Once Holmes was visited by the person with a request for help. He was in a worn suit, a shirt with shabby cuffs and an old top head on his head. Holmes refused to help him. When the man left, disappointed Watson jumped on his friend:
- Sherlock, you are a great detective. How could you refuse to help the poor man?
- My dear friend, he was not absolutely poor. It his purse there was 115 pounds and 25 pence.
- But how do you know ?
- It is elementary, Buddy. Let’s count it together.
n. Trumpet-shaped device formerly used as a hearing-aid.
ECHINODERM
n. (usu. Spiny) sea animal of the group including the starfish and sea urchin. [greek ekhinos sea-urchin, derma skin]
ECONOMICAL
adj. Sparing; avoiding waste. economically adv.
ECUMENICAL
adj. - of or representing the whole christian world.
- seeking worldwide christian unity. ecumenically adv. Ecumenism n. [greek oikoumenikos of the inhabited earth]
EFFEMINATE
adj. (of a man) womanish in appearance or manner. effeminacy n. Effeminately adv. [latin femina woman]
EFFERVESCE
v. (-cing) 1 give off bubbles of gas.
- be lively. effervescence n. Effervescent adj. [latin: related to *fervent]
EFFLORESCE
v. (-cing) 1 burst into flower.
- a (of a substance) turn to a fine powder on exposure to air. B (of salts) come to the surface and crystallize. C (of a surface) become covered with salt particles. efflorescence n. Efflorescent adj. [latin flos flor- *flower]
EFFORTLESS
adj. Easily done, requiring no effort. effortlessly adv. Effortlessness n.
EFFRONTERY
n. (pl. -ies) impudent audacity. [latin frons front- forehead]
