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!!!
camp n. Camp for the temporary accommodation of soldiers, refugees, etc.
- n. - going, conveying, or being conveyed, esp. Over a distance.
- passage or route.
- apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian of a place, or across the sun or a planet. in transit while going or being conveyed. [latin: related to *trance]
TRANSOM
n. - horizontal bar of wood or stone across a window or the top of a door.
- us = *transom window. [french traversin: related to *traverse]
- window n. Window above a transom.
TRAPEZE
n. Crossbar suspended by ropes as a swing for acrobatics etc. [latin: related to *trapezium]
TRAPPER
n. Person who traps wild animals, esp. For their fur.
TRAVAIL
literary —n. - painful effort.
- pangs of childbirth. —v. Make a painful effort, esp. In childbirth. [french travaillier]
TRAWLER
n. Boat used for trawling.
TREACLE
n. - syrup produced in refining sugar.
- molasses. treacly adj. [french from latin theriaca antidote against a snake-bite, from therion wild animal]
TREADLE
n. Lever worked by the foot and imparting motion to a machine. [old english: related to *tread]
TREASON
n. Violation by a subject of allegiance to the sovereign or state. [latin: related to *tradition]
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