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He poured out all his troubles to Laura.

"Who" and "what" are interrogative pronouns.

Don't speak to me in this ugly argot!

What are her political affiliations?

Her parents finally relented and allowed her to go.

He's her brother, but they're always at each other's throats.

His tone conveyed an unmistakable warning.

He's a very kind and receptive young man.

Stop butting in!

We didn't want to tell Mum but Ann blurted the whole thing out.

Dad hit the roof when I got home.

She's the only person I can confide to.

She beckoned at the child, who came running.

Just calm down, stop gabbling, and tell me what has happened.

She's having an affair with her boss.

The couple next door are always arguing.

He argued against buying a new computer.

She lapsed into silence/sleep/a coma.

She's been depressed for days. I wish she'd snap out of it.

She's been nattering on about the wedding for weeks.

Once Terry starts talking it's difficult to get a word in edgeways.

It's difficult to converse rationally with people who hold extremist views.

Mrs. Hutchins discoursed at length on the ignorance of the frontier people.

That question doesn't relate to the subject we're discussing.

She finds it difficult to relate to children.

She couldn't bring herself to touch it.

When he said he didn't agree with her she scowled at him and left the room.

The farmers are always grumbling about the weather.

He stammered an apology and left quickly.

He gave the police a phony address.

the revolutionary ideas of fraternity and equality

It is far better to cry than to bottle up your feelings.

There he sat blubbering like a baby.

I can assure you' she added with emphasis, 'the figures are correct'

She emphasized that her plan would mean sacrifices and hard work.

She swept her hair back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones.

How can we best explicate 'King Lear' and understand it?

He was fiddling with keys while he talked to me.

Sit still and stop fidgeting.

The children get fidgety if they have nothing to do.

Are you trying to flatter me?

That color doesn't flatter many people. The score line flattered England. (they didn't deserve to get such a high score)

He was flattered by her attention. I was flattered at being asked to give a lecture

What are you frowning at me for? She frowned with concentration.

In her family, any expression of feeling was frowned upon. She looked up with a puzzled frown on her face.

You were talking gibberish in your sleep.

He cowered in the corner gibbering with terror.

He didn't shout, he just glared at me silently.

They grinned with delight when they heard our news.

I can't stand him - he's such an old grouch.

Students always have plenty of grouches.

Stop nagging - I'll do it as soon as I can. She has been nagging him to paint the window.

A feeling of unease nagged at her. Doubts nagged me all evening.

I asked him if he would help me and he nodded. He nodded sympathetically.

Everything could be done by a nod and a wink.

She kept peering over her shoulders. We peered into the shadows.

He pouted angrily. Her lips pouted invitingly. Her lips were set in a pout of annoyance.

The receptionist scowled at me.

He looked at me with a scowl.

He sneered at people who liked pop music.

You? A writer?' She sneered.

She snorted in disgust. The horse snorted and tossed its head. 'You!' he snorted contemptuously.

to snort with laughter/annoyance

Many children stammer but grow out of it. Ww-what?' he stammered. She was barely able to stammer out a description of her attacker

I managed to stutter the reply.

to have/throw a tantrum

The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.

She's always toadying to her boss, it's awful.

Who's that waving at you?

At the border the customs officer just waved us through.

I gave him a friendly wave.

Stronger legal safeguards are needed to protect the consumer.

The amount of offensive material exposed in films nowadays is surely excessive.

Many people think that censorship infringes on their freedom.

Certain scenes in action films are too violent and gratuitous.

Tabloids tend to make a mountain out of a molehill in order to attract potential readers.

After spending 5 months in prison Peter was pardoned and the judge admitted that his case was an obvious miscarriage of justice.

After the trial McVeigh was convicted and sentenced to death.

Yesterday all the petty criminals were acquitted!

Before the execution the murderer spent 48 hours in the death row.

If you are guilty of a serious offence you need a good attorney to get you out of the trouble.

My uncle John is burdened with a debt.

When I found her crying in her room I was full of remorse for what I had done.

When my friend died in an accident all I felt was anguish and sorrow.

When I asked her what had happened she replied with hatred and anger.

After being raped Jessica had to spend several months in hospital to get cured of the constant trauma

After her daughter was killed Kate is overwhelmed by a desire of vengeance.

People say that a famous and dangerous mobster rules this part of our city.

Slowly but surely I have accomplished everything I wanted to.

She seemed reluctant to join in the discussion.

My father is a real die hard. He will never get used to pierced noses and vividly dyed hair one can see on the street nowadays.

Yesterday morning one of the inmates of our mental hospital escaped unexpectedly.

People are convicted that all criminals should get a retribution for their deeds.

We wanted to take exams in French this month but we found the demands extortionate.

The killer selected his victims at random.

Detective Superintendent Ron Marsh

The room was painted in sombre colours

The firm is threatened with closure.

Because of illness, the concert is postponed until further notice.

An abrupt change of plan.

I've been bereaved since my wife died.

He's going to be released on parole.

Relinquishing the quest for revenge has given him release.

The mugger hit him on the head and ran away with his suitcase. Some young mugger robbed me of my purse as I was walking down this street last night.

The arsonist set fire to the building by throwing a petrol bomb through the window.

The boy was arrested for joyriding after the police recognized the stolen car he was driving.

The judge didn't need any further proof as the accused was caught redhanded.

The terrorist will do time at Trencham Prison.

This article is a defamation of an honest politician.

The drunken driver was convicted for manslaughter after his car hit three people.

Two of my employees were convicted for perjury as they lied to judge to protect me.

He was found innocent of battering his small child.

They were accused of ram-raiding as they first stole a car and then robbed the drugstore driving into it in the vehicle.

The jury found for the plaintiff, so the accused had to apologize.

The guilt was not proved so the accused was acquitted.

I heard bailiff shouting my surname and I knew it was my turn to testify.

Our local constable used to be on the beat in the evenings so we felt pretty safe on the streets.

The teenagers were arrested for spraying graffiti on various buildings, which is a good example of the sorts of petty crime young people get involved in round here.

Parents won't allow their children to walk to school alone in case they are abducted.

He was accused of larceny - they said he'd stolen CDs from a shop.

The Pope has said many times that abortion should be criminalized. The Pope has often called for the criminalization of abortion.

He claimed he had been made a scapegoat for the administration failures.

a slick, fasttalking confidence trickster

As a result of contempt of court he was fined

He was caught while fiddling the accounts.

The court fined him and gave him two year's probation.

After jumping the lights he had his licence endorsed.

The president promised to clamp down on crime as quickly as possible.

People are afraid to walk the streets as the murderer is still at large.

She embezzled $10,000 by falsifying the accounts

There's a thriving black market in vehicle parts

Al. Capone was arrested for tax evasion.

The landlord tried to cover his losses by extorting high rents from tenants.

Genocide is characteristic of the Second World War.

Ethnic cleansing was first brought into practice by the Serbs in the former Yugoslavia.

For political reasons she was sent into exile.

An outbreak of violence was the first stage of the revolution.

Political upheavals are very common these days.

He seized power in a military coup d'etat.

The riots were triggered off by a series of police arrests.

Punishment is seen as deterrent to crime.

One of the aspects of death penalty is society's desire for retribution.

To attend a creche

To attend nursery school; to go to ~

To be in the ~

To introduce into the ~

To attend ~

Full schedule; tight schedule

To ~ for an exam

To play truant

To make up for one's backlog

To take part in ~

To live at ~

To rent a ~

To give a ~; - to apply for a ~

No prompting, or you'll be expelled from the exam

To hold a graduation ceremony; university graduation; to graduate in ~

To be a member of the ~

To get a ~

Whale-oil used to be given to children to protect them from illnesses.

Some waste should be recycled rather than kept at landfills. at a landfill, a landfill site

Many by-products of the electronics industry are highly carcinogenic and more and more people are dying of cancer.

The land was barren and people couldn't grow any plants there. collocation: barren land, soil

collocation: depletion OF sth Depletion of the ozone layer is one of the most serious problems of our environment.

Instead of being incinerated most waste could be recycled.

collocation: slash and burn farming, technique "Slash and burn " farming can cause both deforestation and soil erosion.

All man-made disasters can be noxious for animals and their environment

Oil slicks are particularly dangerous for wading birds as they can easily get smothered with oil.

Elephants are slaughtered for their ivory.

Expensive DNA profiling; usage of DNA profiling

She seems to have inexhaustible energy.

Police investigating tax fraud stumbled across a drugs ring.

There's no evidence to suggest that this forecast is anything but wishful thinking.

the sheer blatancy of the crime

His silence implied agreement.

The music evoked memories of her youth.

She plays basketball for the sake of being fit.

The tests have been carried out on the patient.

swimming in the nude

I feel apprehensive about the results of the exams.

celebrities of stage and screen

Copies of the magazine were withdrawn from circulation. The News Of The World has the largest circulation.

The newspaper has become the official mouthpiece of the opposition party. The Morning Star is the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party.

The union is in dispute with management over working hours.

Rupert Murdoch was an newspaper tycoon.

For John books are a form of escapism

The Scotsman and Glasgow Herald are the most famous Scottish provincial newspapers.

The scandal was in the headlines for several days.

He sued the newspaper for libel

His new novel has been favorably reviewed.

Photography is her favorite pastime.

I got really bored while waiting in a queue because there was only a back issue of a newspaper lying on the table.

She always starts browsing her newspaper from want ads.

Cathy bought "The Sun" only for the piping hot news about the president's affair.

I wouldn't expect that such a talented writer can be the author of this pot-boiler.

The comedian hit the headlines when he was accused of eating a pet hamster.

The concert promoters put out a press release two weeks before the event, with details of the charities to which they would donate their profits.

There were three cricket commentators in the press box.

The interview will be broadcast during prime time, at 7 o'clock in the evening.

Several newspapers splashed colour pictures of Britney Spears across their front pages.

There is a famous TV announcer on the air.

I haven't seen the home news yet.

I always read the head-line news before breakfast.

There was a breakdown of a broadcasting station yesterday.

We can't expect good reception from this TV set.

Fleet Street is a powerful force in British society.

The fourth estate has a great influence on social life.

Up-to-the-minute-news is provided by 24 hour channels like Sky News or CNN.

On the 11th September this year everybody was listening to the running commentary from the United States.

Every article has to be proofread before it is printed.

I was at a casting session for a walk-on part in "Quo vadis" yesterday.

Every film-goer will tell you that "Pulp Fiction" is a must-see.

The author of very famous article published in "the New York Times" was paid high royalty.

The person who is responsible for artwork is called a typographer.

During the communist regime government had newsreels produced that cast a positive light on often unfair government policy.

the information about the sinking of the Russian submarine, the Kursk, hit the headlines.

There is detailed coverage of the government's debates.

His wife is quite tall, but he is definitely vertically challenged.

He's slightly bald at the top of his head- but he prefers to be referred to as hair disadvantaged, not bald.

I can't pay you right now- I'm somewhat financially embarrassed.

Some of your staff seem intellectually challenged- they have problems with the most simple tasks.

It's less socially offensive when you call the blind visually impaired.

In many countries you can't get anything done without greasing the palms of officials.

The gang laundered the drugs money through their chain of restaurants.

They created a slush fund to bribe influential officials.

He was expected to win by a landslide. Labour's landslide victory of 1997.

the government's commitment to public services

to meet/ achieve your objective

This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the government.

Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.

People of various party allegiance joined the campaign.

They are in breach of Article 119.;

The government is in a shambles over Europe.

Mary's afraid her boyfriend is two-timing her.

Did you score on Saturday? Yeah, I always pick someone up on Saturdays!

In many countries common-law wives have the same rights as official ones.

He denied fornicating with his wife's best friend.

Matrimony has completely changed his attitude towards life.

They decided to adopt a child, when it occurred that Kevin is infertile.

Look! That guy's chatting up your girlfriend.

The drunk kept on making passes at her.

Do you think intelligence is hereditary?

She accused her boss of sexual harassment

I knew you and Mike would hit it off straight away.

Many parents find it difficult to relate to their teenage children.

You are lucky to have such a good rapport with your boss.

She felt a natural affinity with these people

We can't sign a contract with them - we already have other ties. The country wants its independence and intends to loosen its ties with Britain.

Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.

Britain is having difficulty dealing with a flood of illegal aliens.

The court appointed him John's father in loco parentis.

The Joneses were Patrick's foster family.

He asked her to marry him but she turned him down.

Paul's nearest and dearest were at his birthday party.

Not everybody nowadays lives in a conventional nuclear family.

He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him.

The Emperor kept himself aloof from the people.

The form must be signed by your next of kin.

Tom was 54 and not married which meant he was a confirmed bachelor.

His forebears had come to America from Ireland.

They spliced a gene to improve it.

This is the most reliable method of contraception.

After his sex change, Gerald became Geraldine.

AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease.

Attitudes to premarital sex vary greatly.

Many young people elope because their parents wouldn't let them get married.

:-);-):(;-(are the most common emoticons.

You have to clean sparking plugs and try to start your lawnmower again.

Washing machine for sale - only two months old and in pristine condition.

We were weighed down with sleeping bags, gas cookers and pans- all the impedimenta of camping.

Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline. Mozart was a child prodigy.

Our security system is absolutely foolproof. This new video recorder is supposed to be foolproof.

I ate lots of onion and I did not feel ill so that disproves my theory that it is onion which makes me sick.

fuzzy transmission (blurred) faulty transmission I can pick up a lot of stations on the radio but the transmission is usually a bit fuzzy.

The scientists carried out an experiment. Nigel is carrying out research on early Christian art.

acquire data, classify data, compile data, record data, fabricate data, gather data, obtain data, reveal data How much data can we store on one disk? The data is still being analyzed.

Ann did her dissertation on Baudelaire.

Whatever is that weird contraption you have got in your garage?!

Solar power is the conversion of the sun's energy into heat and electricity.

High levels of radiation have been recorded near the power station. My friend died after being exposed to radiation.

She sent a sample of her work in an attempt to get a job. The nurse said she would take a blood sample and test it.

Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum. Nature is said to abhor a vacuum. The main limitation on the life of a light bulb is not the thickness of the filament but the degree of vacuum. Also: vacuum cleaner, vacuum flask

You can see refraction of light in action by placing a drinking straw in a glass of water.

Are their blood groups compatible? (can blood from one person be given to the other?) The printer is fully compatible with all leading software.

Games are the worst to debug. I will need a couple of hours to debug this program.

convincing/ temporary/permanent/ readymade/ existing formula The formula for carbon is CO. What is the formula for converting miles to kilometers?

false/ unlikely/ useful/ tentative/ bald/fanciful hypothesis to be based on the hypothesis that... Dr. Elwood said that the belief that milk could be harmful was based on the hypothesis that fat causes heart disease. A hypothesis has been put forward t

Her art is a synthesis of modern and traditional techniques.

The over-loud amplification spoilt the concert. The band brought its own amplification.

DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.

The fission of the cell could be inhibited with certain chemicals. Commercial nuclear power is provided by fission at the present time.

The arcane attitude of the FBI must be dealt with soon - we need more openess in government, not less.

Those at the top end of the alphabet have high self-esteem while, conversely, those at the bottom have low selfesteem.

Those at the lower end of the alphabet are disadvantaged by their position when things are arranged in alphabetical order. They certainly have to wait longer, at any rate.

There's a spaceship in your back garden? What a ludicrous idea!

The manager of our football team came in for scathing criticism after yet another defeat.

Most people would say that Britain is an affluent society, particularly compared to third world countries.

Some people say we should all champion the cause of feminism for in the end i'ts in everybody's interest to do so.

Manchester United are sitting pretty at the top of the league yet again.

The union representative assured his colleagues that the pay rise was in the bag.

The union leader had pulled it off yet again - nobody had expected such a large pay rise.

The children had succeeded in opening the can of paint and were having themselves a ball painting the living room walls!

Portsmouth carried all before them in their campaign to win the league by a record number of points.

President Bush is at the top of his tree - he can't go any higher.

Having passed all the tests given to them so far, it had to be said that the students were up to scratch.

Most company executives can be described as high flyers.

Having won their first seven matches, the Portsmouth football team are going great guns.

George is a dab hand at decorating.

With the pay rise assured, everything was hunky dory with the staff.

Promotion, a pay rise and an offer of the chairman's daughter's hand in marriage! Everything was coming up roses for Gerald.

Manchester United are streets ahead of any other English football team at the moment.

Very few television programmes are special - most of them are run of the mill.

Who's the top dog round here? I want to speak to the boss.

Son of a bitch,' he muttered under his breath.

As a teacher in a primary school I had to talk at the top of my voice for most of the time.

I, I am s-s-s-orry.

He always mumbles when he is embarassed.

The two neighbours spend hours standing at the fence and chinwagging.

English is becoming ~of the world.

Only occasionally did the ~ redness around his eyes betray the fatigue. The ~ smell of cigarette smoke

She was fidgeting anxiously with her button.

She fiddled with the things on her desk to avoid having to look at him.

He beckoned the waiter when he found the fly in his soup. I could see him beckoning to me.

I asked her who Sam was, but she shrugged and said nothing.

John stared ad Jim, his fists and jaw clenched

Mrs Bidwell pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows.

A slumping posture can be interpreted as offensive.

Stop slouching, it is not good for your back.

It looks funny when my baby daughter scowls at me when I do not take her from her bed.

Martha rolled her eyes when Tom started to tell another stupid joke.

Joe tilted his head and looked thoughtful.

He smile was giveaway that she was lying.

Jan didn't appreciate Bill leering at her in the office.

Quit pouting and eat your peas!

He winked at her hoping to catch her attention.

The convicted man sneered at the jury.

His lecture was quite intelligible to all present.

The contortion of his face was grotesque.

We knew he was lying because he was perspiring so heavily.

Lie detectors measure the conduction of a person's skin.

Come on - admit you committed the crime! You'll feel much better if you make a clean breast of things.

No, I'm not joking, I'm on the level - there really is a spaceship just landed in our back garden!

There's no need to worry anymore - with Hopkin's confession to the crime we're in the clear.

The criminal got off scot free due to a legal technicality.

The ex convict declared that from now on he was going to keep his nose clean and stay within the bounds of the law.

There's no question of whether Jones is guilty or not - he's squeaky clean.

Jones is above suspicion, you mean?

I chased after the mugger but he showed me a clean pair of heels and got away.

Jones was caught red handed - with his hands literally in the till.

The police stated that the escaped prisoners were now on the run.

You can't escape the long arm of the law - if you commit a crime, they'll catch you in the end.

I wouldn't trust Jones if I were you, he's light-fingered and has a habit of stealing things!

Hopkins has been accused of aiding and abetting Jones in committing the robbery by saying when the manager was away.

You won't get Jones to admit that Hopkins helped him though - they're as thick as thieves, of course.

You mean, Jones won't turn queen's evidence and say in court that Hopkins helped him?

Well, that was quite a surprise - when Jones pointed the finger at Hopkins!

I don't know, I suppose it was not such a surprise that Jones decided not to carry the can!

The police have declared that they will leave no stone unturned in their attempt to catch the crooks who robbed the bank.

The police knew that sb was going to rob the bank as sb had tipped them the wink.

Apparently the thieves had been casing the joint for ages before finally burgling it.

Criminals, like spies, are quite often in cahoots with one another.

The criminals made a last ditch attempt to open the safe by blowing it up, but unfortunately they blew up its contents as well!

Al beats his kids for even the smallest ~

For that felony he may be sentenced to death.

Houses were wrecked and ransacked by wandering groups of guerrillas.

The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.

Mr. Jackson was awarded record damages against his partners for slander.

The architect was sued for criminal ~

The kidnappers were demanding a ~ of $ 30,000.

The criminals were arrested when then tried to pay with ~.

Whose responsibility is it to serve a ~ on Mr. Brown?

Some of the government staff were definitely involved in ~

We tried persuasion, ~ and threats.

Public defenders are often times underpaid and overworked.

We will appeal to the judge in the morning.

The jury took nine days to decide his guilt.

That prosecutor wants to put that man in prison.