excel [Ik'sel], underrate [,Vnd@'reIt], conductor [k@n'dVkt@]

"Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt."

He had never said as much before (прежде он никогда такого: «так много» не говорил), and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure (и я должен признать, «что» его слова доставили мне огромное удовольствие; to give; keen — острый; имеющий то или иное свойство в высокой степени), for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration (поскольку меня часто огорчало его равнодушие к моему восхищению; to pique — уязвлять; раздражать) and to the attempts which I had made (и к попыткам, которые я предпринимал: «делал») to give publicity to his methods (/чтобы/ предать гласности его методы). I was proud too to think (также я был горд от мысли; to think — думать) that I had so far mastered his system (что я настолько овладел его системой; far — далеко; в значительной степени) as to apply it in a way which earned his approval (что применил ее таким способом, который заслужил его одобрение; way — путь; способ; to earn — зарабатывать; заслуживать). He now took the stick from my hands (он тотчас взял трость у меня из рук: «из моих рук»; to take) and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes (и изучал ее в течение нескольких минут невооруженным глазом; naked — голый; невооруженный /обходящийся без помощи какой-либо аппаратуры/). Then with an expression of interest (затем с выражением интереса = заинтересовавшись) he laid down his cigarette (он отложил свою папиросу; to lay — класть, положить) and, carrying the cane to the window (и, поднеся трость к окну), he looked over it again with a convex lens (/принялся/ тщательно изучать ее снова /при помощи/ увеличительного стекла; to look over — просматривать; тщательно изучать; convex lens — выпуклая линза).

"Interesting, though elementary (интересно, хотя и просто)," said he, as he returned to his favourite corner of the settee (сказал он, вернувшись в свой излюбленный угол дивана). "There are certainly one or two indications upon the stick (здесь на трости определенно есть одна или две подсказки). It gives us the basis for several deductions (это дает нам основу для некоторых умозаключений; several — некоторые, несколько /но не много/)."

pleasure ['pleZ@], publicity [pVb'lIsItI], though [D@u]

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. 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. He now took the stick from my hands and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes. 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.

"Interesting, though elementary," said he, as he returned to his favourite corner of the settee. "There are certainly one or two indications upon the stick. It gives us the basis for several deductions."

"Has anything escaped me (от меня что-то ускользнуло; to escape — совершать побег; ускользать)?" I asked, with some self-importance (спросил я несколько самодовольно; self-importance — самомнение, чванство; importance — важность). "I trust that there is nothing of consequence (надеюсь, нет ничего важного; to trust — верить, доверять; надеяться; consequence — последствие; важность, значимость) which I have overlooked (что бы я упустил; to overlook — обозревать; не заметить, пропустить)?"

"I am afraid, my dear Watson (боюсь, мой дорогой Ватсон), that most of your conclusions were erroneous (что большинство ваших выводов были ошибочны). When I said that you stimulated me (когда я сказал, что вы стимулируете меня) I meant, to be frank (я, /если/ быть честным, имел в виду; to mean), that in noting your fallacies (что, обращая внимание на ваши промахи; to note — замечать; обращать внимание; fallacy — обманчивая внешность; ошибка, заблуждение) I was occasionally guided towards the truth (я порой находил истину; to guide — вести, направлять; towards — к, по направлению к). Not that you are entirely wrong in this instance (не то, что вы совсем не правы в данном случае; instance — отдельный пример, случай). The man is certainly a country practitioner (этот человек несомненно сельский врач). And he walks a good deal (и ему /приходится/ много ходить пешком)."

consequence ['kOnsIkw@ns], erroneous [I'r@unj@s], guide ['gaId]

"Has anything escaped me?" I asked, with some self-importance. "I trust that there is nothing of consequence which I have overlooked?"

"I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth. Not that you are entirely wrong in this instance. The man is certainly a country practitioner. And he walks a good deal."

"Then I was right (итак, я был прав)."

"To that extent (в этих пределах; extent — пространство, протяжение; мера, степень, рамки, пределы)."

"But that was all (но это все)."

"No, no, my dear Watson, not all (нет, нет, мой дорогой Ватсон, не все) — by no means all (далеко не все; by no means — никоим образом не; отнюдь не). I would suggest, for example (я бы, например, предположил), that a presentation to a doctor is more likely to come (что, вероятнее всего, такой подарок врач /может/ получить: «такого подарка врач может добиться»; to come — приходить; достигать) from an hospital than from a hunt (от какой-нибудь больницы, а не от охотничьего /общества/), and that when the initials 'C.C.' are placed before that hospital (и что когда перед /словом/ "больница" стоят инициалы " C.C.") the words 'Charing Cross' very naturally suggest themselves (слово "Чаринг-Кросс" очень естественно напрашивается: «предлагает само себя»)."