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Topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Complete these colloquial expressions.

1
That camera is cheap. Do you think it fell off the ........ of a lorry?
a)
b)
c)
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2

Now, I know one of you stole the money but who is going to ........ clean and own up?

a)
b)
c)
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3

Michele has been late for work every day this week but always gets away with it scot-.........

a)
b)
c)
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Now complete the gaps with the missing words.

4

A) Some people seem to think it's OK to buy things that have fallen off the back of a but I don't agree with it.

B) You'll feel much better if you clean and tell the teacher you broke the window.

C) There's a story in the newspaper about this rich businessman who got off free from a corruption charge.

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Make them your own!

1) If someone offered you something you needed that had fallen off the back of a lorry would you buy it?
2) Have you ever come clean about something you did wrong?
3) Has there been a case in your country when someone was accused of doing something but got off scot-free even though they deserved to be punished?