The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 2

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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.

Areia num instrumento sensível, ou uma rachadura em uma de suas próprias lentes de alta potência, não seria mais perturbadora do que uma emoção forte numa natureza como a sua.

And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.

E, no entanto, havia apenas uma mulher para ele, e essa mulher era a falecida Irene Adler, de memória duvidosa e questionável.

I had seen little of Holmes lately.

Eu havia visto pouco de Holmes ultimamente.

My marriage had drifted us away from each other.

Meu casamento nos havia afastado um do outro.

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,

Minha própria felicidade plena, e os interesses voltados para o lar que surgem ao redor do homem que pela primeira vez se vê senhor de seu próprio estabelecimento, eram suficientes para absorver toda a minha atenção,

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.

enquanto Holmes, que detestava toda forma de sociedade com toda a sua alma boêmia, permanecia em nosso alojamento em Baker Street, enterrado entre seus velhos livros, e alternando de semana em semana entre a cocaína e a ambição, a sonolência da droga e a feroz energia de sua própria natureza perspicaz.

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.

Ele ainda estava, como sempre, profundamente atraído pelo estudo do crime, e ocupava suas imensas faculdades e extraordinários poderes de observação em seguir aquelas pistas e esclarecer aqueles mistérios que haviam sido abandonados como sem esperança pela polícia 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 em quando eu ouvia algum relato vago de suas atividades: de sua convocação a Odessa no caso do assassinato de Trepoff, de seu esclarecimento da singular tragédia dos irmãos Atkinson em Trincomalee, e finalmente da missão que ele havia cumprido de forma tão delicada e bem-sucedida para a família reinante da Holanda.

Vocabulary

Areia: Sand; fine granular material from beaches or deserts.
instrumento: Tool or device used to perform a specific function.
sensível: Sensitive; capable of perceiving or responding to stimuli.
ou: Or; used to present alternative choices or options.
uma: A or an; feminine indefinite article in Portuguese.
rachadura: Crack or fissure in a solid surface or material.
em: In, on, or at; preposition indicating location or time.
de: Of or from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
suas: Her, his, or their; feminine plural possessive adjective.
próprias: Own or proper; feminine plural adjective of próprio.
lentes: Lenses; curved pieces of glass or plastic for vision.
alta: High or tall; feminine form of alto adjective.
potência: Power or strength; capacity to produce an effect.
não: No or not; negation particle in Portuguese language.
seria: Would be; conditional form of ser verb.
mais: More or greater; comparative adverb or adjective.
perturbadora: Disturbing or troubling; feminine form of perturbador.
que: That or which; relative pronoun connecting clauses.
emoção: Emotion or feeling; affective response to stimuli.
forte: Strong or intense; having great power or strength.
natureza: Nature; physical world and environment around us.
como: Like, as, or how; comparison or manner conjunction.
entanto: However or yet; conjunction indicating contrast or opposition.
havia: There was or existed; past tense of haver.
apenas: Only or just; adverb indicating limitation or restriction.
mulher: Woman; adult female person of humanity.
para: For or to; preposition indicating direction or purpose.
ele: He or him; masculine third person singular pronoun.
essa: That; feminine demonstrative pronoun indicating nearby object.
era: Was; past tense of ser verb in singular.
falecida: Deceased; feminine form of falecido adjective.
memória: Memory; faculty of recalling past experiences and events.
duvidosa: Doubtful or uncertain; feminine form of duvidoso.
questionável: Questionable or debatable; subject to doubt or dispute.
Eu: I; first person singular personal pronoun in Portuguese.
visto: Seen; past participle of ver meaning to see.
pouco: Little or few; adjective indicating small quantity.
ultimamente: Lately or recently; adverb indicating near past time.
Meu: My or mine; masculine possessive adjective or pronoun.
casamento: Marriage; legal or religious union of two people.
nos: Us or ourselves; plural personal pronoun or reflexive.
afastado: Separated or distant; past participle of afastar.
outro: Other or another; pronoun indicating different person.
Minha: My or mine; feminine possessive adjective form.
própria: Own or proper; feminine singular form of próprio.
felicidade: Happiness; state of contentment and well-being.
plena: Full or complete; feminine form of pleno.
os: The; masculine plural definite article in Portuguese.
interesses: Interests; things that engage attention or concern.
voltados: Turned or directed; past participle of voltar.
lar: Home or household; place where family lives.
surgem: Arise or emerge; third person plural of surgir.
redor: Around or surroundings; area encircling something.
homem: Man; adult male person of human species.
primeira: First; feminine ordinal number indicating initial position.
vez: Time or occasion; moment when something occurs.
se: If or reflexive; conjunction or reflexive pronoun.
vê: Sees; third person singular of ver verb.
senhor: Mister or sir; formal title for male person.
seu: Your or his; masculine possessive adjective form.
estabelecimento: Establishment; place of business or residence.
eram: Were; past tense of ser verb plural.
suficientes: Sufficient or enough; adequate in quantity.
absorver: To absorb; to take in or incorporate.
toda: All or entire; feminine form of todo.
minha: My or mine; feminine possessive pronoun.
atenção: Attention; concentration or notice given to something.

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