One evening Sherlock Holmes was going along the street and suddenly saw a man down…
- It’s certain, this gentleman is very tired after work… or he is dead drunk… or he is after being with a woman, … — reflected Holmes. As it’s Sunday today, he can’t be coming back from work… At such a late hour all shops are closed, and he couldn’t buy alcohol. So he is coming back from a woman. But in this remote place there are only two women — Watson’s wife and mine. Consequently, as I’m coming back from Watson’s wife, …
- Watson, rascal, get up!!!
- coat n. (also sports jacket) man's informal jacket.
- ground n. Piece of land used for sports.
SPORTY
adj. (-ier, -iest) colloq. - fond of sport.
- rakish, showy. sportily adv. Sportiness n.
SPOTTY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 marked with spots.
- patchy, irregular. spottiness n.
SPOUSE
n. Husband or wife. [latin sponsus sponsa betrothed]
SPRAIN
—v. Wrench (an ankle, wrist, etc.), causing pain or swelling. —n. Such a wrench. [origin unknown]
SPRANG
past of *spring.
SPRAWL
—v. - a sit, lie, or fall with limbs flung out untidily. B spread (one's limbs) thus.
- (of writing, a plant, a town, etc.) Be irregular or straggling. —n. - sprawling movement, position, or mass.
- straggling urban expansion. [old english]
SPREAD
eagle —n. Figure of an eagle with legs and wings extended as an emblem. —v. (spread-eagle) 1 (usu. As spread-eagled adj.) Place (a person) with arms and legs spread out.
- defeat utterly.
- —v. (past and past part. Spread) 1 (often foll. By out) a open, extend, or unfold. B cause to cover a surface or larger area. C display thus.
- (often foll. By out) have a wide, specified, or increasing extent.
- become or make widely known, felt, etc. (rumours are spreading).
- a cover (spread the wall with paint). B lay (a table). —n. - act of spreading.
- capability or extent of spreading (has a large spread).
- diffusion (spread of learning).
- breadth.
- increased girth (middle-aged spread).
- difference between two rates, prices, etc.
- colloq. Elaborate meal.
- paste for spreading on bread etc.
- bedspread. 10 printed matter spread across more than one column. spread oneself be lavish or discursive. Spread one's wings develop one's powers fully. [old english]
SPRING
balance n. Balance that measures weight by the tension of a spring.
- chicken n. - young fowl for eating.
- youthful person.
- equinox n. (also vernal equinox) equinox about 20 march.
- fever n. Restlessness or lethargy associated with spring.
- greens n.pl. Young cabbage leaves.
- onion n. Young onion eaten raw.
- roll n. Chinese fried pancake filled with vegetables.
- tide n. Tide just after the new and the full moon when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
- —v. (past sprang; past part. Sprung) 1 rise rapidly or suddenly, leap, jump.
- move rapidly by or as by the action of a spring.
- (usu. Foll. By from) originate (from ancestors, a source, etc.).
- act or appear suddenly or unexpectedly (a breeze sprang up; spring to mind; spring to life).
- (often foll. By on) present (a thing or circumstance etc.) Suddenly or unexpectedly (sprang it on me).
- slang contrive the escape of (a person from prison etc.).
- rouse (game) from a covert etc.
- (usu. As sprung adj.) Provide (a mattress etc.) With springs. —n. - jump, leap.
- recoil.
- elasticity.
- elastic device, usu. Of coiled metal, used esp. To drive clockwork or for cushioning in furniture or vehicles.
- a (often attrib.) The first season of the year, in which new vegetation begins to appear. B (often foll. By of) early stage of life etc.
- place where water, oil, etc., wells up from the earth; basin or flow so formed.
- motive for or origin of an action, custom, etc. spring a leak develop a leak. Spring up come into being, appear. springlike adj. [old english]
SPRINT
—v. - run a short distance at full speed.
- run (a specified distance) thus. —n. - such a run.
- short burst in cycling, swimming, etc. sprinter n. [old norse]
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Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.