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Jan 23, 2015 · Jan 23, 2015. #8. Glasguensis said: It means that the defendant is not entitled to make assumptions about the victim. Any characteristics which the victim happens to have must be taken into account in the judgement, whether the defendant could reasonably have known about them or not. Thanks glasguensis, that explained it well.
Jul 26, 2012 · French. Jul 26, 2012. #1. Hello ! I am writing a text on feminist issues in French society. I am trying to translate a French motto: "La honte doit changer de camp". It has been used by French feminists since the 1970s to express the idea that, after a rape, the rapist should be ashamed and not the victim, since the rapist is the criminal and ...
Feb 2, 2008 · a light blow or jab, usually to a person's head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled-up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a prank. Also, nuggie, nugie. Think of it as a knucklear gouge. I suppose some might pronounce that.
Nov 14, 2011 · Nov 15, 2011. #4. Keep in mind that anyone who receives e-mail from you already knows who you are. E-mail has a "from" field; with most e-mail software, it displays your real name as well as your e-mail address. Also, you almost certainly will sign your name at the end. Unless the e-mail is very long, anyone who reads it will see your name there.
Nov 29, 2009 · There is no rule of English to prevent the use of "It gets dark at around 5pm", and there is nothing ungrammatical about it. "It gets dark at {a time}" is correct. The phrase "around 5pm" is a time statement, exactly as is "approximately 5pm", and with the same meaning.
Aug 17, 2008 · If you are mentioning about something which happend in the past, "That's OK" is preferable. 2: If you are mentioning something which has just happened or might happen in the future, "It's OK" is preffereble. 3: It does not really matter and both are basically interchangeable in most cases.
Jun 9, 2016 · A3 is "kneeling", but it looks like a runner's start position, which is called a "crouch". B3 is "crouched down." Usually "squat" means lowering yourself with an erect body, to access an item on a low shelf (A1,A2), to excercise (B2), or even as an alternative to sitting (B1). "Crouch" means making your whole body low in order to hide (B3), or ...
Apr 27, 2008 · Victim: It was here last night when I looked out my window before I went to bed. or Victim: The last time I used it was yesterday evening. I park down the street at a parking garage so I don't see it normally and I don't know exactly when it was taken. "Yesterday night" is not a common term in English and neither is last evening. Last night is ...
Feb 15, 2009 · English - Scotland. Nov 8, 2015. #9. Both answers are possible. At the cinema implies that he has gone to the cinema to watch a movie or to work there. In the cinema implies merely that he is physically inside the cinema.
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