Frequent words in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“A Scandal in Bohemia” opens with Watson’s portrait of Holmes and Irene Adler.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| said | dijo | “My dear Holmes,” said I, “this is too much. |
| holmes | Holmes | To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. |
| one | uno | All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. |
| man | hombre | My own complete happiness, and the home-centred interests which rise up around the man who first finds himself master of his own establishment, were sufficient to absorb all my attention, while Holmes, who loathed… |
| little | pequeño | I had seen little of Holmes lately. |
| now | ahora | One night—it was on the twentieth of March, 1888—I was returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. |
| well | bien | As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how… |
| may | puede que | By the way, since you are interested in these little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested in this.” He threw over a sheet of thick,… |
| think | pensar | It seldom was; but he was glad, I think, to see me. |
| room | habitación | He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him. |
| know | saber | As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how… |
| shall | futuro formal | “Then I shall drop you a line to let you know how we progress.” |
| come | venir | “Come in!” said Holmes. |
| must | debe | As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how… |
| time | tiempo | From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of… |
| two | dos | By the way, since you are interested in these little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested in this.” He threw over a sheet of thick,… |
| came | vino | It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it. |
| door | puerta | As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how… |
| back | atrás | I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by the wrist and pushed me back into my chair. |
| good | bueno | And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours.” |
| face | cara | 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. |
| might | podría | But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results. |
| matter | asunto | “There will call upon you to-night, at a quarter to eight o’clock,” it said, “a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a matter of the very deepest moment. |
| yes | sí | “Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the window. |
| hand | mano | He carried a broad-brimmed hat in his hand, while he wore across the upper part of his face, extending down past the cheekbones, a black vizard mask, which he had apparently adjusted that very moment, for his hand was… |
| house | casa | To speak plainly, the matter implicates the great House of Ormstein, hereditary kings of Bohemia.” |
| much | mucho | “My dear Holmes,” said I, “this is too much. |
| case | caso | From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of… |
| way | manera | One night—it was on the twentieth of March, 1888—I was returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. |
| night | noche | One night—it was on the twentieth of March, 1888—I was returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. |
| heard | oyó | I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. |
| made | hecho | “The paper was made in Bohemia,” I said. |
| found | encontró | In this case I found her biography sandwiched in between that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a staff-commander who had written a monograph upon the deep-sea fishes. |
| never | nunca | He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. |
| nothing | nada | There’s money in this case, Watson, if there is nothing else.” |
| however | sin embargo | Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely shared with all the readers of the daily press, I knew little of my former friend and companion. |
| quite | bastante | “Quite so,” he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into an armchair. |
| away | lejos | My marriage had drifted us away from each other. |
| day | día | “Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the betrothal was publicly proclaimed. |
| morning | mañana | The landlady informed me that he had left the house shortly after eight o’clock in the morning. |
| go | ir | You did not tell me that you intended to go into harness.” |
| tell | decir | You did not tell me that you intended to go into harness.” |
| right | derecho | 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… |
| like | como, gustar | The ‘G’ with the small ‘t’ stands for ‘Gesellschaft,’ which is the German for ‘Company.’ It is a customary contraction like our ‘Co.’ ‘P,’ of course, stands for ‘Papier.’ Now for the ‘Eg.’ Let us glance at our… |
| sherlock | Sherlock | To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. |
| last | último | “It came by the last post,” said he. |
| say | decir | “You may say before this gentleman anything which you may say to me.” |
| left | izquierda, se fue | “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. |
| oh | oh | “Oh, dear! |
| saw | vio | His rooms were brilliantly lit, and, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice in a dark silhouette against the blind. |