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2.It's a more complicated case … that.

3.This witness looked … he did yesterday.

4.Tom works … a slave. He is regarded … the hardest-working employee in the company.

5.Ben's car is faster ... mine.

6.My brother spent half ... much on his trial ... I did.

7.Her CV was more ТЦprОssТЯО … the other applicant's.

8.This criminal case is ЧШЭ … sОrТШЮs … that one.

9.PrШЛКЭТШЧ Тs ЧШЭ … sОЯОrО … imprisonment.

10.This investigator is more experienced … that one.

11.The speech of his barrister was not ... long ... I expected it to be.

12.This lawyer is not … old … he looks.

13.Yes, don't worry about a thing. I've got a lawyer who's … clever … a

fox.

Exercise 21. Use an adjective or an adverb in an appropriate degree of

comparison. Translate these sentences into Russian:

1.John is a good lawyer, but I don't know a (good) lawyer than Nick.

2.She is the (clever) person in our family.

3.Jim `s advocate isn't so (good) as Mark `s.

4.The (difficult) thing about learning English is grammar.

5.She is much (good) at civil law than her friend.

6.This is a (difficult) problem than we have seen.

7.Your reporter must be as (short) as possible.

8.What is the (late) news?

9.He finds it (easy) to talk about work than to do it.

10.Where is the (near) police station?

11.His job is (important) than his friend's.

12.The Browns felt (bad) than the Smiths about losing the case.

Exercise 22. Translate into English:

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Exercise 23. Translate into English:

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1.– 1981 (nineteen eighty one), 2011 (two thousand eleven).

Exercise 1. Match the corresponding numerals:

Exercise 2. Put down in figures:

1.one thousand six.

2.twenty-nine.

3.the fifteenth.

4.nineteen twenty-two.

5.three thousand.

6.two fifth.

7.twenty five point four.

8.May the twentieth.

9.point five.

10.three hundred and thirty-nine.

Exercise 3. Say it in words:

2; 18; 80; 90; 14; 5; 99; 19; 705; 3,679; 21st; 1992; 1.015; 16th; 60; 1876; May

5.

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Use the nouns in brackets in the singular or plural form:

(Thief) have been around for (century), probably for as long as (human), but armed (robbery) is a more recent (phenomenon).

Unfortunately (woman) have always been (victim) of (rape) and domestic (violence). (Forgery) has been around ever since (printing) has been used to make (money) or produce (document). Rich (people) or their (child) are sometimes kidnapped and are not set free until a (ransom) has been paid.

The twentieth (century) saw the (appearance) of many organized (crime) such as (hijacking) and (drug-smuggling) or (drug-trafficking). (Statistics) shows an alarming (rise) in the (rate) of violent (crime) and (crime) to do with the illegal (sale) of (arms) across the (world). Perhaps the most recent (crime) of all is hacking (computer) to access (information).

This (increase) in international (crime) makes one wonder whether it is still

true to sКв “(CrТЦО) НШОsЧ’Э pКв!”

II. А .

Insert the correct article where necessary:

1.TСОв ПТЭЭОН … security locks ЭШ ЦКФО ТЭ ЦШrО НТППТМЮХЭ ПШr … burglar to

break in.

2.SСО аКs МКЮРСЭ ЭrвТЧР ЭШ ЛЮв … video recorder with … forged money.

3.If more offenders diН … community service, this would benefit … local people and reduce overcrowding in prisons.

4.HО аКs pЮЭ ШЧ … probation as it was his first offence.

5.… phone box had been vandalized so I looked for another one.

6.OЧО аТЭЧОss аКs КЛХО ЭШ РТЯО … good description of … thief

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7.In … area of … СТРС ЮЧОЦpХШвЦОЧЭ, … shoplifting can be ... problem, ОspОМТКХХв ПrШЦ … supermarkets.

8.HО аКs ПТЧОН £400 КЧН ЛКЧЧОН ПrШЦ НrТЯТЧР ПШr … year.

9.IП вШЮ pХОКН РЮТХЭв, … УЮНРО ЦТРСЭ РТЯО вШЮ ... ЦТХНОr sentence.

10.They finally got her to admit that she had forged her ... employer's sТРЧКЭЮrО ШЧ …form.

11.TСТs Тs … МШЦpХОб МКsО sШ … jury may take ... ЭТЦО ЭШ rОКМС … verdict.

12.In some countries you can be executed for smuggling ... drugs like ...

cocaine.

13.TСОrО ТsЧ'Э ОЧШЮРС … evidence to prove that he committed … crime

although we're sure it must have been him

14.….Police appeareН КЧН sЭКrЭОН ЭШ КrrОsЭ … НОЦШЧstrators.

15.TСОrО's ЧШ … death penalty in this country so he'll probably be sentenced to … life imprisonment.

16.He may be .. terrorist to you but to other people he's ... freedom fighter.

Choose the correct word:

1.Of the four articles I like the first one (better / best).

2.Does the judge feel (weller / better) today than he did yesterday?

3.Jane is the (less / least) careful of all the drivers.

4.Your heritage is (different from / different than) mine.

5.The more evidence we have, (easier / the easier) we win a case.

6.This juror is (far / more) friendly than that one, but that juror is (much / very) more patient than the former.

7.Taxi fares are (far / very) expensive in Rome, but they are (any / even more) expensive in London.

8.As she gets older, she becomes (the / more) experienced.

9.Nothing is (worse / worst) than being stuck in a traffic jam.

10.That test wasn't (as hard as / hard as) I thought.

11.You're not a safe driver! You should drive (more / most) slowly.

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Right or wrong?

1.1927 – ninety twenty seven

2.20th May – May the twentieth

3.1883 – eighteen eighty three

4.15th July – the fifteenth of July

5.20.52 – point twenty

6.3/5 – three fifths

7.5.2 – five points two

8.8th September 2012 – on the eighteenth of September two thousand twelve

9.XX – the twentieth century

10.4/7 – four point seven

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