The Hound of the Baskervilles — Page 5
Is it, then, stretching our inference too far to say that the presentation was on the occasion of the change?"
Ist es dann zu weit hergeholt zu sagen, dass die Überreichung anlässlich des Stellenwechsels stattfand?"
"Now, you will observe that he could not have been on the _staff_ of the hospital, since only a man well-established in a London practice could hold such a position, and such a one would not drift into the country.
„Nun werden Sie bemerken, dass er nicht zum _Personal_ des Krankenhauses gehört haben kann, da nur ein in einer Londoner Praxis gut etablierter Mann eine solche Stellung innehaben könnte, und ein solcher würde nicht aufs Land ziehen.
What was he, then?
Was war er dann?
If he was in the hospital and yet not on the staff he could only have been a house-surgeon or a house-physician—little more than a senior student.
Wenn er im Krankenhaus war und dennoch nicht zum Personal gehörte, konnte er nur Assistenzarzt oder Hilfsarzt gewesen sein – kaum mehr als ein fortgeschrittener Student.
And he left five years ago—the date is on the stick.
Und er verließ es vor fünf Jahren – das Datum steht auf dem Stock.
I laughed incredulously as Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his settee and blew little wavering rings of smoke up to the ceiling.
Ich lachte ungläubig, als Sherlock Holmes sich in seinem Sofa zurücklehnte und kleine, zitternde Rauchringe zur Decke blies.
From my small medical shelf I took down the Medical Directory and turned up the name.
Von meinem kleinen medizinischen Bücherregal nahm ich das Medizinische Verzeichnis herunter und schlug den Namen nach.
There were several Mortimers, but only one who could be our visitor.
Es gab mehrere Mortimers, aber nur einen, der unser Besucher sein konnte.
I read his record aloud.
Ich las seinen Eintrag laut vor.
"Mortimer, James, M.R.
„Mortimer, James, M.R.
Vocabulary
- Ist
- Third person singular present tense of 'sein' (to be)
- es
- Pronoun: it, there (impersonal subject)
- dann
- Adverb: then, at that time, subsequently
- zu
- Preposition: to, at, too; infinitive marker
- weit
- Adjective/adverb: far, distant, wide, broad
- sagen
- Verb: to say, to tell, to speak
- dass
- Conjunction: that (introduces subordinate clause)
- die
- Definite article: the (feminine/plural); relative pronoun
- des
- Definite article: the (genitive masculine/neuter)
- stattfand
- Past tense of 'stattfinden': took place, occurred
- Nun
- Adverb/conjunction: now, well then
- werden
- Verb: to become, will (future auxiliary)
- Sie
- Pronoun: you (formal/polite), they (formal)
- bemerken
- Verb: to notice, to remark, to observe
- er
- Pronoun: he, it (masculine nominative)
- nicht
- Adverb: not, no, negation particle
- zum
- Contraction of 'zu dem': to the (dative)
- _Personal_
- Noun: personnel, staff, employees
- Krankenhauses
- Noun genitive: of the hospital
- gehört
- Past participle of 'gehören': belonged, belongs to
- haben
- Verb: to have (auxiliary or main verb)
- kann
- Third person singular present of 'können': can, may
- da
- Conjunction/adverb: since, because; there, here
- nur
- Adverb: only, merely, just, solely
- ein
- Indefinite article: a, an; one
- in
- Preposition: in, into, at (location/direction)
- einer
- Indefinite article dative: a (feminine), one
- Praxis
- Noun: medical practice, surgery, clinic
- gut
- Adjective/adverb: good, well, fine, proper
- Mann
- Noun: man, husband, male person
- eine
- Indefinite article: a, an (feminine/accusative)
- solche
- Demonstrative pronoun: such, such a one
- Stellung
- Noun: position, job, post, rank
- könnte
- Conditional past of 'können': could, might
- und
- Conjunction: and, plus
- solcher
- Demonstrative: such, such a (masculine)
- würde
- Conditional of 'werden': would (conditional auxiliary)
- aufs
- Contraction of 'auf das': onto the, to the
- Land
- Noun: land, country, countryside, rural area
- ziehen
- Verb: to draw, to pull, to move (residence)
- Was
- Interrogative pronoun: what, which
- war
- Past tense of 'sein': was, were
- Wenn
- Conjunction: if, when (conditional/temporal)
- im
- Contraction of 'in dem': in the (dative)
- Krankenhaus
- Noun: hospital, infirmary, medical facility
- dennoch
- Conjunction/adverb: nevertheless, yet, still, however
- Personal
- Noun: personnel, staff, employees
- gehörte
- Past tense of 'gehören': belonged, pertained to
- connte
- Past tense of 'können': could, was able to
- oder
- Conjunction: or, either...or
- gewesen
- Past participle of 'sein': been
- sein
- Verb: to be; possessive pronoun: his
- kaum
- Adverb: scarcely, hardly, barely, barely more
- mehr
- Adverb: more, further, any more, additional
- als
- Conjunction/preposition: than, as, when
- Student
- Noun: student, university student, scholar
- Und
- Conjunction: and (capitalized at sentence start)
- verließ
- Past tense of 'verlassen': left, departed, abandoned
- vor
- Preposition: before, in front of, ago
- fünf
- Numeral: five, the number 5
- Jahren
- Noun dative plural: years, ages
- das
- Definite article: the (neuter); relative pronoun
- Datum
- Noun: date, point in time, data point
- steht
- Third person singular of 'stehen': stands, is located
- auf
- Preposition: on, upon, at, in (location)
- dem
- Definite article: the (dative masculine/neuter)
- Stock
- Noun: stick, cane, staff, floor (of building)
- Ich
- Pronoun: I, me (nominative first person)
- lachte
- Past tense of 'lachen': laughed, chuckled
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