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A Trace of Murder Episode 05 – I want that cat

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“Quero um bife … ou dois … ou três.”



A steak

“I want a steak … or two … or three.”



A beef

Beef é carne bovina. Never say, “I want one beef…”


In Episode 04, Patrick asks Howard to let him in so he can use the phone, and then kills him, with one shot to the chest.

In Episode 05, Cathleen plants evidence on her husband’s coat, and we meet Lieutenant Columbo for the first time.

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A Trace of Murder Episode 04 – Poor Howard

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“Atender a Porta”



Answer the Door



Attend the Door

Also: Answer the Phone


In Episode 03, the two lovers set their plan in motion to kill Howard and frame Clifford.

In Episode 04, poor Howard lets Patrick into his house, and finds himself on the wrong end of a gun.

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A Trace of Murder Episode 03 – Preparing the Crime

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Como digo: “Estou a caminho”?



On my way



On the way

Não é que “on the way” seja tão errado; é que significa mais “no caminho” do que “a caminho”.


In Episode 02, Cathleen and Patrick make a plan to kill Howard and frame Clifford.

In Episode 03, the lovers set their plan in motion.

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A Trace of Murder 02 – The Lovers

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In Episode 01, Clifford Calvert, a pompous, arrogant businessman is at a party with his wife, when he runs into Howard Seltzer, a man who is suing him. Things do not turn out well.

In Episode 02, Cathleen, Clifford’s wife, meets her lover, Patrick, at a motel, and they come up with a terrible plan.

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A Trace of Murder Episode 01 – The Businessman, the Wife and the Enemy

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Clifford Calvert, a pompous, arrogant businessman is at a party with his wife, when he runs into Howard Seltzer, a man who is suing him. Things do not turn out well.

Shall we study a little?

Click the button for the interactive exercises