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«The Boscombe Valley Mystery» jb part 1

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