Engels unit 25 Flashcards
To convict
a) To find someone guilty in a court
b) A person who is serving a prison sentence
Conviction
A strong belief
Juvenile
a) A young person
b) Characteristic of or suitable for young people
To observe
a) To watch carefully in order to learn
b) To comment
c) To celebrate
Pistol
A small handgun
To panic
To feel sudden, very strong fear, often among a group of people
Prohibit
To not permit
Cruel
Causing pain and unhappiness
Article
a) A thing
b) A piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine
To hand over
To give
To hold up
a) To rob with a weapon
b) To delay; to slow
To deceive
To cause to accept as true or valid something that is false
To admit
a) To say that something is true and valid
b) To permit to enter
Case
a) An action in a court of law
b) An occurrence of disease or injury
c) A situation requiring in investigation or action, for example by the police
d) A condition
e) An argument in favor of something
Verdict
The decision on a case in court
Thief[plural; thieves]
A person who steals
Motive
Something that causes a person to act
To execute
a) To put to death according to a legal sentence
b) To carry out
To detect
To discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
To get around
To avoid
Testimony
Evidence given by a person
To frustrate
To cause feelings of discouragement
To charge (with)
a) To accuse formally (of)
b) To make someone pay
To clear out
a) To leave
b) To remove the contents of a three-dimensional space
Capital
a) Punishable by death
b) The city where the government of a country or state located
c) Large(used only to describe letters in writing)
d) Money and possessions
To enforce
To use greater strength or power to make sure that something is done
