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.
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INCREASE —v. (-sing) make or become greater or more numerous. —n. - growth, enlargement. - (of people, animals, or plants) multiplication. - amount or extent of an increase. on the increase increasing. [latin cresco grow]
INCUBATE v. (-ting) 1 hatch (eggs) by sitting on them or by artificial heat. - cause (micro-organisms) to develop. - develop slowly. [latin cubo lie]
INDEBTED adj. (usu. Foll. By to) owing gratitude or money. indebtedness n. [french endette: related to *debt]
INDECENT adj. - offending against decency. - unbecoming; unsuitable (indecent haste). indecency n. (pl. -ies). Indecently adv. - assault n. Sexual attack not involving rape. - exposure n. Exposing one's genitals in public.
INDIAMAN n. (pl. -men) hist. Ship engaged in trade with india or the east indies.
INDICATE v. (-ting) (often foll. By that) 1 point out; make known. - be a sign of; show the presence of. - call for; require (stronger measures are indicated). - state briefly. - give as a reading or measurement. - point by hand; use a vehicle's indicator (failed to indicate). indication n. [latin dico make known]
INDIGENT adj. Formal needy, poor. indigence n. [latin egeo need]
INDIRECT adj. - not going straight to the point. - (of a route etc.) Not straight. - a not directly sought (indirect result). B not primary (indirect cause). indirectly adv. - object n. Gram. Person or thing affected by a verbal action but not primarily acted on (e.g. Him in give him the book). - question n. Gram. Question in indirect speech. - speech n. = *reported speech. - tax n. Tax on goods and services, not on income or profits.
INDOLENT adj. Lazy; averse to exertion. indolence n. Indolently adv. [latin doleo suffer pain]
INDUCTOR n. Component (in an electric circuit) having inductance.
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