Vocabulario en inglés: delitos, castigos, phrasal verbs y expresiones con business

Contar cuentos chinos - Spin a yarn / Boil down to - Se reduce a

Cauteloso - Wary / Ser lo suficientemente bueno - Come up to scratch

Encogerse - Cringe

Asesinato - Murder (The man accused of her murder will appear in court today) / Homicidio involuntario - Manslaughter (She was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter) / Asalto - Mugging (Crime is on the increase, especially mugging and burglary) / Contrabando - Smuggling (He was arrested in connection with drug smuggling) / Soborno - Bribery (The officials said that they had been offered bribes before an important game) / Chantaje - Blackmail (The politician was blackmailed by a gang who threatened to expose his affair to the newspaper) / Robo con fractura - Burglary (Most burglaries happen at night) / Robo - Robbery (He received a 10 year prison sentence for armed robbery) / Incendio provocado - Arson (The school was destroyed in an arson attack) / Asalto - Assault (Several soldiers have been charged with assault) / Fraude, estafa y engaño - Fraud (She was found guilty of fraud, she had been cheating people out of pensions) / Falsificación - Forgery (The painting was a very clever forgery)

Caution: He was let off with a caution. / Custody: A man is being held in police custody in connection with the murder. / To try / be tried: He was tried by the police. / Jury: The jury's decision was unanimous; they found the defendant guilty. / Verdict: After a week the jury had still not reached a verdict. / Parole: He was released on parole after serving two years in prison.

Fall for: Be tricked into believing something that is not true. Fall back on: Have something to use when you are in difficulty. Fall over (yourself): Try very hard or want very much to do something. Fall through: Not be completed or not happen. Fall behind: Fail to keep up with something. Fall off: Decrease in quality or quantity. Fall out with: Have an argument with someone so that you are no longer friendly with them. Fall about: Laugh uncontrollably in a group. Fall apart: 1. Suffer severe emotional distress. 2. Stop working properly or going in a positive direction.

Fall back on: Rely on for help in an emergency. Fall behind: Not meet obligations in time. Fall down: Fall to the ground or floor. Fall for: 1. Fall in love, be infatuated. 2. Believe a lie or be deceived. Fall off: Become fewer in number or less in amount, decrease. Fall out with: Argue or quarrel with someone. Fall over themselves: Try very hard to do something. Fall through: Not happen as planned, be unsuccessful.

To be in business: To have all you need to start doing something. None of your business: If something is none of your business, you should not be involved in it or ask about it. To go out of business: When a company (co.) stops operating, usually because of financial problems. To get down to business: Start doing or discussing something. Shoplifting: Stealing goods from a shop. To haggle over: Try to get a lower price for something. To go on a shopping spree: Buy a lot of unnecessary things. To go window-shopping: Look at goods in a shop without intending to buy.