This is a blog for students of the course Lengua y civilización C1: Inglés at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. They are supposed to use it as a vocabulary notebook, recording those new words they come across every week, which should include a brief definition of the unknown word, its synonym(s), antonym(s), pronunciation, translation into Spanish...
domingo, 25 de octubre de 2009
Remand
• verb: place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned. • noun: a committal to custody.
verb: Smith was remanded in custody (=kept in prison) until Tuesday. He's been remanded on bail for a month (=allowed to leave the law court and go home to wait for trial).
noun: Evans committed suicide while on remand in Parkhurst prison.
please include a good example of use!!!
ResponderEliminarverb:
ResponderEliminarSmith was remanded in custody (=kept in prison) until Tuesday.
He's been remanded on bail for a month (=allowed to leave the law court and go home to wait for trial).
noun:
Evans committed suicide while on remand in Parkhurst prison.