1.I resigned as State's Attorney of Cook County.
*resign as +职务
2.I did this with a heavy heart and a deep commitment to fight these scurrilous charges.
*heavy heart
*scurrilous 诽谤性
*fight the charges
3.I have never abused my office.
*abuse office 滥用职权
4.I have never traded lighter sentences for financial or sexual
favors.
*trade for
*light sentence 轻判
5.At the same time, I need to atone for my personal failings with my
wife, Alicia, and our two children.
*atone for something: do something to show you are sorry you did it.
- atone for something with someone
6.This is a major class action.A case that could propel us to the top rank of full service firms, and I don't think I need to remind you what that will do to your year-end bonuses.
*class action 共同诉讼
*propel someone to
*top rank of
*full service firm
*year-end bonus
7.Anyway, Sheffrin-Marks fired their last firm because they took their
eye off the ball.
*take one's eye off the ball: to fail to remain focused on or motivated about some goal, objective, or matter at hand.
8.So, until further notice, your personal lives have been cancelled.
9.So, we'll need some of you to help out with the lower profile client
work to free up our top litigators.
*lower profile client 小客户
*free up somebody
10.witness prep 证人准备
pro bono 无偿的
11.It's a real life saver.
12.Glad you could come aboard.
*come aboard 加入
13.gunshot residue 枪弹残留
14.And I think that goes double for you.
对你来说更是如此
15. Not only you coming back to the workplace fairly late, but you
have some very prominent baggage.
*prominent: well-known
*baggage: you can use baggage to refer to one's emotional problems, fixed ideas, or prejudices. (感情或思想上的）包袱
16.bail hearing 保释听证会
recognizance release 保释
17.I know we should be at each other's throats
*be each other's throats 互相竞争
18.tell me when I'm hogging her
*hog somebody 独占
19.Diane asked me to step in for her.
*step in: 介入
*step in for someone: 顶替
20.The Criminal Court of Cook County is now in session, the Honorable Judge Richard Cuesta presiding.
*now in session：现在开庭
*preside：主持庭审
21.Your Honor, just to refresh your memory, the accused was deemed a flight risk due to an earlier custody hearing in which she threatened to run off with her daughter.
*refresh one's memory : to remind sb. of sth.
*the accused 被告
22.deadlock 陷入僵局
23.speedy trial 快速审理
24.Your husband and I never quite saw eye to eye, ma'am.
*see eye to eye 看法一致
25.But if the prosecution thinks that this will in some way prejudice me against your client, he is sorely mistaken.
*prejudice against对...有偏见
*sorely: seriously
-sorely mistaken 大错特错
26.pretrial release 审前释放
27.we got a flat 爆胎
28.pickup truck 敞篷货车
29.acquittal无罪释放
30.surveillance camera 监控摄像头
31.custody 监护权
32.Force yourself to. 强迫自己
33.superficial things 表面工作
34.If you identify with too many clients, you burn out.
*identify with 同情
*burn out 精疲力尽
35.jury foreman 陪审团主席
36.conviction 定罪；acquittal 无罪开释
37.I tend to look at a person and size them up pretty quickly.
*size sb/sth up / size up sb/sth: to form a judgement or an opinion about sb/sth
38.It was either that or a cage match.
*cage match: a gimmick match in pro wrestling 铁笼赛/激烈竞争/生死大战
39.help out around the house
40.give a damn about : care about
41. I was set up.被陷害
42.There was a rumor going around that something got buried, pitted.
43.play the breadwinner
*breadwinner: a person who supports their family with the money they
earn
44.The lawyers think the appellate court is going to hear my case.
*appellate court：上诉法院
*hear a case：审理案件
45.Arguments are cheap.争论毫无意义
46.drop by 顺路拜访
47.defeat the purpose 适得其反
48.walking a very narrow ethical line.铤而走险，挑战道德底线
49.reprimand: the act of telling somebody officially that you do not approve of them or their actions
50.freeze定格
51.It must get old.
52.beats me 我不知道
53.You didn't willfully mislead the police.
*willfully 有意
54.Don't make yourself collateral damage here, for your own sake.
*collateral damage 附带损害
55.prenuptial agreement 婚前协议
56.If the deceased were to divorce you, you would be cut off from his premarital
savings, is that correct?
*deceased 死者
*cut off from 无权获得他的...
