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Police Find Renoir Paintings

curiousOctober 11, 2026·94 words·1 min read

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Police Find Renoir Paintings
Police in France found two stolen paintings. A famous artist, Renoir, made them. The police arrested six people. The paintings cost millions of dollars.
Thieves took the paintings from a museum last month. They went into the garden and in through a window. They took four paintings very fast. Then there was an alarm. The police came. The thieves ran away. They left two paintings in the garden.
We do not know how police found the other two. The town with the museum is very happy now. Many people want museums to be safer.

Key Vocabulary

n.
people who catch bad people
adj.
taken by a bad person
n.
a person who makes pictures
v.
(of police) to take a person away for doing wrong
n.
a person who takes things that are not theirs
n.
a loud sound that tells people something is wrong
Vocabulary Translations· 6 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

policen.

people who catch bad people

cảnh sátpolícia警察polispolicíapolicjaالشرطةpolitieполиция警察경찰
stolenadj.

taken by a bad person

bị đánh cắproubado盗まれたçalıntırobadoskradzionyمسروقgestolenукраденный被盗的도난당한
artistn.

a person who makes pictures

họa sĩartista芸術家sanatçıartistaartystaفنانkunstenaarхудожник艺术家화가
arrestv.

(of police) to take a person away for doing wrong

bắt giữprender逮捕するtutuklamakarrestararesztowaćاعتقلarresterenарестовать逮捕체포하다
thiefn.

a person who takes things that are not theirs

kẻ trộmladrão泥棒hırsızladrónzłodziejلصdiefвор小偷도둑
alarmn.

a loud sound that tells people something is wrong

chuông báo độngalarme警報alarmalarmaalarmإنذارalarmсигнализация警报경보

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Question 1: True or False

1

The thieves went in through a window.

2

The thieves took the paintings last year.

3

The thieves took two paintings from the museum.

4

There was an alarm, and then the police came.

Question 2: Multiple Choice

How many people did the police arrest?

Question 3: Multiple Choice

Where did the thieves leave two paintings?

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