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Riddles

Are you the new Sherlock Homes?

1) A man goes into a bar and asks for a glass of water. After finishing it, the
waitress takes a gun from the bar and points at him. He says “thank you”
and goes away.

2) One woman leans out of the window…She really seems devastated. She
decided to jump from her window. Right at that moment, the telephone rings
and she regrets having jumped from the window.

3) Tomas was sailing with his little boat. Unfortunately his watch falls
overboard. Despite the fact of he is a really good diver, he is not able to reach
it back.

4) The woman who lives on the 6th floor decides to commit suicide from her
windowsill. She jumped; however, she does not dye and she has not any
serious injuries.

5) When Martin woke up that morning, Martin found the door opened, which
was a little unexpected. In that moment, Martin stuck (stick) out the head out
the door, Martin died decapitated.

1) Key Word: fright


2) Key Word: alone.
3) Key Word: float.
4) Key Word: direction.
5) Key Word: who is Marin?
Riddles

Substitution table:

Giving your personal opinion


It seems to me that subject verb + complements
I hold the view that he/she is feeling quite sad…
I am under the impression that lives alone
It goes without saying that
I strongly believe that

Substitution table:

Expressing probability
My guess is that… + subject + verb
She/He might/may + verb (live) alone
Perhaps/Maybe + Subject + Verb
She will probably (live) alone
It is possible that…+ subject + verb
Riddles

Solutions:
1) He had hiccup /ˈhɪkʌp/
2) She thought that she was the only human in the world, but thanks
to that call, she realized that she was not alone.
3) The man was sailing through the Dead Sea, whose levels of salt are
really high, which prevent him from reaching his watch.
4) The woman does not jump towards the street, but in the other
direction, that is to say, she realized that life is worthy and jumped
towards her own apartment.
5) Martin was a bird, which was killed by a cat.

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