Unit 8C

1. Witnesses – Свидетели – a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place:

* police are appealing for witnesses to the accident

** Witnesses described how Michael slipped and fell on the polished floor as the two men ran into the bank.

2. Evidence– Доказательства – Law information drawn from personal testimony, a document, or a material object, used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in a law court:

* without evidence, they can’t bring a charge

** The police also had other evidence – a bag that the thieves had left behind.

3. Trial – Судебное разбирательство - a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings:

* the newspaper accounts of the trial

** The trial began two month later in the High Court.

4. Court – Суд - (also court of law) a body of people presided over by a judge, judges, or magistrate, and acting as a tribunal in civil and criminal cases:

* she will take the matter to court

** The trial began two month later in the High Court.

5. Jury– Присяжные - a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court:

* the jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts

** The jury found the men guilty and the judge sentenced the men to ten years in prison.

6. Judge -Судья - a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court:

* he is due to appear before a judge and jury on Monday a High Court Judge

** The jury found the men guilty and the judge sentenced the men to ten years in prison.

7. Sentenced – Приговор– the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offence:

* her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud

** The jury found the men guilty and the judge sentenced the men to ten years in prison.

8. Abandon– Отказ - complete lack of inhibition or restraint:

* she sings and sways with total abandon

** Not wanting to abandon their plans (…)

9. To slip - Поскользнуться - lose one’s footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance:

* I slipped over on the ice

** Witnesses described how Michael slipped and fell on the polished floor as the two men ran into the bank.

10. To trip – Споткнуться - catch one’s foot on something and stumble or fall:

* he tripped over his cat

** (…) he decided to give up the attempt, but tripped and fell over his brother (…)

11. Launderette - Прачечная – an establishment with coin-operated washing machines and dryers for public use.

* My Beautiful Launderette is a 1985 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi.

* * (…) they crossed the road, run into launderette next to the bank (…)

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