"Once a detective, always a detective," he said lightly.

他轻松地说：“一朝是侦探，终身是侦探。”

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It's like a detective story.

这就像是一个侦探故事。

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I've called up a detective.

我已经打电话给侦探了。

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"It's like a detective story. It really is. And you just keep adding on the clues."

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Who, for instance, would want a detective story without a single dialogue in it?

比如，谁会喜欢一部没有对话的,侦探小说呢？

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And this is the detective's face standing there, a mixture of fear and anger?

这是侦探的面部表情，混杂着恐惧和愤怒？

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He rose to become a detective inspector in 1997 and has trained as a hostage negotiator.

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Two of the officers were trainee detective constables while the other was a detective constable.

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I'll never know 100 per cent whether it was a detective, but I have my suspicions.

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