SPEECH PATTERNS

1. a) It was their job to decide if the two murders had happened and if it was reasonable for Carl Lee to stand trial.

His accusation doesn’t stand fire.

Mr. Norich couldn’t stand bail for his son Michael.

They had a very merry party at Vauxhall, Gus insisting on standing treat.

b) I am sorry for the mistake. I stand corrected.

Corn stands high this year.

This plant has been standing idle for 5 years.

c) How can you stand aside and see the child badly treated?

In those days, skirts were made to stand away from the body.

Stand back! This is a very powerful explosive!

The police took accounts of the accident from two witnesses who happened to be standing by at the time of the crash.

How can a crowd stand by while a woman is attacked and robbed?

2. To finish, he then brought out a set of color photographs of the murder victims, some taken so close you could see how the bullets had broken through the skin and bone.

It was a beautiful afternoon. The sky was blue, the sun yellow, butterflies flitted, birds tooted, bees bussed and, to cut a long story short, all Nature smiled.

To put it mildly, the food at the restaurant was some of the worst that I have ever tasted.

John and Mary had to be taken care of, to say nothing of Bill, who would require even more attention.

3. They had grown tired of him.

Jane grew pale when she heard the news about John.

Michael grew red when the lady accused him of stealing her purse.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others (Audrey Hepburn).

When the policeman removed the handcuffs Jack’s hands had already grown numb.

Phrases and Word Combinations

to go on trial the grand jury

to stand trial for murder (rape) to be guilty of murder

to take the law into one’s own hands to win the first argument

to accuse smb of being a lawless man to bring in a State witness

to sustain / rule out an objection to put smb in jail

to give technical (medical) evidence to go into great detail

a man with a criminal record the closing arguments

to plan a short opening speech to be freed / acquitted

to brush away a tear with one’s finger

to be led into the courtroom (into the jury box)

to be accepted as evidence during a murder trial

to find the defendant not guilty on the charges against them

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