Sherlock Holmes Flashcards
Over her face she wore a veil
Sobre su rostro llevaba un velo
You’re “shivering”, madam
Temblando
Holmes “shut” the
door and “turned to the lady”
Cerró / Se volví hacia la dama
It isn’t the cold “which makes me shiver”
Lo que me hace temblar
The lady “raised her veil”
Levantó su velo
It’s fear
Es el miedo
She was very “frightened”
Asustada
He said “kindly”
Amablemente
He leant forward
and touched her arm
Él se inclino hacia adelante y le tocó el brazo
She had a “private income”
Renta privada
But, “as the years went by”, they lost all their money
Con el paso de los años
She received a “sum”
Suma / Monto ($)
Dr Roylott “would inherit her income”
Heredaría su renta
When she married Dr Roylott, “an agreement was made about this money”
Se hizo un acuerdo sobre este dinero
Whenever he went out, he quarrelled with somebody
Siempre que salía, discutía con alguien
His only friends were “gypsies”
Gitanos
Didn’t he have any friends at all?
¿No tenía amigos en absoluto?
Dr Roylott “allows these gypsies to camp on his land”
Permite que estos gitanos acampen en su tierra
They run around freely over his land
Corren libremente por su tierra
Dr Roylott is also very “fond of Indian animals”
Aficionado a los animales indios
The date had been fixed for the wedding
Se había fijado la fecha de la boda
The door of each bedroom opens into the same corridor. The windows look out onto the garden. But there are not doors or windows from one bedroom to the next
La puerta de cada dormitorio da al mismo pasillo.Las ventanas dan al jardín. Pero no hay puertas ni ventanas de un dormitorio al siguiente.
Holmes leant forward excitedly
Holmes se inclinó hacia adelante emocionado
They’re all next to each other, on the ground floor
Todos están uno junto al otro, en la planta baja
Have you ever heard anyone
whistle in the middle of the night?
¿Alguna vez has oído a alguien silbar en medio de la noche?
It doesn’t matter
No importa
We didn’t feel safe “unless” our doors and windows were locked
A menos que
Please go on
Por favor, continúa
The wind was “howling” and the rain was “beating” on the window
Aullaba / Golpeaba
I heard a “dreadful” scream
Espantoso
She was “standing in the doorway”
De pie en la puerta
Her eyes were “staring wildly”
Mirando salvajemente
Then she fainted
Luego se desmayó
In one hand, she was holding
a box of “matches” and, in the other, a “burnt match”
Fósforos / Fósforo quemado
The chimney was built so that no one could climb down into the fireplace from the roof
La chimenea fue construida de manera que nadie pudiera trepar por ella desde el techo
Many of these “gypsies” wear “handkerchiefs” on their heads
Gitanos / Pañuelos
These “handkerchiefs” have a design of “spots” or “speckles”
Pañuelos / Manchas / Motas
Holmes looked doubtful
Holmes parecía dudoso
The builders started to knock a hole through my bedroom wall
Los constructores empezaron a hacer un agujero en la pared de mi dormitorio
I had to move out of my room and into Julia’s room
Tuve que mudarme de mi habitación a la habitación de Julia
Holmes and I looked at each other in astonishment
Holmes y yo nos miramos asombrados
At daylight
A la luz del día
He took hold of Miss Stoner’s arm and pushed back her sleeve
El tomó el brazo de la señorita Stoner y empujó su manga hacia atrás
They were the marks of four fingers and a “thumb”
Pulgar
Somebody had “held” Miss Stoner’s arm “tightly”
Sujetado / Con fuerza
Holmes “stared into” the fire without speaking
Miró fijamente
He’ll be “away from” home all day
Lejos de
I have told you about my “troubles”
Problemas
This “matter” is very strange
Asunto
And what about “the whistle” in the night?
El silbido
And the dying woman’s words about the “speckled band”?
¿Y las palabras de la mujer moribunda sobre la banda moteada?
The door of our room “was thrown open”
Se abrió de golpe
He was so large that his body “almost filled the doorway”
Casi llenaba la puerta de entrada
He asked “rudely”
Con rudeza
He said “politely”
Cortésmente / Amablemente
You’re a “busybody”
Entrometido / Metiche
A poker was lying beside the fire
Un atizador estaba situado junto al fuego
Dr Roylott “stepped forward and picked it up”
Dio un paso adelante y lo recogió
Dr Roylott “stepped forward and picked it up”
Dio un paso adelante y lo recogió
