Identify the Speech Acts below. Translate into Romanian: Nothing like that. Something far more serious.

But what can I possibly tell you about it? I dont know what you can tell me, but I know what I want to ask. Must we leave the room while youre telling them? Were curious. Wed like to know too. Didnt the damn fool ever hear of gloves? If the police want them they can get a court order. I can ask Inspector Cramers opinion after I explained their significance. Do you want me to do that? 6. I grinned at him. Can you do twenty pushups? I can. 6. If the kidnapper sees it, it may have an effect; it certainly will if he has some knowledge of me... he will be doomed inevitably. It is regrettable that you or I cant reach him to make that clear to him. Of course he may not have as high an opinion of your abilities as you have. 7. What am I expected to do about it? I felt I had to ask. Stand in the car park and order the tide to turn back? 8. We have identified you as a source of pollution. Well, I said, adopting the reply sarcastic, thats nice of you. You pollute the atmosphere, Rumpole, with those dreadful little brown things you smoke. Cigarillos, I told him. Available from the tobacconist just outside the Temple gate. Can I offer you one? No, Rumpole, you certainly cannot. 9. Im so glad youre back. Are you really, Mizz Liz? You did your best to have me put away. 10. Has he noticed that the Sahara Desert has moved to Spain since I lit my last cigar? 11. It seems, Rumpole, that you;ve been missing classes. They seem to me rather good things to miss. Youd beeter get yourself off to class, Rumpole. Or theyll take away you practising certificate. 12. We dont need a lawyer of your age and stature to rock the boat. Which boat is that exactly? The ship of state, Rumpole. The Prime Minister is doin his best. Hes fighting the battle against terrorrism night and day. He cant fight with his hands tied behind his back. He cant be handicapped by medieval laws. Magna Carta. The Bill of Rights. You call these medieval laws? I heard what you said in the hearing. It was a great blessing it was held in private. Im soon to become Minister of Justice. I suppose I ought to congratulate you. No need. But I thought Id give you a good reason for helping me and the PM in the great struggle. Youre working very hard, Rumpole. Too hard for your age. Unfortunately, Im not. Briefs are a little thin on the ground. 13. But blowing up a leading QC and a senior representative of our great legal system such as... He seemed to be searching for a name and then remembered his own. Well, for instance myself, would be a distinct feather in al-Qaedas cap! Cheer up. I dont suppose Bin Laden has ever heard of you. I dont believe youd get a mention in the mosques of Afghanistan. 14. He had recently been accused of another theft, had he not? And in that case the jury acquitted him. They did, The inspector sounded as though it was a painful memory. You got him off. He was found not guilty. Perhaps that was because he had you to defend him. Thank you, Inspector, but flattery will get you nowhere! 15. What I mean, and Im sure that the jury will be quite clear about this, is that the inspector got one of his tame informants to discuss an empty house full of silver in the presence of Percy Timson. Are you suggesting, Mr Rumpole, that this officer was engaged in some dishonourable or dishonest plot? It was quite understandable My Lord. This officer, perhaps over-zealously, wanted to be in a position to arrest a man whom he thought had escaped justice. And now Im sure the inspector will be able to answer my questions without any further assistance from Your Lordship. 16. Claude Erskine-Brown, the opera-loving, inferior advocate... came striding into my room: Arent you going to congratulate me, Rumpole? Youve managed to win a case? A good many. But its not that. I have received an appointment. Is it the Weights and Measures Committee? I asked in good faith. 17. Thats extremely significant, so please tell me what it signifies. 4. The phone rang. I took it and got a familiar voice. Archie? Fred. In a booth at the corner. Im supposed to stay on him till he goes home. How long will he be there? Fred. His subject has entered a building, a tumble-down dump that could be a den of vice. He wants instructions. Should he crash it? 18. What the devil has someone done? not What have you done. 19. I would like to oblige you, Mr Thorne, but I cant divulge information that the police are reserving. Only five hours ago a police officer of high rank, discussing that hit-and-run with Mr Goodwin, said, He got a cigar out to light it while he was parked on Second Avenue waiting for her, and there she came. If I were free to tell you more I would. That was a fair example of how to lie while sticking to the truth. It was perfectly true that he co uldnt or anyhow shouldnt divulge information that the police were reserving. It was also true that a high -ranking police officer had said that to me. So a truth plus a truth equalled a bare-faced lie. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.