Sherlock Holmes - The Norwood Builder
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Sherlock Holmes - The Norwood Builder

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202626 min
  • Documentary

A collection of gripping detective stories featuring sharp-witted investigators, puzzling crimes, and clever resolutions. Each episode showcases the art of deduction and the thrill of the chase.

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That is that, Mr. Holmes.

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B2 · Upper-intermediate

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A1 52%A2 25%B1 13%B2 8%C1 2%
  • 90% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 157 words a minute: a natural pace.
  • 102 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

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0:00

The That is that, Mr. Holmes. It's your photograph. It's for a woman. Yes.

0:34

You today, there was some sharp instrument. No, he sent it to me with his cusp. On the morning of my wedding to Mr. McFarland. Did he? Have you ever told your son?

0:45

I don't know what to call. Why? Because if the police were to learn that you care, they would mark it down as providing an additional murder for him to have murdered this man. But no case was too hopeless to my friend Sherlock Holmes when he was defending the life of an innocent man.

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