3. Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate words. Change the form where necessary.

bid, relent, duress, bar, intrinsic, withhold, stab, lawsuit, question, dismiss, particular, fracture

1. These tasks were repetitive, lengthy and lacking any …………………………. interest.

2. She claims she …………………………. from her post unfairly.

3. A compound …………………………. is one in which the broken bone comes through the skin.

4. She …………………………. him in the arm with a screwdriver.

5. “Well, just for a little while then,” she said, finally …………………………. .

6. She was accused of …………………………. information from the police.

7. She filed a/an …………………………. against her medical company.

8. The police officer took down all the …………………………. of the burglary.

9. The team …………………………. to retain its place in the league.

10. The players …………………………. from drinking alcohol the night before a match.

11. He …………………………. whether the accident was solely the truck driver’s fault.

12. He signed the confession under …………………………. .

4. Which crimes are defined below? In which cases are they mentioned?

1. the crime of telling a lie in court

2. the crime of killing sb illegally but not deliberately

3. the crime of attacking sb physically (two words)

5. Write the words defined below. The figure in brackets indicates the number of the passage in which the word occurs.

1. a bank that deals with large businesses (10)

2. a claim or complaint against sb that a person or an organization can make in court (2)

3. a condition or an arrangement in a legal document (19)

4. a fact or detail especially one that is officially written down (9)

5. a formal agreement between two or more countries (19)

6. a lawyer who prepares legal documents, for example for the sale of land or buildings, advises people on legal matters, and can speak for them in some courts of law (9)

7. a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week, for work or services (11)

8. a small detail in a law or set of rules, especially one that does not seem fair (1)

9. a statement in which a person says officially that they do not claim the right to do sth (10)

10. a sum of money that is paid to sb who has written a book, piece of music, etc. each time that it is sold or performed (5)

11. a type of court with the authority to deal with a particular problem or disagreement (9)

12. a type of prison for young criminals (18)

13. conditions that you agree to when you buy, sell, or pay for sth; a price or cost (7)

14. connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive (6)

15. responsible for doing sth wrong (14)

16. one of the two or more people or groups taking part in an argument, war, etc. (9)

17. something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance (3)

18. something wrong that sb does to sb else that is not criminal, but that can lead to action in a civil court (15)

19. the police force of a particular area or town (17)

20. the relationship between sth that happens and the reason for it happening (4)

21. threats or force that are used to make sb do sth (20)

22. to have or express doubts or suspicions about sth (13)

23. too bad to be saved or improved (6)