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    Hercule Poirot investigates a murder that has occurred on a train travelling to Calais, France. The victim is a wealthy American man named Samuel Ratchett, who was stabbed to death with a knife in his train cabin. Poirot discovers that all of the passengers on the train were suspects, as they had acted together as a jury to convict and murder Ratchett themselves. Ratchett was actually a killer named Cassetti who had previously been acquitted of another murder due to a dishonest prosecutor. The passenger suspects were relatives and friends seeking revenge and justice for Cassetti's prior victim, Daisy Armstrong. When Poirot realizes all the passengers are guilty of murdering C

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    Hercule Poirot investigates a murder that has occurred on a train travelling to Calais, France. The victim is a wealthy American man named Samuel Ratchett, who was stabbed to death with a knife in his train cabin. Poirot discovers that all of the passengers on the train were suspects, as they had acted together as a jury to convict and murder Ratchett themselves. Ratchett was actually a killer named Cassetti who had previously been acquitted of another murder due to a dishonest prosecutor. The passenger suspects were relatives and friends seeking revenge and justice for Cassetti's prior victim, Daisy Armstrong. When Poirot realizes all the passengers are guilty of murdering C

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    Hercule Poirot investigates a murder that has occurred on a train travelling to Calais, France. The victim is a wealthy American man named Samuel Ratchett, who was stabbed to death with a knife in his train cabin. Poirot discovers that all of the passengers on the train were suspects, as they had acted together as a jury to convict and murder Ratchett themselves. Ratchett was actually a killer named Cassetti who had previously been acquitted of another murder due to a dishonest prosecutor. The passenger suspects were relatives and friends seeking revenge and justice for Cassetti's prior victim, Daisy Armstrong. When Poirot realizes all the passengers are guilty of murdering C

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    Murder on the Orient Express

    Vocabulary: translate the following words into your own language.

    Detective
    Victim
    Witness
    Investigate
    Crime scene
    Jury
    Prosecutor
    Suspect
    Crime
    Justice
    Murder
    Revenge
    Weapon
    Clue

    Hercule Poirot i___________________________ a ______________________ on a train travelling

    to Calias, France. The _________________________is a wealthy American man, Samuel Ratchett. A

    knife is the ____________________________. There are several ________________________. The

    c_______________ s_______________is Ratchett’s room (berth) in the carriage. A button from a

    guard’s uniform is one of the ______________.

    As the story unfolds, Poirot realises that all the passengers are s___________________. The twelve

    passengers acted together as a ______________ to convict Ratchett themselves. Rachett was really

    a killer called Cassetti who had been found not guilty of murder because of a dishonest

    P_________________. The passengers are relatives and friends of one of Cassetti’s victims, Daisy

    Armstrong. They are seeking ________________ and ______________________ for her death and

    decide to execute Cassetti themselves. When Poriot realises all the passengers are guilty of murder

    he must decide whether to tell the police or keep silent.

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