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favour [ˈfeɪvǝ], surgical [ˈsǝ:dʒɪk(ǝ)l], presentation [ˌprezenˈteɪʃ(ǝ)n]

"Good!" said Holmes. "Excellent!"

"I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on foot."

"Why so?"

"Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one, has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it. The thick iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it."

"Perfectly sound!" said Holmes.

"And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.' I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return."

"Really, Watson, you excel yourself (в самом деле, Ватсон, вы превзошли: «превосходите» самого себя)," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette (сказал Холмс, откидываясь на спинку стула и прикуривая папиросу; to light — светить; зажигать). "I am bound to say (должен отметить: «сказать»; to be bound — быть обязанным) that in all the accounts (что во всех отчетах = записках) which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements (которые вы столь любезно посвятили моим «собственным» скромным достижениям; to give — давать; посвящать /кому-либо, чему-либо/) you have habitually underrated your own abilities (вы обычно недооцениваете свои собственные возможности). It may be that you are not yourself luminous (может быть, вы сами и не светитесь; luminous — светящийся; ярко освещенный), but you are a conductor of light (но вы — проводник света). Some people without possessing genius (многие люди, не обладая гениальностью; some — кое-кто, некоторые; многие; to possess — владеть, обладать) have a remarkable power of stimulating it (имеют замечательную способность вызывать ее /в других/; power — сила; способность, возможность; to stimulate — возбуждать; поощрять). I confess, my dear fellow (признаюсь, друг мой; fellow — приятель, товарищ), that I am very much in your debt (я в очень большом долгу /перед/ вами)."

excel [ɪkˈsel], underrate [ˌʌndǝˈreɪt], conductor [kǝnˈdʌktǝ]

"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."