hiring a cop

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A blonde walks into the police department looking for the officer on dutyAGENT DE SERVICE.

“What can I do for you?” asks the police officer.

"I'd like toJE SOUHAITERAIS join the police!" she says.

Amused and boredENNUYÉ, the officer decides to humour her and asks a few questions.

“What's two plus two?”

“Four,” she replies.

“What’s the square rootRACINE CARRÉE of one hundred?”

“Ten,” she answers.

“Good. Now, who killed Abraham Lincoln?”

Puzzled, she thinks for a moment and says, “Hmm, I don’t know.”

The officer smiles and tells her to go home and think about itY RÉFLÉCHIR.

The blonde arrives home and rings one of her friends, who asks whether she got the job.

“Not only did I get the job,” she replies excitedly, “they’ve already put me on a murder caseAFFAIRE DE MEURTRE!”

*Disclaimer: This is a joke. It’s not a statement about police, women, or blonde people. No stereotypes intended.*

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Vocabulary

square root: the number which, multiplied by itself, gives the original number

think about it: consider or ponder something

murder case: a police investigation into a killing

The square rootRACINE CARRÉE of sixty-four is eight.

Go home and think about itRÉFLÉCHIR before you decide.

The detective was assigned to a difficult murder caseAFFAIRE DE MEURTRE.

Grammar

The joke mainly uses direct speech and reported speech.

Direct speech: “What’s two plus two?”

Reported speech: She replies excitedly, “Not only did I get the job…” → She replied excitedly that she had not only got the job…

Inversion for emphasis: “Not only did I get the job…”

Synonyms & Alternatives

square root: root, radical

think about it: consider it, ponder it

murder case: homicide investigation, killing enquiry

Mini Dialogue

Recruiter: Who discovered America?

Candidate: Er… I’m not sure.

Recruiter: Go home and think about it.

Candidate (later on phone): Guess what! I got the history teaching post and I’m already on a big discovery project!

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