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JCDenton  #515012  Sat, 17 May 08 11:02 PM

Hi EF guys,

I just finished the translation of the CSI LV season finale. This time it was really hard...:-((

Can you please help me out with these cases?

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1) One man wants to congratulate to another:

I just wanted to congratulate you in person.
You sure made a true believer out of me.

Please, does the last sentence mean = Your confidence caused that I really started to believe in it...??

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2) Private investigator was recording the meetings with his clients.
He recorded one of his clients saying that he really want to kill someone.

That PI commented this recording as:
That's as close to a confession as you're gonna get.

Can you please paraphrase that sentence for me? I don't know what's the point..

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3) CSIs found a victim car at the parking lot. That car was clean as a whistle.
One CSI said to this:

The floor mat's still damp. I think it's just has been detailed.

Please, if something has been detailed..(car, floor,...) does it mean that it was just cleaned??? I have never heard the word "detailed" used in this context...

Many thanks in advance for help!

regards

JCD

 

  
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Mister Micawber  #515064  Sun, 18 May 08 01:48 AM
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1) You sure made a true believer out of me.  = Your action / explanation caused me to believe it.

2)  That's as close to a confession as you're gonna get. = He is not going to confess any more clearly.

3) The floor mat's still damp. I think it's just has been detailed.  = Detailing is 'the practice of performing an extremely thorough cleaning, polishing and waxing of an automobile, both inside and out, to produce a show-quality level of detail.'

  
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JCDenton  #515109  Sun, 18 May 08 07:28 AM

Perfect! Thx

 

  
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