Courtroom

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1. courtroom – the place where a crime is judged

2. trial – the process of being judged in a court

3.  jury – a group  of people who judge a court case

4. jury box – the place where the members of the jury sit

5. court reporter – sb. whose job is to write notes of what is said at a trial

6. judge – sb. whose job is to make decisions in a court of law

7. wig – artificial hair that you wear on your head

8. (judge’s) bench – the place where the judge sits

9. witness – sb. who sees a crime or accident happen

10. witness stand – the place where the witness sits

11. evidence – sth. that helps to prove whether sb. has committed a crime

12. defence lawyer(BrEng)/defense lawyer (AmEng) – sb. who represents a person accused of a crime

13. defendant, accused – sb. who has been accused of a crime and is on trial

14. usher – sb. whose job is to allow people to enter or leave a court of law

15. public, gallery – the people who watch a trial

16. press – journalists who write about a trial

17. claimant (BrEng)/plaintiff (AmEng) – sb. who makes a formal complaint against sb. in court

18. prosecutor – a lawyer whose job is to prove that sb. has committed a crime

19. security officer(BrEng)/bailiff (AmEng) – an official who keeps order in court

20. clerk of the court – an official in charge of the records of a court

Telephone numbers

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It’s easy to get confused when giving out your telephone number in English. And it’s often even more confusing when callers tell you their phone numbers! Let’s look at some basic rules:

1. Say each figure separately in groups of two or three. For example, the number 973-8562 is usually said: “Nine-seven-three, eight-five, six-two.” Don’t say: “nine hundred and seventy-three, eighty-five, sixty-two.” This is never done with telephone numbers in English and would confuse most of your international callers. The number “0” is pronounced as “zero”, or like the letter “o”, and the word “oh”. The number 0208 307 160 could be pronounced: “Zero-two, zero-eight, three-zero-
seven, one-six-zero.” Or you could say: “o-two, o-eight, three-o-seven, one-six-o.” In Britain, some people use “nought” instead of zero. Don’t use this yourself, as it can be confusing. Just remember what it means when your British business counterpart says it to you.

2. If a figure occurs twice in sequence, you can say “double”. For example, 055 677 8899 is “zero-double five, six-double seven, double eight, double nine”.

3. If a figure occurs three times in a row, you have two choices. The number 099 444 2333 can be said: “Zero-double nine, triple four, two-triple three.” Or say: “Zero-double nine, four-double four, two-three, double three.”

4. Numbers with several zeros at the end are often said as whole numbers. For example, 07 2000 is said: “Zero-seven, two thousand.”

 

Cloth vs Fabric vs Material vs Textile

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The words cloth, fabric, material and textile all describe the product you get if you weave or knit fibers together.

  • The word textile is mainly used in the context of production:

“He works in the textile industry (or: in textiles).”

  • The word cloth is frequently used in the context of buying and selling:

“They import fine Indian silk cloth.”

  • Cloth is often used for light materials, while fabric describes heavier ones:

“We produce fabrics for making curtains.”

  • The word material is more general, as it can also be used for other substances that things are made from, such as wood or plastic.