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Murder Mystery Vocabulary

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    Vocabulary relevant for Murder in Paradise roleplay in DELTA Publising
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  • What is the verb for this action? (imagine she's holding something sharp)
    to stab
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  • What is the name for someone the police believe committed a crime?
    a suspect
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  • What do we call the reason 'why' someone committed a crime
    a motive
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  • Evidence you were not present when a crime was committed, and so could not have committed it
    an alibi
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  • A loud wailing noise you can make when you are in pain
    a moan or a groan
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  • What is another way to say that you have seen something, observed something or paid attention to something (e.g. 'oh look over there, a clue!)
    to notice
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  • When you do the you washing up after dinner, you are washing the....
    dishes
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  • A secret relationship when someone is already married is called a....?
    a love affair
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  • If you kill someone you are the what?
    murderer or killer
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  • Another word for a living room or sitting room?
    a lounge
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  • Who investigates crimes?
    the police or police detectives
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  • when you have a sore head you have a what?
    a headache
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  • The opposite of strong is...? If you have no strength in your body you are...?
    weak
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  • Combine these two clues to make one compound noun: 1. an alcoholic drink made of lots of different things, such as a margarita or a mojito or a pina colada ;                         2. the counter in a pub or cafe
    a cocktail bar
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  • people who are husband and wife are....?
    married
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  • the opposite of alive is...?
    dead
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