THE SIGN OF FOUR (Cinema)

A classical detective story with the legendary detective and his companion. A beautiful young lady, Mary Morstan, visits Sherlock Holmes and asks for his help in finding her father and to discover who has been sending her pearls, one a year for the past six years. Holmes and Dr. Watson soon start their investigation.

THE SIGN OF FOUR

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Vocabulary:

Word	Meaning / Example	Picture Illustration
apartment	a suite of rooms, usually there are a lot of apartments in a building
tray	something to put something (food, drink, letters,) on to serve politely
notebook	a book for taking notes
luggage	everything you take with you when you go somewhere far
ornament	you use ornament to decorate, to make something look better
magnifying glass	if you look through this, you see things bigger
hoove	the hard part at the end of the legs of cattle
turban	a kind of clothes that wear on the head
bald	without hair
treasure	something very valuable
rub	to move something with pressure together
keyhole	the hole for putting the key in to lock or unlock the door
prisoner	someone who is kept against their will
thorn	the pointy part of some plants and flowers that can hurt you if you touch it
chest	a big sturdy box with a lid to cover it
window-will	the flat surface under the window
dwarf /drɔ:f/	a person who is remarkably small
tar	the black, heavy, dirty substance, usually used to cover on the road
pygmy	pygmy is a small person in Africa
cab	an old word for taxi
cage	a closure made by wire or wood to keep animals and birds inside
drain-pipe	a pipe to carry the rain water away
barrel	a big box to store food or liquid
stripe	The aroma has two red stripes.
funnel	the shaft of the train that let out smoke when it runs
report	a writing in the newspaper is called a report.
ragged	old and torn
arrested	Inspector Jones arrested Sholto.
curly	The man has dark curly hair.
fortress	a fortified defense structure
plan	a map Ex: The paper was the plan of the fortress.
jetty	the bridge that is used to get on or off a boat.
bar	a hard piece of metal or wood
lamplight	The room was lit by a lamplight.