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.
Della sabbia in uno strumento di precisione, o una crepa in uno dei suoi obiettivi ad alta potenza, non sarebbero stati più disturbanti di una forte emozione in una natura come la sua.
And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.
Eppure per lui esisteva una sola donna, e quella donna era la defunta Irene Adler, di dubbia e discutibile memoria.
I had seen little of Holmes lately.
Ultimamente avevo visto poco Holmes.
My marriage had drifted us away from each other.
Il mio matrimonio ci aveva allontanati l'uno dall'altro.
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,
La mia piena felicità, e gli interessi domestici che sorgono attorno all'uomo che per la prima volta si trova padrone della propria casa, erano sufficienti ad assorbirmi completamente,
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.
mentre Holmes, che detestava ogni forma di società con tutta la sua anima bohémien, rimaneva nel nostro alloggio in Baker Street, sepolto tra i suoi vecchi libri, alternando di settimana in settimana tra la cocaina e l'ambizione, la sonnolenza della droga e la feroce energia della sua acuta natura.
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.
Era ancora, come sempre, profondamente attratto dallo studio del crimine, e impiegava le sue immense facoltà e le sue straordinarie capacità di osservazione nel seguire quegli indizi e nel risolvere quei misteri che erano stati abbandonati come insolubili dalla polizia ufficiale.
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.
Di tanto in tanto sentivo qualche vago resoconto delle sue attività: della sua convocazione a Odessa nel caso dell'omicidio Trepoff, della sua risoluzione della singolare tragedia dei fratelli Atkinson a Trincomalee, e infine della missione che aveva portato a termine con tale delicatezza e successo per la famiglia regnante d'Olanda.
Vocabulary
- Della
- Of the, from the (feminine singular prepositional article)
- sabbia
- Sand; fine granular material found on beaches
- in
- In, into, within; preposition indicating location or direction
- uno
- One; the number 1 or indefinite article masculine
- strumento
- Instrument, tool; device used to accomplish a task
- di
- Of, from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- precisione
- Precision, accuracy; quality of being exact and accurate
- una
- A, an; indefinite article feminine singular form
- crepa
- Crack, split; narrow opening in a surface
- dei
- Of the, from the; plural masculine prepositional article
- suoi
- His, her, its; possessive adjective masculine plural
- obiettivi
- Objectives, goals; things aimed at or pursued
- ad
- To, at; preposition used before vowels
- alta
- High, tall; of great height or elevation
- potenza
- Power, strength; capacity to perform or influence
- non
- Not; negation adverb used to negate verbs
- sarebbero
- Would be; conditional past tense third person plural
- stati
- Been; past participle of essere to be
- più
- More; greater in quantity or degree
- disturbanti
- Disturbing, troubling; causing worry or unease
- forte
- Strong, loud; of great intensity or power
- emozione
- Emotion, feeling; strong mental or instinctive feeling
- natura
- Nature, character; fundamental qualities or essence
- come
- As, like, how; used for comparison or questions
- la
- The; definite article feminine singular
- sua
- His, her, its; possessive adjective feminine singular
- Eppure
- Yet, nevertheless; despite what was previously said
- per
- For, by; preposition indicating purpose or agent
- lui
- Him, he; masculine personal pronoun third person
- esisteva
- Existed; past tense third person singular of esistere
- sola
- Alone, sole; only one without others
- donna
- Woman, lady; adult female person
- quella
- That, that one; feminine demonstrative pronoun
- era
- Was; past tense third person singular of essere
- defunta
- Deceased, late; dead woman or female person
- dubbia
- Doubtful, questionable; open to doubt or uncertainty
- discutibile
- Debatable, questionable; open to discussion or debate
- memoria
- Memory, remembrance; ability to recall past events
- Ultimamente
- Lately, recently; in the recent past or time
- avevo
- Had; past tense first person singular of avere
- visto
- Seen; past participle of vedere to see
- poco
- Little, few; small in quantity or amount
- Il
- The; definite article masculine singular
- mio
- My, mine; possessive adjective masculine singular
- matrimonio
- Marriage, matrimony; legal union between two people
- ci
- Us, to us; direct or indirect object pronoun
- aveva
- Had; past tense third person singular of avere
- allontanati
- Distanced, separated; moved away from each other
- dall
- From the; preposition combining da and il
- altro
- Other, another; different or additional person thing
- La
- The; definite article feminine singular form
- piena
- Full, complete; entire without lacking anything
- felicità
- Happiness, bliss; state of contentment and joy
- gli
- Him, to him; indirect or direct object pronoun
- interessi
- Interests, concerns; things of interest or importance
- domestici
- Domestic, household; related to home life affairs
- che
- That, which, who; relative or conjunctive pronoun
- sorgono
- Arise, emerge; come into being or appear
- attorno
- Around, about; on all sides of something
- all
- To the; preposition combining a and il
- uomo
- Man, human being; adult male person
- prima
- First, before; preceding in time or order
- volta
- Time, turn; single instance of occurrence
- si
- Himself, herself; reflexive pronoun third person
- trova
- Finds, is; present tense third person of trovare
- padrone
- Master, owner; person who owns something
- propria
- Own, proper; belonging to oneself feminine
- casa
- House, home; building for residence
- erano
- Were; past tense third person plural of essere
- sufficienti
- Sufficient, enough; adequate in quantity or quality
- assorbirmi
- Absorb me, engage me; to completely occupy attention
- completamente
- Completely, entirely; in full or total manner
- mentre
- While, whereas; during the time that
- detestava
- Hated, detested; felt intense dislike or hatred
- ogni
- Every, each; all things or people individually
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