The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 8
'Remarkable as being the scene of the death of Wallenstein, and for its numerous glass-factories and paper-mills.' Ha, ha, my boy, what do you make of that?"
'Notável por ser o local da morte de Wallenstein, e pelas suas numerosas fábricas de vidro e moinhos de papel.' Ha, ha, meu rapaz, o que você acha disso?"
His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue triumphant cloud from his cigarette.
Os seus olhos faiscaram, e ele soltou uma grande nuvem azul e triunfante do seu cigarro.
"The paper was made in Bohemia," I said.
"O papel foi feito na Boémia", disse eu.
"Precisely. And the man who wrote the note is a German.
"Precisamente. E o homem que escreveu o bilhete é alemão.
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—'This account of you we have from all quarters received.'
Repara na construção peculiar da frase — 'Este relato sobre si nós recebemos de todas as partes.'
A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that.
Um francês ou um russo não poderia ter escrito isso.
It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.
É o alemão quem é tão descortês com os seus verbos.
It only remains, therefore, to discover what is wanted by this German who writes upon Bohemian paper and prefers wearing a mask to showing his face.
Resta apenas, portanto, descobrir o que pretende este alemão que escreve em papel boémio e prefere usar uma máscara a mostrar o seu rosto.
And here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts."
E aqui vem ele, se não me engano, para resolver todas as nossas dúvidas."
As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and grating wheels against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the bell.
Enquanto ele falava, ouviu-se o som agudo dos cascos dos cavalos e das rodas rangendo contra o lancil, seguido de uma puxadela enérgica à campainha.
Holmes whistled.
Holmes assobiou.
"A pair, by the sound," said he.
"Um par, pelo som", disse ele.
"Yes," he continued, glancing out of the window.
"Sim", continuou ele, olhando pela janela.
"A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties.
"Um belo brougham e um par de belas éguas.
A hundred and fifty guineas apiece.
Cento e cinquenta guinéus cada uma.
There's money in this case, Watson, if there is nothing else."
Há dinheiro neste caso, Watson, se é que não há mais nada."
"I think that I had better go, Holmes."
"Acho que é melhor eu ir-me embora, Holmes."
"Not a bit, Doctor.
"De modo algum, Doutor.
Stay where you are.
Fique onde está.
I am lost without my Boswell.
Estou perdido sem o meu Boswell.
And this promises to be interesting.
E isto promete ser interessante.
It would be a pity to miss it.
Seria uma pena perdê-lo.
Vocabulary
- Notável
- noo-TAH-vel — Notable, remarkable, or distinguished in some way
- por
- por — For, by, or through; common preposition
- ser
- ser — To be; permanent or essential existence
- o
- oo — The; masculine singular definite article
- local
- loo-KAL — Place, site, or location of something
- da
- dah — Of the; feminine singular contraction
- morte
- MOR-teh — Death; the end of life
- de
- deh — Of, from; very common preposition
- e
- ee — And; basic coordinating conjunction
- pelas
- PEH-lash — By the, through the; feminine plural contraction
- suas
- SOO-ash — Its, their, her; feminine plural possessive pronoun
- numerosas
- noo-meh-ROH-zash — Numerous, many; feminine plural adjective
- fábricas
- FAH-bree-kash — Factories, manufacturing plants or workshops
- vidro
- VEE-droo — Glass; transparent solid material
- moinhos
- moy-EE-nyoosh — Mills; buildings with grinding or processing machinery
- papel
- pah-PEL — Paper; thin material for writing or printing
- Ha
- ah — Ha; exclamation expressing surprise or amusement
- ha
- ah — Ha; repeated exclamation of amusement or triumph
- meu
- MEH-oo — My; masculine singular possessive adjective
- rapaz
- hah-PASH — Boy, lad, young man
- que
- keh — What, that, which; common conjunction or pronoun
- você
- voh-SAY — You; second person singular pronoun
- acha
- AH-shah — Thinks, finds; third person singular of achar
- disso
- DEE-soo — Of that, about that; contracted demonstrative pronoun
- Os
- oosh — The; masculine plural definite article
- seus
- SAY-oosh — His, her, their; masculine plural possessive pronoun
- olhos
- OH-lyoosh — Eyes; the organs of sight
- faiscaram
- fay-ish-KAH-rãw — Sparkled, flashed; past tense of faiscar
- ele
- EH-leh — He; third person masculine singular pronoun
- soltou
- sol-TOH — Released, let out; past tense of soltar
- uma
- OO-mah — A, an; feminine singular indefinite article
- grande
- GRAHN-deh — Large, great, big; adjective of size
- nuvem
- NOO-vãy — Cloud; mass of vapor in the sky
- azul
- ah-ZOOL — Blue; color of the sky or sea
- triunfante
- tree-oon-FAHN-teh — Triumphant, victorious, exulting in success
- do
- doo — Of the; masculine singular contraction
- seu
- SAY-oo — His, her, your; masculine singular possessive
- cigarro
- see-GAH-hoo — Cigarette; small rolled tobacco product
- O
- oo — The; masculine singular definite article
- foi
- foy — Was, went; past tense of ser or ir
- feito
- FAY-too — Made, done; past participle of fazer
- na
- nah — In the; feminine singular contraction
- disse
- DEE-seh — Said; past tense of dizer
- eu
- EH-oo — I; first person singular subject pronoun
- Precisamente
- preh-see-zah-MEN-teh — Precisely, exactly; adverb of accuracy
- E
- ee — And; basic coordinating conjunction
- homem
- OH-mãy — Man; adult male human being
- escreveu
- ish-kreh-VAY-oo — Wrote; past tense of escrever
- bilhete
- beel-YEH-teh — Note, ticket, short written message
- é
- EH — Is; third person singular of ser
- alemão
- ah-leh-MÃW — German; person or language from Germany
- Repara
- heh-PAH-rah — Notice, look at; imperative of reparar
- construção
- kon-stroo-SÃW — Construction, structure; the way something is built
- peculiar
- peh-koo-lee-AR — Peculiar, strange, unusual in character
- frase
- FRAH-zeh — Sentence, phrase; unit of language
- Este
- EHS-teh — This; masculine singular demonstrative pronoun
- relato
- heh-LAH-too — Account, report; narrative description of events
- sobre
- SOH-breh — About, on, over; common preposition
- si
- see — Himself, herself, yourself; reflexive pronoun
- nós
- NOSH — We; first person plural subject pronoun
- recebemos
- heh-seh-BAY-moosh — We received; first person plural of receber
- todas
- TOH-dash — All, every; feminine plural adjective
- as
- ash — The; feminine plural definite article
- partes
- PAR-tesh — Parts, sides; plural of parte
- Um
- oom — A, one; masculine singular indefinite article
- francês
- frahn-SAYS — French; person or language from France
- ou
- oh — Or; disjunctive coordinating conjunction
- um
- oom — A, one; masculine singular indefinite article
- russo
- HOO-soo — Russian; person or language from Russia
- não
- nãw — No, not; basic negation word
- poderia
- poo-deh-REE-ah — Could, would be able to; conditional of poder
- ter
- tehr — To have; auxiliary and main verb
- escrito
- ish-KREE-too — Written; past participle of escrever
- isso
- EE-soo — That, it; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- É
- EH — Is; third person singular of ser
- quem
- kãy — Who; interrogative or relative pronoun
- tão
- tãw — So, such; adverb of intensity
- descortês
- desh-kor-TESH — Discourteous, rude, impolite in behavior
- com
- kom — With; basic preposition of accompaniment
- os
- oosh — The; masculine plural definite article
- verbos
- VER-boosh — Verbs; words denoting actions or states
- Resta
- HESH-tah — Remains, is left; third person singular of restar
- apenas
- ah-PEH-nash — Only, just, merely; limiting adverb
- portanto
- por-TAHN-too — Therefore, so, thus; logical conclusion connector
- descobrir
- desh-koo-BREER — To discover, find out, uncover something
- pretende
- preh-TEN-deh — Intends, aims; third person singular of pretender
- este
- EHS-teh — This; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- escreve
- ish-KREH-veh — Writes; third person singular of escrever
- em
- ãy — In, at, on; common preposition of location
- prefere
- preh-FEH-reh — Prefers; third person singular of preferir
- usar
- oo-ZAR — To use, to employ something
- máscara
- MASH-kah-rah — Mask; covering to hide one's face
- a
- ah — The, to; feminine article or preposition
- mostrar
- moosh-TRAR — To show, display, reveal something
- rosto
- HOSH-too — Face; the front of a person's head
- aqui
- ah-KEE — Here; adverb of place nearby
- vem
- vãy — Comes; third person singular of vir
- se
- seh — If, oneself; reflexive or conditional particle
- me
- meh — Me, myself; first person singular object pronoun
- engano
- en-GAH-noo — Mistake, error, deception; misunderstanding
- para
- PAH-rah — For, to, in order to; common preposition
- resolver
- heh-zol-VER — To resolve, solve, settle a problem
- nossas
- NOH-sash — Our; feminine plural possessive adjective
- dúvidas
- DOO-vee-dash — Doubts, uncertainties; questions without clear answers
- Enquanto
- en-KWAN-too — While, whereas; temporal or contrastive conjunction
- falava
- fah-LAH-vah — Was speaking; past imperfect of falar
- ouviu-se
- oh-VEE-oo-seh — Was heard; reflexive passive past of ouvir
- som
- som — Sound; audible vibration perceived by the ear
- agudo
- ah-GOO-doo — Sharp, shrill, acute; describing a high-pitched sound
- dos
- doosh — Of the; masculine plural contraction
- cascos
- KASH-koosh — Hooves; hard coverings on horses' feet
- cavalos
- kah-VAH-loosh — Horses; large domesticated riding animals
- das
- dash — Of the; feminine plural contraction
- rodas
- HOH-dash — Wheels; circular objects that rotate for movement
- rangendo
- hahn-ZHEN-doo — Grinding, creaking; present participle of ranger
- contra
- KON-trah — Against; preposition indicating opposition or contact
- seguido
- seh-GEE-doo — Followed; past participle of seguir
- puxadela
- poo-shah-DEH-lah — Pull, tug; a sharp pulling action
- enérgica
- eh-NER-zhee-kah — Energetic, forceful; feminine adjective of energy
- à
- ah — To the; feminine singular contracted preposition
- campainha
- kahm-pah-EE-nyah — Doorbell, small bell; ringing signaling device
- assobiou
- ah-soo-BYOH — Whistled; past tense of asssobiar
- par
- par — Pair, couple; set of two matching things
- pelo
- PEH-loo — By the, through the; masculine singular contraction
- Sim
- seem — Yes; basic affirmative response word
- continuou
- kon-tee-NOO-oh — Continued; past tense of continuar
- olhando
- oh-LYAHN-doo — Looking; present participle of olhar
- pela
- PEH-lah — By the, through the; feminine singular contraction
- janela
- zhah-NEH-lah — Window; opening in a wall with glass
- belo
- BEH-loo — Beautiful, handsome; masculine singular adjective
- belas
- BEH-lash — Beautiful; feminine plural adjective
- éguas
- EH-gwash — Mares; female horses
- Cento
- SEN-too — One hundred; used in compound numbers
- cinquenta
- seen-KWEN-tah — Fifty; the number 50
- cada
- KAH-dah — Each, every; distributive adjective
- Há
- ah — There is, there are; existential expression
- dinheiro
- dee-NYAY-roo — Money; currency used for financial transactions
- neste
- NESH-teh — In this; masculine singular contracted demonstrative
- caso
- KAH-zoo — Case, situation; instance or matter under discussion
- há
- ah — There is; existential verb form of haver
- mais
- More, further; comparative adverb or adjective
- nada
- NAH-dah — Nothing, anything; negative indefinite pronoun
- Acho
- AH-shoo — I think, I find; first person of achar
- melhor
- meh-LYOH — Better, best; comparative adjective or adverb
- ir-me
- EER-meh — To go away; infinitive with reflexive pronoun
- embora
- em-BOH-rah — Away, although; used in ir embora meaning leave
- De
- deh — Of, from; very common preposition
- modo
- MOH-doo — Way, manner, mode; method of doing something
- algum
- al-GOOM — Some, any; masculine singular indefinite adjective
- Doutor
- doh-TOR — Doctor; title for a medical or academic professional
- Fique
- FEE-keh — Stay, remain; imperative of ficar
- onde
- ON-deh — Where; adverb of place or relative pronoun
- está
- ish-TAH — Is, are; third person singular of estar
- Estou
- ish-TOH — I am; first person singular of estar
- perdido
- per-DEE-doo — Lost; past participle of perder
- sem
- sãy — Without; preposition indicating absence
- isto
- EESH-too — This; neuter demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby
- promete
- proh-MEH-teh — Promises, looks promising; third person of prometer
- interessante
- een-teh-reh-SAHN-teh — Interesting, engaging, captivating; adjective
- Seria
- seh-REE-ah — Would be; conditional tense of ser
- pena
- PEH-nah — Pity, shame; feeling of regret or sorrow
- perdê-lo
- per-DAY-loo — To lose him or it; infinitive with object pronoun
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