to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc)
«This observation of his had the natural effect of removing any _____ of doubt which might have remained in the minds of the coroner's jury»
traces
to have a huge argument or...
a violent quarrel
a swindler/cheat or...
a scheming man
angry words ( in a quarrel) or..
high words
outrage or...
indignation
sly-looking person means..
he/she looks like cannot be trusted
«if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day so far forgotten his _____ duty as to bandy words with him»
filial
«Sherlock Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, ________ figure made even __________ and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap.»
gaunt; gaunter
to be at pains to do sth means ....
to try very hard to do something
misleading or....
deceptive
he is in ....
delirium
an unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment
biassed opinion/ bias
to pretend or...
feign
another word for a "suitcase"
valise
a belief or opinion that you develop from the information that you know/ conclusion or...
inference
«The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost ______ of them»
sight
someone who has done something wrong/a fact or situation that is the reason for something bad happening
culprit
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