Glossary

The Hound of de Basckervilles

By Arthur Conan Doyle

Presented by: Jhon Nelson Gonzales centeno

1. Paramo = paramo
A dry and dingy place, where the
story that Mortimer told Holmes and
Watson. A plain and covered with
heather sprinkled with tormos and
rocky clumps, wild and rugged.

2. Levita= frock coat

Holmes was wearing his frock coat. Male
dress of label, longer and wider than the
frac.

3. Tartana = tartan
The author refered that, the tartana
was diverted by a side road. Two-
wheel carriage with vaulted cover
and side seats.

4. Pesquisas = Research

Information or inquiry that is made of a

thing to find out the reality of it or its
circumstances.
5. Debe =debe
In the book this word refer an scene:
Watson, if you are honest you will
have to aim this in the must
One of the two parts in which the
current accounts are divided.

6. Dandi =Dandy
In the book refered an quality
Man who stands out for his elegance and
his good tone.

7. Jaco = Jaco I expected a tartan

drawn by two jacos
Tthe meaning is an small horse
and poor.

8. Yermo =Wilderness

The wilderness Uninhabited and

landscae Incultivated.
9. Fusta = whip The driver pointed with the
whip
Flexible wand or long whip that at the
upper end has a belt braid that is used to
stimulate horses.

10. Escrudiar = Scrutinize

He lies on the roof of his house and
scans the moor. Examine, inquire and
find out carefully a thing and its
circumstances.

11. Desasosiego = Unrest

This would explain the secrecy of his
movements and also the uneasiness of
his wife

12. Vislumbrar = Glimpse

We arrived in time to glimpse the tall
figure with black beard and arched
shoulders.seeing an object dim or
confused by distance or lack of light.

13. Baker Street.-

It is where Holmes and Watson live, not
directly described but it must be a
spacious house, with classic and
elegant furniture, which fit the
character of both characters.
14. Grimpen.-
It is the telegraph office Holmes
goes to to conduct some research.

15. Paddington.-

Station where the trio composed by

Mortimer, Watson and Sir Henry of
Sherlock Holmes to take the train that
takes them towards the old mansion
Baskerville.

16. Devonshire.-
It is a very fertile region, with lots of
vegetation and leaves the Baronet in
awe.
When they crossed it by train, they saw
the brown earth turn reddish, the clay
had turned into granite, and the red
cows grazed on meadows well
delineated by fences in which fresh grass and more luxuriant
vegetation gave Testimony of a richer and more humid climate.

17. Baskerville Hall.-

Surrounded by a garden,
surrounded by a fantastic wrought-
iron net gate, whose door was
flanked by pillars that time had
worn, in which they had embedded
lichens, and which were crowned by
the boar heads of the Baskervilles.
From the door came out a wide
avenue and this one ended in a wide space covered with lawn
and in the center, a house.
18. El interior de la casa = Inside the house

The room, excellent, large, elevated and

solidly roofed with huge oak beams that
time had taken care of to darken. The
fireplace was large and old.
The dining room was a gloomy and sad
place. It was a long room, with a step
that separated the platform, where the
family and the lower portion, intended
for the guests, sat.

19. La cinaga de Grimpen = The swamp of Grimpen

It is a place located in the center of the

pramo that has cost many people and
animals life since if at first glance it
seems a peregrine place to gallop, its soil
is marshy and to tread it is equivalent to
being swallowed by the terrible swamp.

20. Merripit House = Where the Stapleton

marriage lives.

21. Coombey Tracey

Place where Laura Lyons
lives and where the train station
is.
22. La cabaa que ocupa
Holmes en el pramo = The hut
Holmes occupies on the moor