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1. What is the meaning of 'not infrequent'? Can you give me another word for it?
2. How is the grammatical term for expressions like 'not infrequent'`?
3. Give me another word for 'hearth'.
4. Do you know the difference between 'to carry' and 'to wear'?
5. What do you do when you excel yourself? e.g. in an exam.
6. Which word ( s ) could you use instead of 'habitually in this sentence? "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own achievements you have HABITUALLY underrated your own abilities."
7. Is this sentence a compliment or a slight insult? "It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light."
8. This is what Sherlock Holmes said to Dr Watson. Does it mean Sherlock Holmes owes money to Dr Watson? "I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt."
9. What is the meaning of 'conviction' in this sentence? There was such a ring of conviction in his voice that I glanced up in surprise. (Paragraph 3 and 4) a) a strong opinion or belief b) someone who is officially found to be guilty of a particular crime c) the feeling or state of being annoyed
10. Was the man's nose very much noticable? He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparking brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
11. Can you give me another word for "clad"? Was he clad in a nice fashion? He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for is frock-coat was dingy and his trousers frayed.
12. Can you describe the man's appearance with your own words? Though young, his long back was already bowed, and he walked with a forward thrust of his head and a general air of peering benevolence.
13. Was Holmes' head round or rather long? "Mr. Holmes. I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development"
14. What comes closest in meaning to "running finger along"? Would you have any objection to my running finger along your parietal fissure? a) touch b) pat c) slap
15. What is the meaning of 'cast' in that sentence? A cast of your skull, sir, until the original available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. a) an actor in a film b) shape c) look d) statue
16. Did Mr Mortimer admire Sherlock Holmes for his skull? If so, which words tells you that? It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.