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41 firing-squad
noun (a group of soldiers with guns, to execute a prisoner: He must face the firing-squad.) popravná čata -
42 hold to ransom
(to keep (a person) as a prisoner until a sum of money etc is paid for his release.) zajať a vymáhať výkupné -
43 hunt down
(to search for (someone or something) until found: The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.) uštvať, dolapiť, vysliediť -
44 keep guard (on)
The soldiers kept guard (on the prisoner).) strážiť -
45 keep guard (on)
The soldiers kept guard (on the prisoner).) strážiť -
46 plea
[pli:]1) (a prisoner's answer to a charge: He made a plea of (not) guilty.) obhajoba2) (an urgent request: The hospital sent out a plea for blood-donors.) naliehavá žiadosť -
47 prisoners of war
plural; see prisoner of war -
48 sworn
[swo:n]1) ((of friends, enemies etc) (determined, as if) having taken an oath always to remain so: They are sworn enemies.) zaprisahaný2) ((of evidence, statements etc) given by a person who has sworn to tell the truth: The prisoner made a sworn statement.) prísažný -
49 turn in
(to hand over (a person or thing) to people in authority: They turned the escaped prisoner in to the police.) vydať, udať
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