—V4 Periode 3 54-56 Flashcards
Laster/smaad - the newspaper was accused of …/…
Libel/slander
Getuigen - he … under oath that he didn’t know the accused
Testified - to testify
Getuigenverklaring- the … of the witness was false
Testimony
Uitspraak (van jury) - the … of the jury was: not guilty
Verdict
Honorarium- the solicitor asked a very high …
Fee
(On)bekwaam - he was defended by a very … barrister
Competent - (in)competent
(On)bekwaamheid / (in)competentie - … is the ability to do something
Competence - (in)competence
Tegenspreken - the two witnesses … each other
Contradicted - to contradict
Tegenstrijdigheid - there were … in the police report
Contradictions - contradiction
Tegenstrijdig - the two reports were …
Contradictory
Voogdij - she was given … of both of her children
Custody
In hechtenis - he was held … on suspicion of murder
In custody
Doodslag - he was not charged with murder but with …
Manslaughter
Zaak/rechtszaak - the young lawyer won his first …
Case
Versus/tegen - the Simpson … Smith case attracted a lot of media attention
Versus
Overtreding - exceeding the speed limit in a …
Offence
Overtreder - a person who commits an offence is an …
Offender
Belangrijk/groot - drug addiction is a … cause of crime
Major
Minder belangrijk/klein - driving to fast is a … offence
Minor
Vrijlaten - after one year he was … from prison
Released - to release
Op borgtocht - one day after his arrest he was released …
On bail
Tegengaan - the government took steps to … hooliganism
Counter - to counter
Tegenhanger - the Amsterdam police inspector phoned his … in paris
Counterpart
Contraproductief- sending young people to prison often works …
Counterproductive
Tegenaanval - the best defence is a …
Counter-attack / counter attack
Uitsluiten - the police do not … the possibility that he killed his wife
Exclude - to exclude
Voorwaardelijk vrijlaten - after two years in prison he was …
Released on parole - to release on parole
Politiek - Are You interested in …
Politics
Parlement - a … is chosen by the people of a country
Parliament
Politicus - A member of parliament is a …
Politician
Lagerhuislid - mp is short for …
Member of parliament
Lagerhuis - an mp is a member of the …
House of Commons
Hogerhuis -the House of Commons is more important than the …
House of Lords
Hogerhuislid - a … is a member of the House of Lords
Peer
Vertegenwoordigen - nearly every country is … in the United Nations
Represented - to represent
Vertegenwoordiger - An mp is a … of a party
Representative
Regering - Great Britain has a democratic …
Government
Regeren - witch parties … the country at the moment
Govern - to govern
Regering - the American English word for government is …
Administration
Minister - in Britain and the USA a … is also called a …
Minister/secretary
Minister-president - the … is the head of the British government
Prime minister
Minister van buitenlandse zaken - the … deals with foreign affairs
Foreign secretary
Ministerie van buitenlandse zaken - the foreign secretary is the head of the …
Foreign office
Minister van binnenlandse zaken - the … deals with the affairs of his/her own country
Home Secretary
Ministerie van binnenlandse zaken - the Home Secretary is the head of the …
Home office
Minister van financiën - in Britain the minister of finance is called the …
Chancellor
Ministerie van financiën - the chancellor is the head of the …
Treasury
Binnenlands - the Home Secretary spoke about …/… problems
Domestic / internal
Deelnemen - thousands of people …/… in the peace march
Participated / took part - to participate / to take part
Deelnemer - there were 10.000 … in the demonstration
Participants
Deelname / participatie - the … of women in politics should be stimulated
Participation
Kiezen - in Britain a new parliament is … every five years
Elected - to elect
Verkiezing - the Labour Party won the …
Elections - election
Grondwet - a … described how the country has to be governed
Constitution
Grondwettelijk - … rights are based on the constitution
Constitutional
Volgends - … the constitution there is freedom of speech
According to
Peiling/opiniepeiling - the conservatives will win according to the …
(Opinion) polls - poll/opinion polls
Gaan stemmen - tomorrow the Dutch will … to elect a new parliament
Go to the polls - to go to the polls
Electoraat/kiesgerechtigden - only 40% of the … went to the polls
Electorate
Ambtenaar - a … works for the government
Civil servant
Overheidsdienst - many people work in …
The civil service
Rijk/keizerrijk - the Roman … came to an end 500 years after Christ
Empire
Keizer - in 1804 napoleon became … of France
Emperor
Keizerin - queen Victoria became … of India in 1876
Empress
Lid worden van - he … the social Democratic Party at the age of eighteen
Joined - to join
Kiesdistrict- in Britain an mp is elected by a …
Constituency
Kiezer (in kiesdistrict) - a british mp represents his …
Constituents - constituent
Onderdaan/burger - a British … is a person with a British passport
Subject
Heersen/regeren - in the Middle Ages a king …/… without a parliament
Ruled/reigned - to rule/ to reign
Heerser - the bourbons were once the … of France
Rulers - ruler
Misbruiken - dictators often … their power
Abuse - to abuse
Misbruik - many people protested against the presidents … of power
Abuse
Volk - the EU is a union of European …
Peoples - people
De leiding hebben (over) - the prime minister … the cabinet
Is in charge of - to be in charge (of)
Vooraanstaand - Churchill was a … British politician
Prominent
Gemeenteraad - the … will meet next week
(Town) council - council/town council