Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1To conclude, combine the clues: motive + opportunity + a lie + material evidence.
- 2In an interview, confront a lie with a precise fact (a time, an object).
- 3A report: passé composé for what happened, imparfait for the circumstances.
- 4“Avouer” = to confess; “un mobile” = a motive.
Key vocabulary
| le coupable | the culprit |
| avouer | to confess |
| un mobile | a motive |
| le coffre-fort | the safe |
| l’armoire | the wardrobe |