Czytelnia – A Lawyer's Question
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A small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand in a trial - a grandmotherly, elderly woman. He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?" |
lawyer – prawnik prosecuting attorney – prokurator witness – świadek trial – rozprawa, proces approach – podejść |
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She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy. And frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a rising big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you." |
respond – odpowiedzieć frankly – szczerze (mówiąc) disappointment – rozczarowanie lie – kłamać cheat – zdradzać, oszukiwać talk behind sb's backs – obgadywać kogoś rising – wschodzący big shot – szycha, gruba ryba brains – rozum, intelekt amount to anything more than – nie znaczyć więcej niż two-bit – podrzędny paper pusher – urzędas |
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The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do he pointed across the room and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?" |
stunned – osłupiały point – wskazać defense attorney – obrońca, adwokat |
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She again replied, "Why, yes I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. I used to baby-sit him for his parents. And he, too, has been a real disappointment to me. He's lazy, bigoted, he has a drinking problem. The man can't build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the shoddiest in the entire state. Yes, I know him." |
youngster – chłopak bigoted – nietolerancyjny relationship – związek law practice – praktyka adwokacka shoddiest – najgorszy, najnędzniejszy entire – cały |
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At this point, the judge rapped the courtroom to silence and called both counselors to the bench. In a very quiet voice, he said with menace, "If either of you asks her if she knows me, you'll be in jail for contempt within 5 minutes!" |
at this point – w tym momencie judge – sędzia rap – stukać courtroom – sala sądowa silence – cisza councelor – adwokat bench – tu: fotel sędziowski menace – groźba either of you – którykolwiek z was jail – więzienie contempt – obraza sądu within – w ciągu |
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