Watching a movie but skipping words!? Check the list of useful words i collected from Sherlock Holmes:A game of shadows(2011).
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Note: *<sentence in the movie>
Anarchists= a political theory holding all forms of
governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a
society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and
groups.
Gutter=trough to carry
off rain water
Sarcophagus=a stone
coffin
Aperitif=a strong drink
before a meal
Heinous=abominable
Camouflage=concealment by disguise
Sanatorium=treatment and rehabilitation
Diorama=scenic representation
Extol=praise highly
Crescendo = a gradual increase
Conspicuous=noticeable/obvious to eye or mind
Overt=open to hostility
Covert=not openly shown
Purgatory=an intermediate state after death for
expiatory purification
Hysterics=uncontrollable laughter or crying
Tandem=in partnership/conjunction
Pillage=act of looting
Empathy=The ability to understand and share the
feelings of another
Collateral=security/gurantee/pledge
Nuptials=wedding
Cynical=believing people act selfishly
<don’t be so cynical>
Famished=extremely hungry
<you’re hungry?? Famished>
Repressed=restrained/suppressed
<perhaps u repressed it>
Fret=constantly/visibly anxious
<fret not!>
Interlude=intermission
Debacle=a sudden and ignominious failure
<to avoid last nights debacle>
Tardiness=the
quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time.
<hence my tardiness>
Demeaning=Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and
respect for
<no need to be demeaning>
Elusive=Difficult to find,
catch, or achieve.
<a fisherman grows weary of trying to catch an
elusive fish>
Concur=Be of the same
opinion; agree.
<I concur>
Insatiable=impossible to satisfy
Penchant=inclination
<until I observed your penchant for feeding pigeons>
Inept=having or showing no skill
<most inept inspector>
Feral=savage/wild
<Incoming assault feral,but experienced>
Untenable=indefensible
<injury makes defence untenable>
Prognosis=prediction
<prognosis increasingly negative>
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