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EnglischB1/2 (Fach) / Vocabulary (Lektion)
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- pass the buck to pass responsibility for a problem to another person to avoid dealing with it oneself.
- murder killing someone
- shoplifitng stealing something from a shop
- burglary stealing something from someone's home
- smuggling taking something illegally to another country.
- kidnapping taking a person hostage in exchange for money etc.
- trial the legal process in court whereby an accused person is investigated, or tried, and then found guilty or not guilty.
- case a crime that is being investigated.
- evidence information used in a court of law to decide whether the accused is guilty or not.
- proof evidence that shows conclusively wether something is fact or not.
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- judge the person who leads the trial and decides on the sentence i.e. the punishment.
- jury group of twelve citizens who decide on the verdict i.e. wehther the accused is guilty or not.
- terrorism using violence for political ends.
- blackmail threatening to make a dark secret public in order to get money.
- drug-trafficking buying and selling drugs.
- forgery to try to pass a copy as the real thing.
- pickpocketing stealing from somesone's pocket or handpack.
- mugging attacking someone, often on the street, generally to get money.
- hi-jacking Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) while in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one’s own purposes
- fine a punishment where you have to pay money for redress.
- bribery to be corrupt
- probation to get free with the obligation not to do crimes.
- traffic warden helps the police.
- appreciate to feel thankful or grateful for.
- bilateral having or involving two sides.
- estimation a considered opinion, or judgment.
- prospective looking towards the future.
- dispatches to send off promptly, as to a destination or to perform a task.
- foreign belonging or connected to a country that is not your own you are in.
- increasingly more often or to a greater degree.
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- abroad not in your own country.
- emphasis a really important issue for you.
- drawback a disadvantage or problem
- diverse varied or different
- temptation the desire to have or do something, especially sth. wrong or forbidden.
- tution fees fees for higher eduction
- discerning undergraduate students with highly standards
- loan an avaiable amount of money
- gadgeds small device
- reading device as exampel an e-reader.
- paperpack book soft-cover pocket book
- delivery charge to pay for the transport
- textbook a book which you needs for your studies
- hassle to be angry at sth.
- dedicated section a particular devision of a store with specific products
- on a daily basis by the day
- to combat sth. to battle against sth.
- to queue up waiting for your turn
- to blurt to utter suddenly and impulsively
- exclaim to cry out suddendly or vehemently, as surprise or emotion