Exercises

Exercise 1. Read the text again and find an equivalent word or expression for each of the following:

1. confess, accept as true or valid;

2. put a knife into somebody;

3. act of killing a human being unlawfully, but not willfully;

1. the system which allows offenders (especially young) to stay unpun­ished for their first offence;

4. quarrel;

0 effort to commit a self-murder; g) give a blow; strike; h) admit that one is guilty;

i) show that a person (statement, act, etc.) is right, reasonable or prop­er; j) give a legal decision that somebody is not guilty; k) declaring (in a court) that somebody is guilty of drink-driving

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences using the vocabulary units.

1. The burglar... his victim on the head.

2. Don't ... with me, my decision is final.

3. He was ... of murder.

4. The defendant ... him to the heart.

5. The Prime Minister ... the action of the Government.

6. The jury decided to ... him ... of... .

7. Being depressed she made two but was stopped by her father.

1. The verdict is very wise: three years'... under suspended sentence of one year's imprisonment.

2. McQuade has been ... of attempted murder & released in the court­room.