The No1 Ladies...

CHAPTERS 10-16

The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

A pang ofA crestfallenTo bearPushing andA mustyOut of To put your on somethingA filingAn easy

odour

shoving

earshot

grudges

look

finger

guilt

touch

cabinet


A pang of guilt / remorse


A crestfallen look / to look crestfallen


To bear/have/hold a grudge/grudges against somebody


Pushing and shoving


A musty odour


Out of earshot


A: Something is different about you, but I can’t put my finger on it.

B: I got a haircut.A: That’s it! You look fabulous!


A filing cabinet


An easy touch / Easy game/meat


Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.(In reality, it has been proven that lightning often does

strike two or more times in the same place.)


For want of a nail the shoe was lost.

For want of a shoe the horse was lost.

For want of a horse the rider was lost.

For want of a rider the battle was lost.

For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Mma. Pekwane A client, whose husband had stolen a car

Billy Pilani A South African police officer Rose Precious’s maidAlice Busang A client, whose husband was unfaithful Charlie Gotso One of the most influential men in Botswana

Hector Leopoldise The owner of a successful factorySolomon Moretsi An employee suing his employer Jameson Mopotswane A lawyer


CHARACTERS


CHARACTERS


a. How does the countryside of Botswana affect its people?

“To live with this great dry interior, brown and hard, was the lot of the Batswana, and it was this that made them cautious, and careful in their husbandry.”

“She thought that one day she might go back into the Kalahari, into those empty spaces, those wide grasslands that broke and broke the heart.”


b. What do you remember about the case of the stolen car?


c. What information do you have about Mr Matekoni’s biography?


d. Why did Precious reject Mr Matekoni’s proposal?


e. What do you remember about Alice Busang’s case?


e. What did Precious do to solve the case?


f. How did Alice Busang react when Precious told her what she had discovered?


g. What did Matekoni discover inside the glove compartment of the car he was repairing?


h. Why did Leopold call Precious? How did she solve the case?

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