Quantcast
Channel: Word/Idiom Meaning From Sherlock Holmes - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 2 View Live

Answer by Sam for Word/Idiom Meaning From Sherlock Holmes

Answered in the comments: "The man is now a commissionaire - it's his commissionaire's uniform he says is being mended. When Watson asks "and you were...", using the past tense, he is asking what the...

View Article


Word/Idiom Meaning From Sherlock Holmes

In the Sherlock Holmes book A Study in Scarlet, Mr. Watson asks about a man in the street and Sherlock Holmes deduces that man is a retired marine sergeant: "You mean the retired sergeant of Marines,"...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 2 View Live


<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>