The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 5
"It is simplicity itself," said he; "my eyes tell me that on the inside of your left shoe, just where the firelight strikes it, the leather is scored by six almost parallel cuts.
"É a simplicidade em si", disse ele; "meus olhos me dizem que na parte interna do seu sapato esquerdo, exatamente onde a luz da lareira incide, o couro está marcado por seis cortes quase paralelos.
Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it.
Obviamente foram causados por alguém que raspou de forma bastante descuidada ao redor das bordas da sola para remover a lama endurecida.
Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey.
Daí, você vê, minha dupla dedução de que você havia saído em tempo horrível, e que você tinha um exemplar particularmente malicioso de empregada londrina que rasga botas.
As to your practice, if a gentleman walks into my rooms smelling of iodoform, with a black mark of nitrate of silver upon his right forefinger, and a bulge on the right side of his top-hat to show where he has secreted his stethoscope, I must be dull, indeed, if I do not pronounce him to be an active member of the medical profession."
Quanto à sua prática, se um cavalheiro entra em meus aposentos cheirando a iodofórmio, com uma marca negra de nitrato de prata no dedo indicador direito, e uma saliência no lado direito de sua cartola mostrando onde ele escondeu seu estetoscópio, devo ser realmente obtuso se não o declarar um membro ativo da profissão médica."
I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction.
Não pude deixar de rir da facilidade com que ele explicou seu processo de dedução.
"When I hear you give your reasons," I remarked, "the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you explain your process.
"Quando ouço você apresentar seus raciocínios", observei, "a coisa sempre me parece tão ridiculamente simples que eu poderia facilmente fazê-la sozinho, embora a cada novo exemplo do seu raciocínio eu fique perplexo até que você explique seu processo.
And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours."
E ainda assim acredito que meus olhos são tão bons quanto os seus."
"Quite so," he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into an armchair.
"De fato", respondeu ele, acendendo um cigarro e jogando-se em uma poltrona.
"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.
"Você vê, mas não observa. A distinção é clara.
Vocabulary
- simplicidade
- simplicity; the quality of being simple or uncomplicated
- em
- in; on; at (preposition indicating location or time)
- si
- himself; herself; itself (reflexive pronoun)
- disse
- said; past tense of dizer (to say)
- ele
- he; him (third person masculine singular pronoun)
- meus
- my; mine (possessive adjective, masculine plural)
- olhos
- eyes (plural of olho)
- me
- me; to me (first person singular object pronoun)
- dizem
- they say; third person plural present of dizer
- que
- that; which; what (relative or subordinate conjunction)
- na
- in the; on the (contraction of em + a)
- parte
- part; section; portion of something
- interna
- internal; inner; on the inside
- do
- of the (contraction of de + o)
- seu
- your; his; her; its (possessive adjective)
- sapato
- shoe; footwear worn on the feet
- esquerdo
- left; on the left side
- exatamente
- exactly; precisely; in exact manner
- onde
- where; at which place or location
- luz
- light; illumination; brightness
- da
- of the; from the (contraction of de + a)
- couro
- leather; material made from animal hides
- está
- is; third person singular present of estar
- marcado
- marked; bearing visible marks or signs
- por
- by; through; for (preposition)
- seis
- six; the number 6
- cortes
- cuts; incisions made with sharp instrument
- quase
- almost; nearly; just about
- paralelos
- parallel; running side by side equally
- Obviamente
- obviously; clearly; in an obvious manner
- foram
- were; past tense plural of ser
- causados
- caused; brought about; resulted in
- alguém
- someone; somebody; some person
- raspou
- scraped; rubbed harshly against surface
- de
- of; from; about (preposition)
- forma
- form; way; manner of doing something
- bastante
- quite; rather; fairly; rather much
- descuidada
- careless; neglectful; done without care
- ao
- to the; at the (contraction of a + o)
- redor
- around; surrounding area; perimeter
- das
- of the; from the (contraction of de + as)
- bordas
- edges; borders; outer boundary lines
- sola
- sole; bottom part of shoe or foot
- para
- to; for; in order to (preposition)
- remover
- to remove; to take away; to eliminate
- lama
- mud; soft wet earth or dirt
- endurecida
- hardened; made hard or stiff
- Daí
- from there; hence; therefore; so
- você
- you; formal or informal second person
- vê
- see; third person singular of ver
- minha
- my; mine (possessive adjective, feminine)
- dupla
- double; twofold; pair of two things
- dedução
- deduction; conclusion drawn from evidence
- havia
- had; there was; past tense of haver
- saído
- left; gone out; departed from place
- tempo
- time; weather; period or duration
- horrível
- horrible; awful; dreadful or terrible
- tinha
- had; past tense of ter (to have)
- um
- a; an; one (indefinite article or number)
- exemplar
- specimen; example; individual instance
- particularmente
- particularly; especially; in particular manner
- malicioso
- malicious; spiteful; harmful with intent
- empregada
- maid; female domestic servant or employee
- rasga
- tears; rips; makes a ragged opening
- botas
- boots; sturdy footwear above ankle
- Quanto
- how much; as for; regarding something
- sua
- your; his; her (possessive, feminine form)
- prática
- practice; practical experience or application
- se
- if; oneself; reflexive pronoun
- cavalheiro
- gentleman; man of honor and courtesy
- entra
- enters; goes into; comes in
- cheirando
- smelling; having a scent; giving odor
- com
- with; accompanied by; together with
- uma
- a; an (indefinite article, feminine singular)
- marca
- mark; brand; visible sign or trace
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