영단어 정리 - Disney [COLLEGE ROAD TRIP] on page 4

COLLEGE ROAD TRIP

 

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'Less than an Hour later, the student jurors finished their deliberations and filed back into the courtroom.'

 

juror[ˈdʒʊr.ɚ]

/ a member of jury.

ex) The jurors took two days to deliberate on the case
 

deliberate[dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət]

/ 1) (often of something bad) intentonal or planned.

  ex) a deliberate attack/insult*/lie.
   *insut: an offensive remark or action.
 

/ 2) A deliberate movement. action, or thought is done carefully without hurrying.

  ex) From her slow, deliberate speech i guessed she must be drunk.
 

/ 3) to think or talk seriously and carefully about something.

  ex) The jurors took two days to deliberate on the case.
        He's deliberating whether or not to accept the new job that he's been offfered.
 
 
 
 

'The young woman nodded "Yes, Your Honor. We find the defendant not guilty'

 

defendant[dɪˈfen.dənt]

/ a person in a law case who is accused* of having done something illegal.

 ex) The jury concluded from the evidence that the defendant was innocent.
      The defendant is accused of a range of crimes, from theft to murder.
      The judge directed the defendant to remain silent.
 
*accuse: to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
 
 
 
 

'Melanie leaped up from the defense table and gave high fives to her teammates. Then she turned to her cute co-counsel'

 

leap

/ to make a large jump or sudden movement, usually from one place to another. to jump.

 ex) He leaped out of his car and ran towards the house.
       I leaped up to answer the phone.
       The god leaped over the gate into the field.
 

co-counsel[koʊˈkaʊn.səl]

/ one of two or more lawyers working together on a legal case:

 ex) He is acting as co-counsel for the plaintiffs in two lawsuits.
       She was co-counsel with Anna Bishop representing the family.
       She was one of Khan's co-counsels on the case.
       He stood outside the courthouse flacked* by Meyers and cocounsel, Gail Lowe and Sam Yee.
       Defense co-consels must have three years of experience before they can be appinted to a capital case.
 
*flack: a person chosen by a group or organization that is in a difficult situation to speak officially for them to the public and answer questions and criticisms.
 
 
 
 

'In the blink of an eye, Hunter was knocked out of her field of vision. In his place was her fatehr, grinning from ear to ear.'

 

blink

/ 1) When you blink, you close and then open your eyes quickly once or several times, and when an eay blinks, it does this:

 ex) You've got somethind in your eye - try blinking a few times.
       He blinked rapidly in the sunlight.
 

/ 2) If a light blinks, it flashes on and off.

 ex) The brightness of the snow made him blink.
       How do you manage not to blink when you're putting makeup on your eyes?

grin/smile from ear to ear

/ to look extremely happy

 ex) "we've had a fantastic response!" he said, grinng from ear to ear.