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If he really wants someone to share the rooms and the expense, I am the very man for him. I should prefer having a partner to being alone.
"It seems to me, Stamford," I added, looking at my companion, "that you have some reason for washing your hands of the matter.
When it comes to beating the bodies in the dissecting-rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather a strange shape.
Spring：
此处在文中作动词，表示“跳起、跳跃”，并写作过去分词形式：Sprang / spræŋ /
原句：He glanced round and sprang to his feet with a cry of pleasure.
除此以外，字典上还出现了其他生僻义：
n.
1） a twisted piece of metal that can be pushed, pressed or pulled but which always returns to its original shape or position afterwards 弹簧；发条
2)a place where water comes naturally to the surface from under the ground 泉
3)a cheerful, lively quality 活力；朝气
4)a quick sudden jump upwards or forwards 跳；跃
v.
1)to move suddenly and with one quick movement in a particular direction 跳；跃；蹦
settled
此处在文中是“稳定的，固定的”的意思，要注意这里的settled不是settle的过去分词而是作形容词
原句：I think we may consider the thing as settled.
A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed.
That is a question which has puzzled many an expert, and why?
set of 一套
I have another set of faults when I'm well, but those are the main ones at present.
on those lines 系列，一连串
You might start a paper on those lines. Call it the 'Police New of the Past'
a mode of thinking or behaving that is deliberately different from previous modes of thought and behavior.
His appearence was such as to strike the attention of anyone who saw him……and his thin nose gave his whole expression an air of alertness and decision.
But now and again a reaction would take him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the setting-room.
There was one little pale rat-faced, dark eyed fellow who was introduced to me as Mr. Lestrade, and who came three or four times in a sigle week.
there and then：立即，当场
We were both satisfied with the rooms, and agreed to take them there and then. We gradually began to settle down and get used to our new surroundings.
for days on end： 连续，一连几天
…… for his face is dark, and that is not the natural color of his skin, for his wrists are fair.
Yes, I have a natural talent both for observation and for deduction.
No man lives, or has ever lived, who has brought the same amount of study of natural talent to the detection of crime as I have done.
I should like to see him sit down in a third class carriage on the Underground, and figure out the profession of all the travelers. I would lay a thousand to one against him.
undo knot 解开结（解开谜团）
…… that without leaving your room, you can undo some knots which other men cannot figure out……
a thousand to one 一赔一千
原句：The gentleman had cards in his pocket bearing the name of "Enoch J. Drebber"
If a herd of buffaloes had passed through there could not be a greater mess. No doubt, however, you had drawn your own conclusions, Gregson, before you permitted this.
"With two such men as yourself and Lestrade upon the ground, there will not be much for a third party to find out." Gregson rubbed his hand in a self-satisfied way.
bear:
在今天的文章里表示“显示、具有”
原句：As you say, it bears every mark of having been written by the murderer in last night's mystery.
stretch:（身体）舒展
stir：make a stir, 此处指引起轰动，stir的意义参考词典：
excitement, anger or shock that is felt by a number of people
American Exchange: 美国交易所
It was a large square room, looking all the larger from the absence of all furniture.
At present my attention was focused upon the single grim still figure which lay stretched upon the boards.
So quickly was the examination made that one would hardly have guessed the small details with which it was conducted.
You may be very smart and clever, but the old dog is the best, when all is said and done. 姜还是老的辣
credit：
1)功劳
It would be taking your credit for the case if I was to help you.
Credit for this win goes to everybody in the team.
2)赞扬
You know a performer gets no credit when once he has explained his trick.
She deserve credit for trying her best.
curb: 文中指“路边”，常见意思为“控制”
……with its wheels close to the curb.
As I watched him, I was reminded of a pure-blooded well-trained foxhound as it ran backwards and forwards, being hidden, until it comes across the lost scent.
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains