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.
v. (-ging) 1 recognize; accept the truth of (acknowledged its failure).
- confirm the receipt of (a letter etc.).
- a show that one has noticed (acknowledged my arrival with a grunt). B express appreciation of (a service etc.).
- recognize the validity of, own (the acknowledged king). [from *ad-, *knowledge]
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