The Hound of the Baskervilles — Page 3
I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt."
Tôi thú nhận, người bạn thân mến của tôi, rằng tôi thực sự rất mang ơn anh."
He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods.
Anh ấy chưa bao giờ nói nhiều đến vậy trước đây, và tôi phải thừa nhận rằng những lời đó đã mang lại cho tôi niềm vui sâu sắc, vì tôi đã thường cảm thấy bực bội trước sự thờ ơ của anh ấy đối với lòng ngưỡng mộ của tôi và đối với những nỗ lực mà tôi đã thực hiện để phổ biến các phương pháp của anh ấy.
I was proud, too, to think that I had so far mastered his system as to apply it in a way which earned his approval.
Tôi cũng cảm thấy tự hào khi nghĩ rằng mình đã nắm vững hệ thống của anh ấy đến mức có thể áp dụng nó theo cách được anh ấy tán thành.
He now took the stick from my hands and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes.
Anh ấy liền lấy chiếc gậy từ tay tôi và quan sát nó bằng mắt thường trong vài phút.
Then with an expression of interest he laid down his cigarette, and carrying the cane to the window, he looked over it again with a convex lens.
Rồi với vẻ mặt thích thú, anh ấy đặt điếu thuốc xuống, mang chiếc gậy đến cửa sổ và xem xét nó một lần nữa bằng kính lúp lồi.
"Interesting, though elementary," said he as he returned to his favourite corner of the settee.
"Thú vị, dù còn đơn giản," anh ấy nói khi trở về góc yêu thích của mình trên chiếc ghế dài.
"There are certainly one or two indications upon the stick.
"Chắc chắn có một hoặc hai dấu hiệu trên chiếc gậy này.
It gives us the basis for several deductions."
Nó cung cấp cho chúng ta cơ sở cho một số suy luận."
"Has anything escaped me?" I asked with some self-importance.
"Có điều gì tôi bỏ sót không?" Tôi hỏi với vẻ tự mãn.
"I trust that there is nothing of consequence which I have overlooked?"
"Tôi tin rằng không có điều gì quan trọng mà tôi đã bỏ qua?"
"I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous.
"Tôi e rằng, Watson thân mến, hầu hết các kết luận của anh đều sai lầm.
When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth.
Khi tôi nói rằng anh đã kích thích tôi, thì thành thật mà nói, ý tôi là khi nhận ra những sai lầm của anh, tôi đôi khi được dẫn dắt đến sự thật.
Not that you are entirely wrong in this instance.
Không phải là anh hoàn toàn sai trong trường hợp này.
The man is certainly a country practitioner.
Người đàn ông đó chắc chắn là một thầy thuốc ở vùng nông thôn.
And he walks a good deal."
Và ông ta đi bộ khá nhiều."
"Then I was right.
"Vậy thì tôi đã đúng.
Vocabulary
- Tôi
- Toi — First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- thú
- thu — To confess or admit; also means animal or interest
- nhận
- nhan — To receive, accept, or acknowledge something
- người
- nguoi — Person, human being, or people
- bạn
- ban — Friend or second person informal pronoun
- thân
- than — Close, intimate, or dear; body or trunk
- mến
- men — To like or be fond of someone affectionately
- của
- cua — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'
- tôi
- toi — First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- rằng
- rang — Conjunction meaning 'that', introducing a subordinate clause
- thực
- thuc — Real, actual, or true; used in compounds for reality
- sự
- su — Nominalizing particle indicating a fact or matter
- rất
- rat — Adverb meaning 'very' or 'extremely'
- mang
- mang — To carry, bring, or bear something
- ơn
- on — Gratitude, grace, or favor received from someone
- anh
- anh — Older brother; polite pronoun for older male
- Anh
- Anh — Older brother; polite pronoun for older male
- ấy
- ay — Demonstrative meaning 'that' referring to a specific person or thing
- chưa
- chua — Negative adverb meaning 'not yet'
- bao
- bao — Ever, how much, or how many; used in expressions
- giờ
- gio — Hour, time, or o'clock; also means 'now'
- nói
- noi — To speak, say, or talk
- nhiều
- nhieu — Much, many, or a lot of something
- đến
- den — To come to, arrive at, or reach a point
- vậy
- vay — So, thus, like that, or in that manner
- trước
- truoc — Before, in front of, or previously in time
- đây
- day — Here, this place, or used for emphasis
- và
- va — Conjunction meaning 'and' connecting words or clauses
- phải
- phai — Must, have to, or be obliged to do something
- thừa
- thua — To admit, acknowledge, or have an excess of something
- những
- nhung — Plural marker for nouns indicating multiple items
- lời
- loi — Word, speech, or utterance in conversation
- đó
- do — Demonstrative meaning 'that' or 'there'
- đã
- da — Past tense marker indicating completed action
- lại
- lai — Again, return, or additionally; directional verb particle
- cho
- cho — To give, allow, or for the benefit of someone
- niềm
- niem — Feeling, sentiment, or inner sense of emotion
- vui
- vui — Happy, joyful, or cheerful
- sâu
- sau — Deep, profound, or penetrating in depth
- sắc
- sac — Sharp, vivid, or keen; used in compound adjectives
- vì
- vi — Because, for the sake of, or due to
- thường
- thuong — Usually, often, or normally; ordinary
- cảm
- cam — To feel, sense, or perceive emotionally
- thấy
- thay — To see, feel, or perceive something
- bực
- buc — Annoyed, irritated, or feeling frustrated
- bội
- boi — Ungrateful, treacherous; used in compounds for frustration
- thờ
- tho — Indifferent, apathetic, or to worship indifferently
- ơ
- o — Indifferent; exclamation of mild surprise or apathy
- đối
- doi — Toward, opposite, or in relation to something
- với
- voi — With, together with, or toward someone
- lòng
- long — Heart, mind, inner feelings, or core sentiment
- ngưỡng
- nguong — Threshold, to admire; used in admiration compound words
- mộ
- mo — To admire or revere; also means grave or tomb
- nỗ
- no — Effort, endeavor; used in compound nỗ lực meaning effort
- lực
- luc — Force, strength, or effort in achieving something
- mà
- ma — But, yet, or a connective/emphatic particle
- hiện
- hien — Present, current, or to appear; existing now
- để
- de — To put, place, or in order to do something
- phổ
- pho — Common, widespread; used in phổ biến meaning popular
- biến
- bien — To change, spread, or become widespread
- các
- cac — Plural article meaning 'the' for multiple items
- phương
- phuong — Direction, method, or aspect; used in many compounds
- pháp
- phap — Method, law, or technique for doing something
- cũng
- cung — Also, too, or as well; inclusive adverb
- tự
- tu — Self, oneself, or to do something independently
- hào
- hao — Proud; used in tự hào meaning to be proud
- khi
- khi — When, at the time of an event or situation
- nghĩ
- nghi — To think, consider, or reflect on something
- mình
- minh — Oneself, I/me in informal or reflexive usage
- nắm
- nam — To grasp, hold firmly, or master a concept
- vững
- vung — Firm, stable, or solid; thoroughly mastered
- hệ
- he — System, lineage, or series; used in compounds
- thống
- thong — System or unify; used in hệ thống meaning system
- mức
- muc — Level, degree, or extent of something
- có
- co — To have, exist, or there is/are something
- thể
- the — Can, be able to; body or form in compounds
- áp
- ap — To press, apply, or exert force on something
- dụng
- dung — To apply, use, or put into practice
- nó
- no — It, he, or she; third person pronoun
- theo
- theo — To follow, according to, or in accordance with
- cách
- cach — Way, method, or manner of doing something
- được
- duoc — To be able to, allowed to, or successfully done
- tán
- tan — To approve, praise, or scatter; used in compounds
- thành
- thanh — To approve, succeed, or become; used in compounds
- liền
- lien — Immediately, right away, or continuously without pause
- lấy
- lay — To take, pick up, or get something
- chiếc
- chiec — Classifier for individual objects like vehicles or tools
- gậy
- gay — Stick, cane, or walking staff
- từ
- tu — From, since, or a word/vocabulary item
- tay
- tay — Hand, arm, or handle of an object
- quan
- quan — To observe, official; used in quan sát meaning observe
- sát
- sat — To observe closely; also means to kill in compounds
- bằng
- bang — By means of, equal to, or flat surface
- mắt
- mat — Eye or eyes used for seeing
- trong
- trong — In, inside, within, or clear and transparent
- vài
- vai — A few, several, or some in small quantity
- phút
- phut — Minute as a unit of time
- Rồi
- Roi — Then, already, or afterwards indicating sequence
- vẻ
- ve — Appearance, expression, or look on one's face
- mặt
- mat — Face, surface, or front side of something
- thích
- thich — To like, enjoy, or be pleased by something
- đặt
- dat — To place, set down, or put something somewhere
- điếu
- dieu — Classifier for cigarettes or sticks of tobacco
- thuốc
- thuoc — Medicine, drug, or cigarette/tobacco substance
- xuống
- xuong — Down, downward, or to descend or lower
- cửa
- cua — Door, gate, or opening of a structure
- sổ
- so — Notebook; window in cửa sổ meaning window
- xem
- xem — To look at, watch, or examine something
- xét
- xet — To examine, review, or consider carefully
- một
- mot — One, a, or an; the number one
- lần
- lan — Time, occasion, or instance of doing something
- nữa
- nua — More, again, or another time
- kính
- kinh — Glass lens, spectacles, or to respect someone
- lúp
- lup — Magnifying glass used to enlarge small objects
- lồi
- loi — Convex, bulging outward, or protruding surface
- Thú
- Thu — Interesting, amusing, or animal; enjoyable feeling
- vị
- vi — Interesting, flavor, taste; used in thú vị meaning interesting
- dù
- du — Although, even though, or despite a condition
- còn
- con — Still, yet, or remaining; also means child
- đơn
- don — Simple, single, or plain without complexity
- giản
- gian — Simple; used in đơn giản meaning simple or easy
- trở
- tro — To return, become, or turn back
- về
- ve — To return to, about, or concerning a topic
- góc
- goc — Corner, angle, or a nook in a room
- yêu
- yeu — To love or favorite; beloved or preferred
- trên
- tren — On, above, or on top of something
- ghế
- ghe — Chair, seat, or bench for sitting
- dài
- dai — Long in length or duration; sofa in ghế dài
- Chắc
- Chac — Sure, certain, firm, or probably going to happen
- chắn
- chan — Certain; used in chắc chắn meaning definitely certain
- hoặc
- hoac — Or, either, indicating a choice between options
- hai
- hai — Two, the number two
- dấu
- dau — Mark, sign, trace, or indicator of something
- hiệu
- hieu — Sign, signal, or mark indicating something
- này
- nay — This, these; demonstrative referring to nearby things
- Nó
- No — It, he, she; informal third person pronoun
- cung
- cung — To supply, provide; palace or bow in other contexts
- cấp
- cap — To supply, provide, or a level or grade
- chúng
- chung — We, us, or they; plural pronoun
- ta
- ta — We, us; informal first person plural pronoun
- cơ
- co — Basis, foundation, muscle; used in compounds
- sở
- so — Basis or office; used in cơ sở meaning foundation
- số
- so — Number, quantity, or a portion of something
- suy
- suy — To deduce, reason, or think through logically
- luận
- luan — To reason, argue, or discuss logically
- Có
- Co — To have, exist; there is or there are
- điều
- dieu — Thing, matter, issue, or point of discussion
- gì
- gi — What, anything, or something in questions
- bỏ
- bo — To leave, abandon, skip, or omit something
- sót
- sot — To miss, overlook, or leave something out
- không
- khong — No, not, or question particle at end of sentence
- hỏi
- hoi — To ask a question or inquire about something
- mãn
- man — Satisfied, content; used in mãn nguyện or mãn
- tin
- tin — To believe, trust, or news and information
- trọng
- trong — Important, weighty, or to respect greatly
- qua
- qua — Through, past, over, or to pass by something
- e
- e — Shy, afraid, or hesitant; also used as particle
- hầu
- hau — Almost, nearly; used in hầu hết meaning most of
- hết
- het — All, finished, or completely done with something
- kết
- ket — To conclude, result, or tie together
- đều
- deu — All, equally, or every one without exception
- sai
- sai — Wrong, incorrect, or mistaken in judgment
- lầm
- lam — Mistake, error; used in sai lầm meaning wrong mistake
- Khi
- Khi — When, at the time that something happens
- kích
- kich — To stimulate, trigger, or activate something
- thì
- thi — Then, in that case; conditional or temporal particle
- thật
- that — Real, truly, genuinely, or indeed
- ý
- y — Idea, meaning, intention, or thought
- là
- la — To be; linking verb equating subject and predicate
- ra
- ra — Out, outward, to come out or produce something
- đôi
- doi — Pair, couple, or a set of two things
- dẫn
- dan — To lead, guide, or conduct someone somewhere
- dắt
- dat — To lead by hand or guide closely along
- Không
- Khong — No, not; negation word in Vietnamese sentences
- hoàn
- hoan — Complete, whole; used in hoàn toàn meaning completely
- toàn
- toan — Completely, entirely; used in hoàn toàn meaning completely
- trường
- truong — School, field, or case; used in trường hợp meaning case
- hợp
- hop — To combine, fit, or case; trường hợp means case
- Người
- Nguoi — Person, human being, or people
- đàn
- dan — Group of; used in đàn ông meaning man or men
- ông
- ong — Old man, grandfather, or respectful male pronoun
- chắc
- chac — Probably, likely, or firm and certain
- thầy
- thay — Teacher, master, or male professional figure
- ở
- o — To live, stay, be located at a place
- vùng
- vung — Region, area, zone, or geographical territory
- nông
- nong — Agricultural, farming; used in nông thôn meaning countryside
- thôn
- thon — Village or countryside; rural residential area
- Và
- Va — And; conjunction connecting words, phrases, or clauses
- đi
- di — To go, walk, or directional verb particle
- bộ
- bo — On foot; set or collection; used in đi bộ meaning walk
- khá
- kha — Quite, rather, fairly; moderate degree adverb
- Vậy
- Vay — So, thus, like that, or is that so
- đúng
- dung — Correct, right, accurate, or exactly so
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