Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1Times in French are often said on the 24-hour clock: vingt-trois heures quarante = 11:40 p.m.
- 2“Aucune trace d’effraction” = nobody forced a door or a window.
- 3In a statement, listen for the anchors: time (à…), place (derrière, devant), action (verb).
- 4“Or” at the start of a sentence introduces a new fact that matters (“now, it started to snow…”).
Key vocabulary
| un indice | a clue |
| un témoin | a witness |
| une effraction | a break-in |
| un cadre | a frame |
| une vente aux enchères | an auction |
| désactiver | to turn off |