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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “A Study in Scarlet” begins
In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army.
Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon.
The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out.
On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy’s country.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “A Study in Scarlet” at level B1 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- companion
- remark
- fellow
- hardly
- gentleman
- murder
- lip
- sight
- spring
- broad
- mystery
- pill
- evidently
- lay
- observe
- point
- occur
- indeed
- affair
- prisoner
- though
- murderer
- approach
- lean
- practical
- cry
- poison
- bear
- conclusion
- silent
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “A Study in Scarlet”
How much of each kind of grammar “A Study in Scarlet” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Relative clauses
- Perfect tenses
- Passive voice
- Modal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Reported speech
- Phrasal verbs
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- Subject relative clause with who/that/which “But women were few, and there were many who had better claims than I.
- Past perfect active I had grown my beard, and there was no chance of their recognizing me.
- -ing clause as adverbial (Feeling tired, …) “It was quite thick enough before,” grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair.
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About the book
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