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.
- legal right (esp. Of the original owner, or his or her heirs) to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor. [latin: related to *reverse]
REVOLTING
adj. Disgusting, horrible. revoltingly adv.
REVOLVING
door n. Door with usu. Four partitions turning round a central axis.
REVULSION
n. - abhorrence.
- sudden violent change of feeling. [latin vello vuls- pull]
REWARDING
adj. (of an activity etc.) Worthwhile; satisfying.
RHEUMATIC
fever n. Fever with inflammation and pain in the joints.
- —adj. Of, suffering from, producing, or produced by rheumatism. —n. Person suffering from rheumatism. rheumatically adv. Rheumaticky adj. Colloq. [greek rheuma stream]
RHYMESTER
n. Writer of (esp. Simple) rhymes.
RICEPAPER
n. Edible paper made from the pith of an oriental tree and used for painting and in cookery.
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