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Why did the author finally give up on his watch?
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What was Uncle Williams' comment on the 'tinkerers' of the world?
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What clues did Sherlock Holmes work upon to get at the fact that the story of the three Garridebs was a ruse?
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What was John Garrideb's objective in inventing the story of Alexander Hamilton Garrideb and his legacy?
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Why didn't John Garrideb like the idea of including Holmes in the hunt for the third Garrideb?
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Who was Roger Presbury and how was John Garrideb connected with him?
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How did Holmes guess that John Garrideb would go to 136, Little Ryder Street? Did he expect to find what he ultimately did before he went there?
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Explain the line:
'I seemed to detect in myself a sort of sneaking fellow-feeling for the mummy in the museum, and a desire to swap news with him.
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‘It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love that lay behind that cold mask’— how does this comment throw light on the kind of relationship between Holmes and Watson?
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The cleverest of criminals leave behind clues to their crime.
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How did Holmes' digressions sometimes prove in the end to have a bearing on the matter on hand?
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Explain the line:
Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
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Explain the line:
She makes too much steam–you want to hang the monkey wrench on the safety valve!
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Examine the structure of the short story ‘Adventure of the Three Garridebs’ with the help of this framework
- The narrator of the story
- Introduction of the topic of the story
- Introduction of the main characters in the plot
- Development of the plot
- Climax
- Resolution of the mystery.
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Examine the subtle humour in the narration of the story that lightens the gravity of the subject matter.
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Identify the words in the advertisement that gave away the fact that it was placed by John Garrideb.
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Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
Replacing old machines with new is better than getting them repaired.
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Make a list of words which are spelled differently in American and British English.
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Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
It is difficult to part with personal items like a watch which have a sentimental value attached to them.
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Look at the highlighted expressions in the following sentences from the text and explain their figurative meaning.
- 'I went through it, sir, with a fine-toothed comb and never a Garrideb could I catch.'
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'They are my favourite covert for putting up a bird, and I would never have overlooked a cock pheasant as that.'
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'There is no bolt-hole for you in this country.'
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'When his castle in the air fell down, it burred him beneath the ruins.'
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