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sly-looking person means..
he/she looks like cannot be trusted
what's in the pic?
a ferret
give (someone) credit (for something) means...
to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc)
to be at pains to do sth means ....
to try very hard to do something
he is in ....
delirium
angry words ( in a quarrel) or..
high words
«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
a swindler/cheat or...
a scheming man
outrage or...
indignation
to pretend or...
feign
«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
police force or....(British)
constabulary
a belief or opinion that you develop from the information that you know/ conclusion or...
inference
misleading or....
deceptive
someone who has done something wrong/a fact or situation that is the reason for something bad happening
culprit
to have a huge argument or...
a violent quarrel
«The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost ______ of them»
sight
rubbish or....
litter
an unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment
biassed opinion/ bias
«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
another word for a "suitcase"
valise