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STRAND MAGAZINE</a></font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana"><font size=-2><a href="../norwoodwav/n1.wav">Vol.
26 NOVEMBER, 1903</a></font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana"><font size=+1><a href="../norwoodwav/n2.wav">THE
RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES</a></font></font>
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE</a></font></font>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font size=+1><a href="../norwoodwav/n4.wav">II.
-- The Adventure of the Norwood Builder</a></font></font></center>

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<ul>
<li>Norwood</li>

<ul>proper name of a place</ul>

<li>malignant</li>

<ul>evil, bad, actively trying
to do harm</ul>

<li>tremors</li>

<ul>shakes, small uncontrolled
movements of the hands</ul>

<li>spider</li>

<ul>eight legged insect, undesirable
insect</ul>

<li>web</li>

<ul>where the spider lives and
traps food</ul>

<li>foul</li>

<ul>dirty, smelly, and implies
evil -- a foul odor, a foul deed</ul>

<li>assault</li>

<ul>attack, hit with intent
to hurt</ul>

<li>an outrage</li>

<ul>violation of rules of society beyond the expected</ul>

<li>practice</li>

<ul>in this case refers to the
legal or medical profession, you practice law (to work as a lawyer) and have a practice (law or medical business) -- implies
you have an office, a set of clients, and a standing or status in the community</ul>

<li>Baker Street</li>

<ul>An actual street in London,
however 22 Baker Street was never a residence. It is presently a bank.</ul>

<li>averse</li>

<ul>one who avoids -- "he is
not averse" means he would NOT avoid something and in fact would probably
like it. The term is usually used in the negative to imply willingness
to do something.</ul>

<li>stringent</li>

<ul>strict</ul>

<li>prohibition</li>

<ul>rule against something</ul>

<li>whimisical</li>

<ul>something that has a random
nature, is slightly humorous, is not harmful, and is changeable</ul>

<li>disheveled</li>

<ul>untidy, disarranged, implies
that you just went through something that messed up your clothes and hair</ul>

<li>palpitating</li>

<ul>rapid pounding -- the heart
beating quickly</ul>

<li>symptoms</li>

<ul>physical signs of illness</ul>

<li>sedative</li>

<ul>pill to make you sleep</ul>

<li>solicitor</li>

<ul>type of lawyer in England, the solicitor does not go into court to speak before the judge, that is another specialty called a barrister</ul>

<li>Freemason</li>

<ul>member of a club (for males), used
to establish social, business, and political ties and sometimes to engage in charitable works -- Freemasons are famous for having secret handshakes, rites, and other ceremonies to identify fellow members</ul>

<li>asthmatic</li>

<ul>someone who has allergies
which make it difficult to breathe</ul>

<li>deductions</li>

<ul>conclusions drawn from evidence
-- Sherlock Holmes is famous for making deductions -- always accurate,
of course.</ul>

<li>watch-charm</li>

<ul>from the days when watches
were carried in pockets. They were attached by a light chain to the clothing
and often a small pieces of decorative jewelry hung from the chain -- this
was a watch-charm.  It usually had some symbol engraved on it -- your school, club, church, or your initials.</ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>gaol</li>

<ul>place where criminals are kept -- (jail = American spelling)</ul>

<li>Lower Norwood</li>

<ul>place name</ul>

<li>builder</li>

<ul>one who contructs houses
and other buildings -- in this case implies the owner of the company</ul>

<li>arson</li>

<ul>setting a fire on purpose</ul>

<li>clue</li>

<ul>something which leads to
the solution of a question, puzzle or mystery. Usually it is physical like
a finger print, but it can be that something is missing that ought to be
there</ul>

<li>infallibly</li>

<ul>without fail</ul>

<li>apprehension</li>

<ul>fear, uneasiness</ul>

<li>perpetrator</li>

<ul>person who commits a crime</ul>

<li>vigorous</li>

<ul>strong</ul>

<li>suburb</li>

<ul>a town outside a city in
which most people work in the city but live in the suburb</ul>

<li>eccentric</li>

<ul>unpredictable, unusual habits,
not normal</ul>

<li>conflagation</li>

<ul>large fire which burns wildly</ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>warrant</li>

<ul>legal paper which grants
the police permission to do something -- search a place, arrest a person...
The police must have clues, called evidence which point to the suspicion
of a crime.</ul>

<li>sinister</li>

<ul>evil</ul>

<li>French windows</li>

<ul>doors with windows from
top to bottom, which substitute for windows -- but you can go out through
them usually into a garden or onto a lawn.</ul>

<li>charred remains</li>

<ul>implies that a deceased
body was found -- "remains" used as a synonym for body</ul>

<li>ignited</li>

<ul>a fire was set</ul>

<li>sagacity</li>

<ul>wisdom, cleverness</ul>

<li>Scotland Yard</li>

<ul>the offices of the central
police which became the name of the organization in common speach</ul>

<li>City office</li>

<ul>the "City" is the area of
London concerned with business and commerce</ul>

<li>London Bridge Station</li>

<ul>a train station</ul>

<li>ghastly</li>

<ul>pale, having little color,
a variation on the word 'ghost'</ul>

<li>despair</li>

<ul>having no hope</ul>

<li>will</li>

<ul>in this context a legal
document telling who gets your money and stuff after you die</ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>ferret</li>

<ul>an animal which is disliked
because it sneaks into chicken houses to steal eggs</ul>

<li>stammer</li>

<ul>to have a hard time talking
-- you start words several times before you can say them</ul>

<li>building leases, title-deeds,
mortgages...</li>

<ul>legal documents -- all stand
for money or property</ul>

<li>humour</li>

<ul>mood</ul>

<li>frugal</li>

<ul>cheap</ul>

<li>Blackheath</li>

<ul>another suburb of London</ul>

<li>Anerley Arms</li>

<ul>a hotel or inn</ul>

<li>enigmatic</li>

<ul>difficult to interpret,
the meaning is hidden or conflicting -- an enigmatic smile is one which
could mean several things at the same time</ul>

<li>impenetrable</li>

<ul>unable to be understood</ul>

<li>four-wheeler</li>

<ul>a horse-drawn carriage which
has four wheels -- implies that it is fairly large</ul>

<li>beseeching</li>

<ul>begging</ul>

<li>points</li>

<ul>places where rails connect
-- these joins tend to be very rough and bumpy</ul>

<li>corroborates</li>

<ul>agrees with</ul>

<li>haphazard</li>

<ul>sloppy, with no plan</ul>
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<ul>
<li>obvious</li>

<ul>very easily seen</ul>

<li>trifle</li>

<ul>very small and unimportant
object or matter -- you can say "It is only a trifle" to mean that it does
not matter.</ul>

<li>tramp</li>

<ul>someone who travels from
place to place to find work -- odd-jobs -- has no regular place to live
and no regular source of income -- the 19th century version of the homeless.</ul>

<li>congenial</li>

<ul>pleasureable, agreeable</ul>

<li>for the matter of that</li>

<ul>we now say "for that matter"
-- it means that you are talking about the same logic or condition -- "why
should the body be burnt" is the "matter" or subject -- could also say
"on that topic" or "in regards to that"</ul>

<li>negotiate</li>

<ul>stock or bond certificates
have to be signed to be turned into money -- to negotiate, to cash -- use
the word negotiate in this situation because the amount of cash you would
get will vary depending on the market conditions -- therefore the tramp
could not cash them because he could not sign them</ul>

<li>frock-coat</li>

<ul>an old-fashioned long coat
with a wide skirt</ul>

<li>prospect</li>

<ul>future view or sight of
danger or other condition -- based on present evidence -- "his prospects
aren't good" means that he doesn't have much of a future.</ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>haggard</li>

<ul>unattractively tired, showing
signs of lots of work and a lack of sleep/food</ul>

<li>right track</li>

<ul>means that you are thinking
in the right direction -- expression comes from trains where you have to
stand by the right track in order to go in the proper direction.</ul>

<li>black-guard</li>

<ul>someone who will betray
you, who will lie, steal and cheat</ul>

<li>predispose</li>

<ul>create a feeling or emotion
before the people meet -- can also refer to positive feelings -- "Having
read his book I was predisposed to like him before I met him"</ul>

<li>suitor</li>

<ul>boyfriend</ul>

<li>aviary</li>

<ul>a place where birds are
kept -- a room sized cage</ul>

<li>villa</li>

<ul>a rather large house, usually
with gates on the driveway</ul>

<li>staring</li>

<ul>used to make the house seem
aggressive and dangerous</ul>

<li>laurel-clumped lawn</li>

<ul>laurel bushes and scattered
across the yard in groups -- the author created the adjective to give a
feeling of discomfort and formality</ul>

<li>treasure-trove</li>

<ul>a group of valuable objects</ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>drawn every cover</li>

<ul>means he looked into and
under every hidden place -- he drew the cover back...</ul>

<li>pick up scent</li>

<ul>find a clue, get an idea
of what happened -- comes from dogs being used to track people or animals
-- they follow the "scent" to track them down</ul>

<li>sidelong eyes</li>

<ul>the person looks out of
the side of their eyes, keeping their face away from you -- literary sign
that the person is dishonest. In real life, successful dishonest people
look straight at you and appear innocent -- they are called confidence
men because they gain your confidence to sell you something that is false.</ul>

<li>close as wax</li>

<ul>close means silent or secretive
- wax refers to wax statues -- very popular at this time, museums of wax
statues of famous people were established in London and Paris</ul>

<li>paroxysm</li>

<ul>a sudden burst of emotion
-- in this case of certainty that the man is innocent</ul>

<li>Sunday-school</li>

<ul>religious classes held on
Sunday before or after church services -- children who go are a symbol
of innocence -- here it is used to compare his appearance to that of a
boy going to Sunday school.</ul>

<li>broker</li>

<ul>a person who buys and sells
property or stock in companies for individuals</ul>

<li>scrip</li>

<ul>papers which show ownership
to some valuable -- stocks, bonds, etc.</ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>cock-a-doodle</li>

<ul>the sound a rooster makes
-- a crowing sound -- used to imply that the person is bragging loudly
to all the world</ul>

<li>two-edged</li>

<ul>refers to a sword with both
side of the blade sharpened -- it can cut in both directions</ul>

<li>inanition</li>

<ul>hunger</ul>

<li>magnifying glass</li>

<ul>Sherlock Holmes is traditionally
pictured with a magnifying glass -- he used it to find very small things
(clues) that other people missed</ul>

<li>writhing</li>

<ul>a movement which cannot
be controlled but which the person is attempting suppress or stop -- you
can also writhe in pain</ul>

<li>cocksure</li>

<ul>again a reference to roosters
-- a cock is a male bird -- to be cocksure means that you are very, very
confident and you don't mind if the world knows it</ul>

<li>insolence</li>

<ul>lack of respect</ul>

<li>providential</li>

<ul>fortunate, occuring at a
favorable time almost by magic or as a gift of the gods</ul>

<li>wriggle</li>

<ul>another movement of the
body/face -- this one is a quick, sudden, rapid movement -- a child wriggles
in anticipation for a treat or sweet</ul>

<li>equanimity</li>

<ul>evenness, control, balance,
serious and calm manner</ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>spasm of merriment.</li>

<ul>laughter which makes you
loose control resulting in a giggle, laugh, or snort</ul>

<li>premature</li>

<ul>occuring before something
is ready or finished</ul>

<li>able-bodied</li>

<ul>strong and fit</ul>

<li>outhouse</li>

<ul>any building away from the
house used for storage or special purposes</ul>

<li>marshalled</li>

<ul>led</ul>

<li>conjurer</li>

<ul>magician</ul>

<li>tomfoolery</li>

<ul>nonsense, jokes, pranks,
childish behavior</ul>

<li>chaffed</li>

<ul>teased, in this case the
fact that Lastrade made a point of telling Holmes that he (Lestrade) had
solved the case first</ul>

<li>sun on your side of the hedge</li>

<ul>things going your way, you
have the advantage -- come from farming, where having a sunny field is
an advantage</ul>

<li>pomp and ceremony</li>

<ul>refers to very formal occasions
where there are dignified and complex customs</ul>

<li>wizened</li>

<ul>like an apple which has
been left sitting in the sun two weeks -- or like a raisin</ul>

<li>burrow</li>

<ul>the hole where rabbits live</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Capital</li>

<ul>old-fashioned slang expression
of pleased approval -- it means that things are going right -- we might
say "right on!" today</ul>

<li>smouldering</li>

<ul>the fire is still smoking
but not actively burning</ul>

<li>whimper</li>

<ul>a small pitiful sound, usually
made in fear</ul>

<li>practical joke</li>

<ul>a joke whick is done usually
to a friend in the spirit of humor -- some are actually funny -- the man
is claiming that his actions were not meant to harm anyone.</ul>

<li>throw dust in the eyes</li>

<ul>to confuse, comes from boxing
when you would throw dust in the eyes of an opponent so he couldn't see
you -- then you could hit him....</ul>

<li>foolscrap</li>

<ul>cheap paper used to write
notes -- implies that the writing is not serious or important</ul>

<li>lath-and-plaster</li>

<ul>a type of construction where
thin boards (lathes) are nailed to beams and then plaster is pushed between
the boards to cover them. The lathes hold the plaster to the wall.</ul>

<li>eaves</li>

<ul>roof</ul>

<li>confederate</li>

<ul>one who helps you</ul>

<li>precious</li>

<ul>a valuable thing or person</ul>

<li>clear as crystal</li>

<ul>expression which compares
the idea to very good glass (crystal) which can be seen through without
distortion and easily because it has no flaws</ul>
</ul>
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<li>vindictive</li>

<ul>wanting revenge</ul>

<li>rankled</li>

<ul>botherer over a period of
time, an emotion which grows over time such as anger, rankles</ul>

<li>vengeance</li>

<ul>wanting to do something
bad to someone who has (or you think they have) done something bad to you</ul>

<li>speculation</li>

<ul>buying and selling stocks,
bonds, or land when there is a lot of risk</ul>

<li>villainy</li>

<ul>evil, usually criminal</ul>

<li>incessantly</li>

<ul>without stopping, continuously</ul>

<li>befall</li>

<ul>happen</ul>

<li>conspiracy</li>

<ul>secret plan in which a group
of people plan to do something to another group of people -- it usually
implies that the second group of people are not going to be happy about
this plan</ul>

<li>creditor</li>

<ul>person to whom you owe money</ul>

<li>impound</li>

<ul>take control of</ul>

<li>serve your turn</li>

<ul>serve your purposes</ul>
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