poniedziałek, 9 marca 2009

some voca

1) to be cited - to be summoned to appear in court.
->The police could cite you for ittering if you throw trash out of your car.

2)to be indicted - to be charged with a crime.
->R.Hayward was indicted for espionage when..

3)ordinance-(fr. ordonnance (règle loi) ) = a law/regulation , usually passed by a local government.
->The city council passed an ordinance permetting the use of marijuana by cancer patients.

4)clemency - a lesser penalty than what a court originally suggested.
->thinking that R.Smith had suffered enough for the crime he committed, the judge granted him clemency and gave him a shorter prison sentence.

5)To induce. To influence someone to do something. Robbie's older brother induced him to steal mondey from their parents.

6)To solicit. To ask for something of value, usually money. Raymond got a job soliciting
money for his political party.

7)Waiver. A document that gives up a right or grants unusual permission to someone
else. Juan signed a waiver giving his doctor the right to send his medical records to his
insurance company. (=dokument zrzeczenia się )

8)Custody. Having legal guardianship of a child or children, often part of a divorce
settlement. When the Camerons divorced, Mrs. Cameron received custody of both
children, and her husband won weekend visitation rights.

9)Pamper. To give a lot of care and attention to someone. When Sally is depressed she
pampers herself with a shopping spree. *fr-choyer*

1E PHRASAL VERBS WITH PICK
Pick up.
a) To take something up off of a surface. Pick your coat up off the floor.
b) To meet and collect a person from a specific location. Who's going to pick Henry up at
the airport?
c) To buy something Jordan picked up some milk on the way home.
*Note that to pick up a person can also mean to meet someone, usually at a public place such as a bar or
night club, and to become sexually involved with him or her after spending only a short time together.
Pick out.
a) To select, to choose. Melissa picked out a shirt and brought it to the dressing room.
b) To separate from. If you break a wine glass, make sure you pick all of the glass out of the
carpet.
Pick over. (przebrać)
To take the best of something and leave what is not so good. The shirts have been on
sale so long that they've really been picked over.
Pick on.
To tease. My sisters and brothers always picked on me because I was the youngest.
Pick from.
To choose from a group of something. Mrs. Stefanson picked a new assistant from the
group of applicants for the job.
Pick at.
a) To take only very small amounts of food. Jessica ate almost everything on her plate, but
she only picked at her peas.
b) To scratch or irritate something, such as a cut or scrape. Don't pick at that cut! Let it heal.
Pick up on.
To understand something, especially something that isn't intended to be understood.
They spoke in Spanish in front of Dorothy, so she didn't pick up on what they were
talking about.
*Note that pick up, pick out, pick from, and pick over are separable. Billy picked out the raisins or Billy picked
them/the raisins out, but not Billy picked out them. Pick on, pick at, and pick up on are not separable.

PHRASAL VERBS WITH TURN
Turn around.
To go back in the opposite direction. Turn around! We just passed the theater.
Turn down.
a) To lower the power of something, such as lights or volume. Turn down the TV! It's too loud.
b) To enter a road, especially a secondary road thought of as leading to a lower place. You need to
turn down this road and continue to the bottom of the hill.
c) To refuse. It was a great job offer, but I had to turn it down because it was too much
work.
Turn in.
a) To leave a street or highway and enter a driveway, parking lot, etc. / think you can turn in here,
where the sign says PARK.
b) To go to bed. Lawrence usually turns in around 70.00 P.M. because he wakes up so early.
c) To give an assignment or paperwork to a boss or a teacher; to submit. Bethany turned in her
paper just as the professor was leaving.
d) To report someone to the police. When Robert heard about his brother's crimes, he turned him
in.
Turn into.
To become (used with nouns) Jason got a promotion and turned into a real jerk!
Turn off.
a) To stop an electronic device. Turn off the TV, because I can't sleep with it on.
b) To exit a road or freeway. / think you should turn off at the next exit.
c) To be unappealing. This music is horrible! It really turns me off.
Turn on.
a) To start an electronic device. Our show is on in two minutes, so turn on the TV.
b) To drive onto a street, highway, or freeway. Why don't we turn on this road and just see where it
goes?

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