«The Boscombe Valley Mystery» jb part 1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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another word for a "suitcase"

valise

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«Sherlock Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, ________ figure made even __________ and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap.»

gaunt; gaunter

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an unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

biassed opinion/ bias

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rubbish or....

litter

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«The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost ______ of them»

sight

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to have a huge argument or...

a violent quarrel

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someone who has done something wrong/a fact or situation that is the reason for something bad happening

culprit

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misleading or....

deceptive

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a belief or opinion that you develop from the information that you know/ conclusion or...

inference

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police force or....(British)

constabulary

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«This observation of his had the natural effect of removing any _____ of doubt which might have remained in the minds of the coroner's jury»

traces

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to pretend or...

feign

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outrage or...

indignation

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a swindler/cheat or...

a scheming man

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«if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day so far forgotten his _____ duty as to bandy words with him»

filial

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angry words ( in a quarrel) or..

high words

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