M2-2.6 Learn collocations

Instructions

1. The previous audio you listened to entitled The Legal Profession – A Typical Day contained many legal English collocations.
2..Learn the collocations using Quizlet.
3. Please note: If you click on “Choose a study mode” (bottom right) and select “Flashcards” from the dropdown, you will access an audio file with the correct pronunciation of each term.
4. Mark this as complete when you are finished.

Review the collocations here.

Collocations/ PhrasesDefinitionExample
To take on clients/work.To begin to work or deal with clients or work.Paralegals are not permitted to take on their own clients.
To give advice.To provide advice.Paralegals are not permitted to give legal advice.
To be under the supervision of someone.To be supervised by someone.I trained under the supervision of a solicitor.
To gain work experience.To gain knowledge or skill through work.
MISTAKE ALERT!: Be careful with ‘experience’.
1. ‘Experience’ (uncountable noun) means knowledge or skill which is obtained from doing, seeing or feeling things. E.G. I gained work experience in the law firm.
2. ‘Experience(s)’ (countable noun) means a particular event(s) or situation(s) that affect you. E.G. He had some difficult experiences at university.
3. Experience (verb) means that something happens to you or that you feel something. E.G. I experienced culture shock when I lived abroad.
4. Experienced (adjective) means having gained knowledge or skill in a particular field over time.		I gained work experience at the law firm.
To keep someone on.To keep employing someone.The firm kept me on after my training.
The world is my oyster!Phrase popularised by Shakespeare in the play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ meaning that you can do whatever you want.Now I’ve graduated – the world is my oyster!
To act as something.To do the job of something or to be in the position of something.The clerk acts as the barrister’s assistant.
Back then.(Informal) At a time in the past which is being talked about. To be more formal use ‘at that time’ or ‘in the past’.When I was younger things were different – back then we didn’t have mobile phones.
To set a date.To confirm or fix a date. MISTAKE ALERT!: ‘To set’ is an irregular verb – set (present), set (past simple), set (past participle).We set a date for the meeting.
To feel valued.To feel important or beneficial to other people.When clients say thank you I feel valued.
To take instructions.To receive information about legal proceedings which authorise the advocate to act.I take instructions from clients.
To serve evidence.To deliver evidence for court proceedings in the official way, following the correct steps required by court.Sometimes evidence is served at the last minute.

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