Filologia angielska - słownictwo

The religious zealotry of some Islamic nations is quite disturbing.

He supported his claims with spurious evidence.

The proliferation of McDonalds and Pizza Hut is a good example of cultural imperialism.

Some see the current war in Afghanistan as being nothing more than American aggrandizement.

Some members of society have a rather cavalier attitude towards the law.

The accused was remanded to the custody of the lower court to await further proceedings.

They sent the assassin to the Hannibal House of Corrections for a crash course in rehabilitation.

The rock is put in a pipe and smoked, with far more potent effects than inhaling the powder.

The undercover journalist found the treatment of asylum inmates appalling.

He'd been on death row for three years, appeals still pending.

It was only a temporary reprieve. He would face the hangman sooner or later.

The attorney won for his convicted client a stay of sentencing.

Medieval alchemists attempted to commute base metals into gold.

We've recently seen a decrease in heroin abuse in all parts of the country.

Throughout history, religious minorities have been persecuted for their beliefs.

Every time our team scored, we each did a line of coke through a twenty-dollar bill. She produced a sixinch ivory tube, sank to her knees and greedily did her lines, snorting "angel dust" into each nostril.

They invited us to chase the dragon Hong Kong style, with matches, foil and tube.

The US Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that racial segregation in schools was unconstitional.

One victim of the fraudulent scheme was swindled out of her entire life savings. The fire claimed 43 victims. The families of the victims were devastated.

I still can't believe OJ got off scot free! What a miscarriage of justice. They let him off the hook without even a slap on the wrist. He got off scot free.

Psychologists are investigating the extent to which certain types of film have a pernicious effect on the viewer.

Following the shooting in Portadown of three Republicans the IRA have retaliated by killing three Loyalists.

After putting glue on the headmasters chair the school boys lived in fear of what the repercussions might be.

They had suspicions about his background because of his iffy accent.

In Lord of the Flies we can see how Jack slowly gains ascendancy over the rest of the boys.

'We will bring the perpetrators of this terrible crime to justice', said the police officer in charge of the operation.

Most consider religion to be fairly innocuous but Marx believed it be an instrument of oppression.

Analysis of American Foreign Policy could lead one into assuming that successive governments have taken a rather bellicose attitude towards international relations.

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.

They had a bit of a scuffle but no-one was hurt.

In some circles it is believed that America would like some sort of insurrection in Iraq.

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?