よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 60: The Trap Springs
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The first intruder suddenly senses danger and warns his partner. Holmes leaps out and catches him by the collar, while the second man escapes down the hole, leaving part of his coat in Jones’s hands. The prisoner draws a pistol, but Holmes strikes his wrist and knocks it away.
Japanese in this scene
- ので
- ので gives a reason in a relatively explanatory, neutral way: “because; since.” It often sounds softer than から.
- と
- と after a complete statement can mark a quotation: “that….” It also means “with” between nouns, so the surrounding grammar matters.
- に
- に marks a target, destination, time, recipient, or resulting state. Its exact English equivalent depends on the predicate it accompanies.
- は
- は marks the topic of a sentence and can also set up a contrast with another item.
Background
- Hunting crop
- A hunting crop is a short riding whip with a heavy handle. Holmes sometimes carries one for protection and can use it as an effective weapon.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"It's all clear," he whispered. "Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!"
「誰もいないぞ」と男はささやいた。「たがねと袋は持ったか？しまった！跳べ、アーチー、跳ぶんだ、おれは縛り首になってもかまわん！」
Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts. The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes' hunting crop came down on the man's wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.
シャーロック・ホームズはすでに飛び出して、侵入者の襟首をつかんでいた。もう一人は穴に飛びこみ、ジョーンズがその上着のすそにつかみかかったので、布の裂ける音が聞こえた。光が拳銃の銃身にきらりと反射したが、ホームズの狩猟用の鞭が男の手首に振り下ろされ、拳銃はかちんと音を立てて石の床に落ちた。