http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Meaning8/bkldq/post.htm#135914Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:29:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:135914MrPedantic0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Meaning8/bkldq/post.htm#135914http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-135914.xmlHello H2K 1. He stole off = he moved stealthily 2. a sluice = a hole through which the water can drain away 3. stole in / by the / masonry curb = stealthily entered / alongside / the stone edging Would you be able to put a more specific title in your Subject box when you post, please, H2K? It's difficult to know which of your "meaning" threads is which! Thanks! MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Meaning8/bkldq/post.htmMon, 27 Apr 2009 06:29:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:135897hanuman_20001http://www.englishforums.com/English/Meaning8/bkldq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-135897.xmlHi, 1. He stole off to Teddy's bath-room, but there was nothing there, and then to Teddy's mother's bathroom. At the bottom of the smooth plaster wall there was a brick pulled out to make a sluice for the bath-water, and as Rikki-tikki stole in by the masonry curb where the bath is put, he heard Nag and Nagaina whispering together outside in the moonlight. What are the meanings of the words written in bold letters? Thanks.