The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 — Page 9
The bottoms and tops of bedposts are employed in the same way."
Die Unterseiten und Oberseiten der Bettpfosten werden auf dieselbe Weise verwendet."
"By no means, if, when the article is deposited, a sufficient wadding of cotton be placed around it.
„Keineswegs, wenn beim Einlegen des Gegenstands eine ausreichende Wattierung aus Baumwolle darum gelegt wird.
"But you could not have removed—you could not have taken to pieces all articles of furniture in which it would have been possible to make a deposit in the manner you mention.
„Aber Sie hätten nicht alle Möbelstücke entfernen – Sie hätten nicht alle Möbelstücke auseinandernehmen können, in denen es möglich gewesen wäre, auf die von Ihnen erwähnte Weise etwas zu deponieren.
A letter may be compressed into a thin spiral roll, not differing much in shape or bulk from a large knitting-needle, and in this form it might be inserted into the rung of a chair, for example.
Ein Brief kann zu einer dünnen Spiralrolle zusammengedrückt werden, die sich in Form und Umfang kaum von einer großen Stricknadel unterscheidet, und in dieser Form könnte er beispielsweise in die Sprosse eines Stuhls eingeführt werden.
"Certainly not; but we did better—we examined the rungs of every chair in the hotel, and, indeed the jointings of every description of furniture, by the aid of a most powerful microscope.
„Gewiss nicht; aber wir haben es besser gemacht – wir haben die Sprossen jedes Stuhls im Hotel und tatsächlich die Verbindungen jeder Art von Möbeln mithilfe eines sehr leistungsstarken Mikroskops untersucht.
Had there been any traces of recent disturbance we should not have failed to detect it instantly.
Hätte es irgendwelche Spuren einer kürzlichen Störung gegeben, hätten wir es sofort entdeckt.
A single grain of gimlet-dust, for example, would have been as obvious as an apple.
Ein einziges Körnchen Bohrstaub zum Beispiel wäre so offensichtlich wie ein Apfel gewesen.
"I presume you looked to the mirrors, between the boards and the plates, and you probed the beds and the bed-clothes, as well as the curtains and carpets.
„Ich nehme an, Sie haben die Spiegel, zwischen den Brettern und den Platten, untersucht, und Sie haben die Betten und das Bettzeug sowie die Vorhänge und Teppiche durchsucht.
Vocabulary
- Die
- The (definite article, feminine singular or plural)
- und
- And; used to connect words or clauses
- der
- The (definite article, masculine singular or plural genitive)
- werden
- To become; auxiliary verb for passive voice
- auf
- On; upon; at; in (preposition with multiple uses)
- dieselbe
- The same; identical (demonstrative pronoun)
- Weise
- Way; manner; method of doing something
- verwendet
- Used; employed; applied (past participle of verwenden)
- Keineswegs
- By no means; not at all; absolutely not
- wenn
- If; when (conditional or temporal conjunction)
- beim
- At the; during the (preposition contraction)
- des
- Of the (definite article, genitive masculine/neuter)
- Gegenstands
- Object; item; thing (genitive singular)
- eine
- A; an (indefinite article, feminine)
- ausreichende
- Sufficient; adequate; enough (adjective)
- aus
- From; out of; made of (preposition)
- Baumwolle
- Cotton; natural fiber used for textiles
- darum
- Around; about it; therefore (adverb)
- gelegt
- Laid; placed; put (past participle of legen)
- wird
- Is; becomes (3rd person singular present of werden)
- Aber
- But; however; nevertheless (conjunction)
- Sie
- You (formal, polite form of address)
- hätten
- Would have; had (subjunctive of haben)
- nicht
- Not; no (negation adverb)
- alle
- All; every; each (plural pronoun or adjective)
- Möbelstücke
- Pieces of furniture; furniture items
- entfernen
- To remove; to take away; to eliminate
- können
- Can; to be able; to be possible
- in
- In; into; inside (preposition)
- denen
- In which; of which (relative pronoun)
- es
- It; there (pronoun or impersonal marker)
- möglich
- Possible; feasible; capable of happening
- gewesen
- Been (past participle of sein)
- wäre
- Would be; were (subjunctive of sein)
- die
- Who; which; the (relative or definite article)
- von
- From; by; of (preposition)
- Ihnen
- You; yours (formal dative or genitive)
- erwähnte
- Mentioned; cited (past tense of erwähnen)
- etwas
- Something; somewhat; anything (pronoun)
- zu
- To; at; for (preposition or infinitive marker)
- Ein
- A; an (indefinite article, masculine)
- Brief
- Letter; written correspondence sent by mail
- kann
- Can; is able to (3rd person singular)
- einer
- A; an; one (indefinite article or pronoun)
- dünnen
- Thin; slender; fine (adjective)
- sich
- Oneself; himself; herself; itself (reflexive pronoun)
- Form
- Form; shape; style; appearance or format
- Umfang
- Circumference; scope; extent; range of something
- kaum
- Hardly; scarcely; barely; almost not at all
- großen
- Large; big; great (adjective, accusative or dative)
- Stricknadel
- Knitting needle; pointed tool for knitting
- unterscheidet
- Differs; distinguishes (3rd person singular verb)
- dieser
- This; that (demonstrative pronoun, masculine)
- könnte
- Could; might; would be able to (subjunctive)
- er
- He; it (masculine personal pronoun)
- beispielsweise
- For example; such as; for instance
- Sprosse
- Rung; step; spoke of a wheel or ladder
- eines
- Of a; of one (genitive indefinite article)
- Stuhls
- Chair (genitive singular of Stuhl)
- eingeführt
- Introduced; inserted; brought in; established
- Gewiss
- Certainly; surely; definitely; of course
- aber
- But; however; nevertheless (conjunction)
- wir
- We (first person plural pronoun)
- haben
- To have; has (auxiliary or main verb)
- besser
- Better; improved; superior to something else
- gemacht
- Made; done (past participle of machen)
- Sprossen
- Rungs; steps; spokes (plural of Sprosse)
- jedes
- Each; every; any (neuter singular pronoun)
- im
- In the (preposition contraction of in dem)
- Hotel
- Hotel; lodging establishment for travelers
- tatsächlich
- Actually; really; in fact; genuine or true
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