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and Advocacy), together with the private client or business client options
they have chosen.
As far as I understand… Наскільки я розумію...
I fully agree with you. Я повністю погоджуюсь з вами
I disagree with you. That’s Я незгоден з вами.
just what
I was going to say. Це як раз те, про що я хотів сказати.
You are mistaken. Ви помиляєтесь.
I am not sure but I believe… Я не впевнений, але мені
здається...
Task 11. Read and enjoy. We, the Jury
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A judge asked our group of potential jurors whether anyone should
be excused, and one man raised his hand.
“I can’t hear out of my left ear,” the man told the judge.
“Can you hear out of your right ear?” the judge asked. The man
nodded his head.
“You’ll be allowed to serve on the jury,” the judge declared. “ We
only listen to one side of the case at a time”.
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My honest, hard-working father stood before the judge to explain
why he wished to be excused from the jury duty.
“Your Honor, my small grocery store is the sole means of support
for my wife and eight children. To serve as a juror would mean closing the
store, and I can’t afford that.”
“Mr. Jones, what if everyone were like you?” asked the judge.
“Your Honor,” my father replied, “if everyone were like me, you
wouldn’t be needing a jury.”
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Jury foreman addressing judge: ”Before announcing our verdict,
we’d like to recommend that Harrison Ford play the defendant.”
Grammar exercise
I. Divide the verbs below into two groups: regular and irregular.
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