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Now I am learning a lesson about Sherlock Holmes.
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I learn with the help of the best dictionaries:
1.
His creator, Conan Doyle, visited police museums
to gain inspiration for his stories.
gain (verb) US UK /ɡeɪn/ GET [ T ]
C - to get something useful or positive:
The country gained independence in 1948.
L - to obtain or achieve something you want or need
gain(v) - zdobyć, osiągnąć
to gain inspiration for his stories
2.
Alan Moss is a former policeman and historian
former adjective [ always before noun ] US UK /ˈfɔːmər/
C - happening, existing, or true in the past but not now:
former President Bill Clinton
L - happening or existing before, but not now
3.
He was really interested in real-life crimes, but actually
making those crimes into a really good story.
4.
It looks like he’s going to continue being a popular
fictional character for many more years to come.
… że nadal będzie … przez wiele kolejnych lat
5.
I wonder what Sherlock would make of today’s forensic
work and policing techniques.
Zastanawiam się, co Sherlock zrobiłby z dzisiejszych
technik kryminalistycznych i technik policyjnych.
wonder verb US UK /ˈwʌndər/
C - to want to know something or to try to understand
the reason for something:
I wonder what he's making for dinner.
I wonder why she left so suddenly.
I wonder if he'll get the job.
The children are very quiet. I wonder what they're doing.
wonder - zastanawiać się
L - to think about something that you are not sure
about and try to guess what is true, what will happen etc
What are they going to do now, I wonder?
6.
I guess we’ll never know.
I guess - chyba
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