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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List of words beginning with: R
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REVAMP v. - renovate, revise, improve. - patch up.
REVEAL v. - display or show; allow to appear. - (often as revealing adj.) Disclose, divulge, betray (revealing remark). - (in refl. Or passive) come to sight or knowledge. [latin velum veil]
REVERE v. (-ring) hold in deep and usu. Affectionate or religious respect. [latin vereor fear]
REVERS n. (pl. Same) 1 turned-back edge of a garment revealing the undersurface. - material on this surface. [french: related to *reverse]
REVERT v. - (foll. By to) return to a former state, practice, opinion, etc. - (of property, an office, etc.) Return by reversion. revertible adj. (in sense 2).
REVIEW —n. - general survey or assessment of a subject or thing. - survey of the past. - revision or reconsideration (is under review). - display and formal inspection of troops etc. - published criticism of a book, play, etc. - periodical with critical articles on current events, the arts, etc. —v. - survey or look back on. - reconsider or revise. - hold a review of (troops etc.). - write a review of (a book, play, etc.). reviewer n. [french revoir: related to *view]
REVILE v. (-ling) abuse verbally. [french: related to *vile]
REVISE v. (-sing) 1 examine or re-examine and improve or amend (esp. Written or printed matter). - consider and alter (an opinion etc.). - (also absol.) Go over (work learnt or done) again, esp. For an examination. revisory adj. [latin reviso from video vis- see]
REVIVE v. (-ving) 1 come or bring back to consciousness, life, or strength. - come or bring back to existence, or to use or notice etc. [latin vivo live]
REVOKE —v. (-king) 1 rescind, withdraw, or cancel. - cards fail to follow suit when able to do so. —n. Cards revoking. revocable adj. Revocation n. [latin voco call]
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