It's a kid.

Oh, God, it's a kid.

What did he say?

Ten.

Nine.

Jesus.

It's a fake, but how can I prove it?

How, how?

Eight.

This kid will die.

Tell me why the painting is a fake.

Tell me!

Seven.

No, shut up.

Don't say anything.

Only works if I figure it out.

It must be possible.

I must be scaring me in the face.

Six.

What did you do that?

How?

Five.

Speed it up.

Shut up.

Here's the famous detective Sherlock Holmes in action.

In this clip, he has to prove that a painting is fake in only ten seconds.

If he doesn't do it, a kid will die.

Let's watch the rest.

The Van Buren supernova.

Please, there's somebody there.

Somebody, help me.

There you go.

Go find out where he is and pick him up.

Van Buren supernova, so-called.

Exploding star, only appeared in the sky in 1858.

So, how could it have been painted in the 1640s?

Incredible, isn't it?

By the way, you can say so-called to refer to the way something or someone is usually called or known for.

In this case, the Van Buren supernova is usually called the exploding star.

You can also say aka, which means also known as.

So, we could say the Van Buren supernova, aka the exploding star.

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The game was too elaborate.

You're enjoying yourself too much.

No such thing as too much.

No enjoying the thrill of the chase is fine.

Craving the distraction of the game, I sympathize entirely, but sentiment.

Sentiment is a chemical defect found in the losing side.

Sentiment?

What are you talking about?

You.

Oh, dear God.

Look at the poor man.

You don't actually think I was interested in you.

Why?

Because you're the great Sherlock Holmes, the clever detective in the funny hat?

No.

Because I took your pulse.

Elevated.

Your pupils dilated.

The game was too elaborate.

You're enjoying yourself too much.

No such thing as too much.

Something elaborate is complex, difficult, full of details.

But you can also use the word elaborate as a verb.

For example, if I ask you, hey, can you please elaborate?

Or you care to elaborate on that?

I'm asking you to explain in more detail something you said earlier.

Check out this example.

You care to elaborate? It's not in my interest for Hector Salamanca to die at this time.

No such thing as too much.

I'm enjoying the thrill of the chase.

It's fine.

In this context here, the thrill is the excitement.

The excitement of the chase.

And to chase means to pursue or go after something or someone.

Imagine, for example, the police that chases the thieves or the criminals.

They go after them.

That's the meaning of chase here.

So the phrase the thrill of the chase means the excitement of the chase.

Let's watch another clip from Sherlock where the same phrase is used.

You have missed this.

Admit it.

The thrill of the chase, the blood pumping through your veins, just the two of us against the rest of the world.

Craving the distraction of the game, I sympathize entirely with sentiment.

When you crave something, you have a strong desire for it.

We call it a craving.

For example, after lunch, I always crave a piece of chocolate.

You see, it's that strong desire to have that piece of chocolate after lunch.

Now, the game.

We can understand the game as maybe a mystery or a case that a detective or private investigator has to work on.

Alright?

Craving the distraction of the game, I sympathize entirely with sentiment.

This is typical from British English.

In American English, people would probably write this word I-Z-E at the end.

Sympathize with a Z at the end, not with an S.

That's more typical of American English.

Alright?

Let me give you some other examples.

Here it is.

Realize.

Realize.

Apologize.

Apologize.

Organize.

Organize.

So, pay attention to that detail.

Remember that detail.

This ending with Z, American English.

This ending with S, British English.

You don't actually think I was interested in you.

This combination is important that you memorize.

We usually say interested in.

Okay?

We use the preposition in after interested.

Sometimes, you know, prepositions don't make any sense, so it's just easier for you to memorize them.

Like in this case.

Just memorize that it's always interested in.

Let me give you some examples.

Interested in playing.

Interested in doing.

Also, we have a nice grammar rule here, which is the case of a preposition and a verb right after.

Did you hear my examples?

Interested in playing.

In is a preposition.

Playing is a verb.

But notice that I use the verb in the ING form.

That's another common grammar rule.

After prepositions, if you have a verb, make sure the verb is in the ING form.

That's why we say interested in playing, interested in doing, interested in working.

Let me give you some examples that I have here.

I've been thinking about traveling abroad.

In order to get that promotion, I need to keep on learning.

He's really good at building houses.

I always wash my face after waking up.

Before working as a writer, she used to be a lawyer.

Your pulse is basically your heartbeat.

It's usually felt in your neck or wrist.

Usually the pulse is checked to see if a person is dead or not.

Here's an example.

Your pupil is that circular black area in the center of your eye.

When something dilates, it becomes wider or more open.

But the word pupil also means student or learner.

For example, he was my star pupil when I taught him.

Now here's a pronunciation mini lesson for you.

Let's talk about the letter R a little bit.

This is one of the main differences in pronunciation between British English and American English.

The way the letter R after vowels is pronounced.

Usually in British English, the tendency is not to pronounce that R after vowels.

In American English, we would go er, er, you know, that sound, the R sound.

Here are some examples.

I'm going to try to do my best and emulate a British pronunciation here just for illustration purposes, okay?

So in British English, we would say dear, dear.

You see?

Dear, dear.

And then poor, poor.

Your, your.

Sherlock, sher.

Can you hear it?

Sherlock, Sherlock.

Clever, clever.

But now let's listen to these words again in the clip.

They are all pronounced with a British pronunciation and pay attention to how the letter R sounds or doesn't sound in this case in those clips.

Here it is.

Oh dear God, look at the poor man.

Why?

Because you're the great Sherlock Holmes, the clever detective in the funny hat?

No.

Because I took your pulse.

You know, all this talk about British English and American English actually reminds me of that funny clip from Friends where Ross, a university professor, then fakes a British accent in order to come across as more respectful or to show more authority as a professor.

Anyway, here it is.

Right.

So when Rigby got his samples back from the laboratory, he made a startling discovery.

What he believed to be igneous was in fact sedimentary.

Imagine his consternation when...

Oh, bloody hell.

If you're like most learners, then you probably get frustrated when you learn maybe a pronunciation sound, let's say the American and the British R, but then when it's time for you to speak in the real world, you completely forget it.

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Alright?

Now let's get back to the lesson with Sherlock.

I've always assumed that love is a dangerous disadvantage.

Thank you for the final proof.

Everything I said, it's not real.

I was just playing the game.

I know.

And this is just losing.

I imagine John Watson thinks love's a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive.

Did you know that you can express your opinion simply by adding one word to your sentences?

Yes, it's true.

And you can do that with adverbs.

There are certain adverbs that you can use before the adjective or before the verb in order to express how you feel about something.

And also, you are giving more information.

Look at this example in the clip.

Sherlock says, the chemistry is incredibly simple.

He could have said simply, the chemistry is simple.

But no, he wants to express something else.

He wants to express the idea that it's incredibly simple.

It's like super simple.

That's why he uses the adverb incredibly here.

Here are more examples.

The movie was surprisingly funny.

You see?

The movie was surprisingly funny.

I could simply say, the movie was funny.

But that's pretty much it.

But if I say, the movie was surprisingly funny, now I'm giving you two pieces of information.

Yes, the movie was funny.

And also, I was surprised, I felt surprised, that the movie was funny.

Got it?

A disguise is something you wear or do in order to hide your true identity.

This is something very common to see in detective shows, such as Sherlock.