7) What Happens after an Arrest?

1)

1. F Being arrested can be one of the most frightening experiences a person can experience in life…

2. T

3. F Usually on the first business day following your arrest, you’ll have an arraignment hearing.

2)

1. When you’re booked for a more serious offense or don’t have the money to pay your bond, you’re going to have to spend at least a night or two in jail.

2. If you are taken to the police station for questioning, it’s important to remember that you are not obligated to answer questions and free to leave until you’re arrested and read your Miranda rights.

3)

1. arraignment hearing when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge during the hearing

2. bondsman is a person bound by bond to act as surety for another

3. enter a plea is to confess guilty

4. be fingerprinted is to press the fingers onto a pad covered with ink, and then onto paper to know what that person's fingerprints look like.

5. misdemeanor is a minor wrongdoing

6. felony is a serious crime, such as murder or arson.

4)

8) Humanitarian intervention

1)

1. F The right to humanitarian intervention is a revolutionary new concept in world affairs.

2. F Standard manuals on international law contain no reference to the humanitarian intervention.

3. T Third-world rulers saw the intrusive French doctors and their flair for exposing injustice in faraway places as a permanent threat to their legitimacy.

2)

1. It was invoked on behalf of the beleaguered Kurds of Iraq.

2. Kouchner has argued that the rights humanitarian aid take priority over ‘the right of dictatorial regimes…

3)

1. explicitly barred is smth clearly prohibited

2. on behalf of - as a representative of; in the interests of a person, group, or principle

3. keystone is the central principle or part of a policy, system, etc., on which all else depends

4. cold war is a state of political hostility and military tension between two countries or power blocs, involving propaganda, subversion, threats, economic sanctions, and other measures short of open warfare, esp that between the American and Soviet blocs after World War II (the Cold War)

5. safe havens is a place of refuge or security

9) Making a personal injury insurance claim

1)

1. T

2. F Despite a serious injury you are not entitled to time off from work.

3. T

2)

1. The insurance company will probably want you to have an exam by a physician they employ.

2. When you file your claim, make sure you do so correctly, to avoid complications or the possible denial of your claim.

3. … don’t be shy when detailing your injuries to the emergency room physician.

3)

1. insurance claim is an application to pay an insurance compensation

2. file claim to apply/to submit a claim/complaint

3. emergency room is the room or department in a hospital where people who have severe injuries or sudden illness are taken for emergency treatment.

4. omission is the act of not including a particular person or thing or of not doing something.

5. prevail prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious

6. aggravated is made more serious by its circumstances