Virginia Iastremschi

Andrei Prohin
Eduard Rotaru

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Chi~inau

2007

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THE US COURT STRUCTURE

The US Supreme Court
consists of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices appointed for
life by the highest court of the nation and the court of last resort decides whether laws passed by Congress agree with the Constitution

State Supreme Court

courts of appeal and the courts of last resort of the cases arising
under the state law

US Courts of Appeal
intermediate courts of appeal between the District Courts and the
US Supreme Court decide ifthe law was correctly determined and
applied by the US District Court

State Courts of Appeal

decide if the law was correctly determined and applied by the state
Common Pleas Courts

United States District Courts

(Trial courts for the cases arising under the federal law)

Common Pleas Courts

(Trial courts for the cases arising under the state law)

Criminal Jurisdiction
(wills, adoptions, guardianships,
marriage, licenses, administration of estates)

Criminal cases
(felonies, etc.)

Criminal Jurisdiction
(wills, adoptions, guardianships,
marriage, licenses, administration of estates)

Domestic

Domestic

(divorce, alimony, child custody)

(divorce, alimony, child custody)

Juvenile

Juvenile

(delinquent, unruly or neglected

children's offences)

(delinquent, unruly or neglected

children's offences)

Criminal cases
(felonies, etc.)

in her mother's long white dress for all the world like her mother
when she was Carol's age);
70) from pillar to post - to be driven all over the place; to find it impossible to settle down from one difficulty to another one;
71) from the bottom of one's heart-very sincerely;
72) to get dizzy with success - He made a stupid mistake, ~hat's because he is dizzy with success;
73) God (Heaven) forbid (that) - I very much hope it will not happen
(that)- Godforbid that I should ever have to work with him again;
74) to go down the drain - wasted, brought to nothing;
75) for God's sake - used in a non-religious way, though some people
may find it offensive (Don't you think you ought to quit working so
hard? Give the baby a rest,for God's sake);
76) go through fire and water (for) - face great hardship and danger
(for);
77) go I be driven to extremes - to (be forced to) act too violently or
behave in an extreme way;
78) habit cures habit;
79) hands off - do not interfere;
80) to have a basinful (bellyful) I to be fed up to the (back) teeth (Joe
has spent the whole day telling me his endless stories about fishing.
I've heard a basinful of them);
81) to have an eye for - the ability for smth.;
82) to have a screw loose - to be slightly mad;
83) to have smth. at one's fingertips -to know a place like the back, to
know very well (You'd better ask David, he's got the whole subject
at his fingertips);
84) to have one's head screwed on the right way - to be clever;
85) to have one's heart in one's mouth I boots - to feel very afraid
or worried;
86) to have one's lips sealed - to promise not to tell;
87) to have I put all eggs in one basket - You can fail if you put all
eggs in one basket;
88) to have too much tongue - to tell everything;
89) have you lost your tongue? - can't you speak?
90) to hear the grass grow I a pin drop - great silence;
91) the heart of the matter- the essential problem;
92) a heart-to-heart talk - sincere, open (I had a heart-to-heart talk
with Mary about her plans to marry John);

93) a hey-day I halcyon days - best days (She recalled with a wistful
smile the halcyon days of her youth);
4) to hope against hope - to continue to hope when there is little
chance of success;
95) the horn of plenty - the symbol of abundance;
96) the hub of the Universe - central figure;
97) in full swing - having reached a very active stage;
98) in one ear and out the other-(ofinformation, orders, advice, etc.)
to have no effect because not listened to;
99) in other words - expressing the same thing in different words;
100) in the dead of night - late at night;
101) in the long run - after a very long period of time, in the end (I'll
be cheaper in the long run to use real leather because it will last
longer);
102) in the pink - in perfect health;
103) it's in the bag - certain to be won, gained;
104) it's not the end of the world - it is not the last thing;
105) a Jack of all trades (and the master of none)- a person who can
do many different kinds of work (but who may not be very good
at any of them);
106) a Juda's kiss - a treacherous action disguised as kindness;
107) to keep a low profile - the state of being unnoticed by other people around one;
108) the last straw (that breaks the camel's back) - a small problem
or unpleasant event which, when added to existing troubles, is too
much to bear;
109) to lay the cornerstone - to lay the most important part of a
project;
110) to lead someone by the nose - to have complete control over
someone;
Ill) to let sleeping dogs lie- not to interrupt or trouble a person, situation, etc. when this is likely to cause problems or disorder;
112) to lick someone's boots - to obey someone like a slave, through
fear, admiration or desire for favour;
113) to lie through one's teeth - to tell a bad lie shamelessly;
114) like a cat on hot bricks - extremely awkward and uneasy;
115) like rats leaving the sinking ship - like traitors deserting the losing side in a contest;
116) like talking to a brick wall - speaking in vain;