singular)
- les
- the (definite article plural)
- intérêts
- interests, concerns, or financial interests (noun)
- centrés
- centered, focused (past participle adjective)
- sur
- on, upon, over (preposition indicating position)
- le
- the (definite article masculine singular)
- foyer
- home, hearth, household (noun masculine)
- qui
- who, which, that (relative pronoun)
- surgissent
- arise, emerge, spring up suddenly (verb)
- autour
- around, about (preposition indicating position)
- homme
- man, human male (noun masculine)
- se
- himself, herself, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- trouve
- finds, is located, is found (verb)
- première
- first (adjective feminine form)
- fois
- time, occasion (noun feminine)
- maître
- master, teacher, expert (noun masculine)
- son
- his, her, its (possessive adjective singular)
- propre
- own, one's own (adjective singular)
- établissement
- establishment, institution, or household (noun)
- suffisaient
- sufficed, were sufficient (imperfect tense third plural)
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