deduce

English Language Learners Definition of deduce

formal : to use logic or reason to form (a conclusion or opinion about something) : to decide (something) after thinking about the known facts

Kids Definition of deduce
: to figure out by using reason or logic
What can we deduce from the evidence?

She deduced, from the fur stuck to his clothes, that he owned a cat.

Holmesian

Definition of Holmesian
: of, characteristic of, or suggestive of the detective Sherlock Holmes

fishy

Examples of fishy in a Sentence

There's something fishy about that guy. 

something's fishy about the way he's acting 

informal : causing doubt or suspicion : likely to be bad, untrue, dishonest, etc. : causing doubt or suspicion 

The story sounds fishy to me.

smell a rat

to recognize that something is not as it appears to be or that something dishonest is happening

My comments: I waited for this sequel for like zillions of years! LOL OMG Coup!

Late Ved Prakash Sharma. My favorite Hindi writer. This is my homage to him.

Vibes -- no such thing eh? -- my protagonist in this novelette works for a clandestine govt. org -- but he doesn't exist -- there's no record of him -- Some people deduce that he works for R&AW -- Insiders keep mum -- He came into the spotlight when he pointed out a mole in CIA -- or more than one -- it's on the grapevine that -- He sent a self-destruct email or series of 'em to 'em -- parapsychologists find it difficult to shrug off him as some charlatan...

Writing...

Confessions of a Ghostwriter by Andrew Crofts: This book is on my wish list.

Shooting the messenger: I didn't read this article fully.

"Shooting the messenger" is a metaphoric phrase used to describe the act of blaming the bearer of bad news. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_the_messenger

don't shoot the messenger

said to warn someone not to be angry with the person who tells them something bad

I'm going to get this Cowboy Tie real soon -- InshaAllaah :-) Yippee Not exactly like this one. This is for illustration purpose only. LOL

Grammarly says this about my writing...yippee! You're quite the word-wonder!

You were more productive than 75% of Grammarly users.
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You used more unique words than 83% of Grammarly users.

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veterans' preference

: preferential treatment given qualified veterans of the U.S. armed forces under federal or state law specifically : special consideration (as by allowance of points) on a civil service examination

over and out

said when you are talking to someone by radio in order to end the conversation:
"Thank you, control tower. Over and out."

Over

said when you are talking to someone by radio, to mean that you have finished speaking and will wait for their answer:

"This is flight 595X. Do you read me? Over."

Sura: An-Naml, Sura # 27 Verse: 38 -- 40

[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"

A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."

Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."

Sura: Al-'Ankabut -- Sura # 29, Verse # 41

The example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.

Quran: Sura: Al-Qasas -- Sura # 28, Verse # 38

And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."

$3 trillion to $6 trillion -- yeah, you got it right!

Global annual cybercrime costs will grow from $3 trillion in 2015 to $6 trillion annually by 2021, according to fresh forecasting.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/annual-cybercrime-costs-double-6/

Would-be President of America?

I'm not a political analyst but my intuition is that Hillary Clinton should be the first lady President of America.

I don't know the nitty-gritty of politics. This is just my hunch.

Bubble Trouble

I remember reading in most probably Ved Prakash Sharma's novel -- that injecting air or air bubble in the artery/vein will give a person massive heart attack.

I was very young then -- I don't know -- why all of a sudden I remember this now -- anyways, I just wanted to share this with you.

We'd corroborate this...