Mary can't stand John. Why would she invite him to dinner? Something fishy is going on.

He bought the painting in good faith , eg not realizing that it had been stolen.

他买这幅画时不虞内有跷蹊(如未想到是贼赃).

Keep a good lookout ( for thieves ).

(对偷盗)严加防范 ( 密切注意 ).

He received the shoes when stolen, and then passed them on to the men who would sell them.

他接收偷盗的鞋子，然后把它们再转给那些销赃者。

The brigands of this area have been annihilated by the People's Army.

人民军队剿绝了这一带的土匪.

The brigands have never been really extirpated from the neighborhood of Rome.

罗马附近的土匪实际上从来没有真正被消灭干净过.

Then you defend my younger daughters from brigands.

现在,你又从土匪手中救出了我的小女儿们.

He got three years for pulling a job in Hong Kong.

他因在香港行窃被判刑三年.

But I think we should try and save face a bit by offering her some security.

不过拿点押头出去给人家看,也是我们的面子.

The item purchased by the consumer serves as collateral for the loan.

借款人购买的物品作为借款的抵押品.

In your case now, you'll have to secure the loan with some sort of collateral.

像你这种情况, 就得提供某些抵押品了.

Place the gears on forward drive and prepare yourselves for the ride of your life.

将排挡推至前进位,做好准备要开始驾驶自己的人生之车咯.

Does your car have four or five gears?

你的车是四排挡还是五排挡?

Remove bolts holding shift lever to transmission.

拆卸将排挡杆固定到变速箱的螺栓.

You haven't got the feel of the gears in this car yet.

你对这辆汽车的排挡还不熟悉.

Common law and statute require some contracts to be in the form of a deed.

普通法和制订法要求某些合同应当采用契据的形式.

A similar restriction by a maker or drawer would destroy the negotiality of the instrument.

如开票人或提款人作类似限制,则票据的流通性就会遭到破坏.

This note will fall [ become ] due .

这张票据要 到期 了.

When does the bill fall [ become ] due ?

这票据什么时候 到期?

The bill will soon fall due.

票据即将到期.

If you find a name that's on the list I've given you, note it down.

如果你发现有我给你的那张单子上的名字，就记下来。