Exercise 8 Match the words from the box with the definitions below.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 439.

Exercise 7 Complete the following text by translating the words and expressions in brackets.

The police were investigating a series of . . . in the Westhampton area. A man and a woman were . . . of the crimes, but there was not enough . . . to . . them. Then, one night, during a burglary, the . . . woke up while the . . . were still in the house. They found the . . . in the sitting-room stealing the TV and video. The burglars escaped through the window, leaving behind a black bag containing all their equipment - covered in . . .! The next day Samuel and Felicity Jones were . . . by Westhampton police and were charged with the . . . of burglary with intent. The Jones were . . . to two years' . . .

a. drug smuggling f. shop-lifting k. fraud

b. hijacking g. kidnapping l. arson

c. pickpocketing h. mugging m. theft

d. assault i. Murder n. parking offence

e. armed robbery j. drunken driving

1. They broke the window of his car and stole the radio.

2. They sold paintings that they knew weren't genuine masterpieces.

3. They illegally carried drugs into another country.

4. They held a pistol at the pilot's head and he had to do what they said.

5. They set fire to the shop.

6. They took some things off the shelves and left the shop without paying for them.

7. They took away the rich man's son and asked him a lot of money.

8. They hit the man on the head as he was walking along the street and stole all his money and credit cards.

9. They took her purse out of her handbag in the crowded bus.

10. They murdered a man during a robbery.

11. They drove a car under the influence of drink.

12. They stole f1,000 from a bank, by threatening someone with a gun.

13. They hurt a boy in a fight in a disco-club.

14. They parked a car in a no-parking zone.