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  • [Herb] Fourteen summary judgments sought.

  • Thirteen granted.

  • Eighteen movements to void for respondent's prejudice.

  • Eighteen granted.

  • Twelve court days on the Rexroth case alone.

  • 320 billable hours paralegal services. [Wheezing]

  • 680 billable...

  • at full attorney rate.

  • Eighty-five lunches charged.

  • [Gasps] Counselor...

  • you are the engine...

  • that drives this firm.

[Herb] Fourteen summary judgments sought.

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engine

US /ˈɛndʒɪn/

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UK /'endʒɪn/

  • noun
  • Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
  • A person or thing that is a source of energy or power.
  • A fire engine.
  • A locomotive.
  • A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
  • A locomotive.
  • Something that serves to achieve a particular end or purpose.
  • The part of a train that pulls railway cars

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full

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UK /fʊl/

  • adjective
  • Having eaten enough; not hungry.
  • Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal.
  • Wide; ample.
  • Containing all the parts; complete
  • Containing or holding as much as possible
  • Having had enough food
  • Having the entire surface illuminated.
  • Rich and resonant.
  • adverb
  • In a direct manner; completely
  • Directly; straight.
  • Completely; to the greatest extent.
  • preposition
  • Filled with.

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case

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  • noun
  • Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • Set of facts about a crime
  • Set of facts about an event
  • Example or instance of something
  • verb
  • To find out about a place, as in planning to steal

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grant

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UK /ɡrɑ:nt/

  • verb
  • To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
  • To give or let someone do what they want
  • noun
  • Money given for education or research
  • Person's name

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firm

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UK /fɜ:m/

  • noun
  • Company that sells goods or services
  • adjective
  • Fairly hard or solid, not soft
  • Unchanging and strong
  • verb
  • To make something become more solid or durable

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charge

US /tʃɑrdʒ/

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UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

  • noun
  • A formal accusation made against someone
  • An attack by running quickly toward someone
  • An attack in which people rush forward
  • A price for a service or goods
  • When a battery has a certain amount of electricity
  • A feeling of excitement and enthusiasm
  • Amount of money you pay for a service
  • An official instruction or command
  • The amount of money you have to pay for something, especially a service
  • Control over someone or something; responsibility for something
  • other
  • To formally accuse (someone) of something, especially a crime
  • To ask (someone) to pay an amount of money for something
  • To put electricity into a device such as a battery
  • To entrust (someone) with a duty or responsibility
  • To fill (a battery or electrical device) with electricity
  • To ask someone to pay a particular amount of money for something
  • To accuse someone of something, especially a crime
  • verb
  • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
  • To put electricity in a battery
  • To give responsibility to take care of or manage
  • To state that someone has committed a crime
  • other
  • To rush forward and attack
  • other
  • An amount of electricity stored in a battery or capacitor

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court

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  • other
  • To seek the affections of someone with the intention of marrying them.
  • To take legal action against someone.
  • To try to gain the favor or support of someone.
  • verb
  • To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
  • To encourage dangerous behavior
  • To pay attention to someone to get their support
  • noun
  • Place king or queen meet people, makes laws etc.
  • A place where legal trials take place and where judgments are made.
  • Place where legal cases are decided
  • The residence or establishment of a monarch or sovereign.
  • Large, flat area, to play tennis or basketball
  • A marked-out area used for playing games such as tennis and basketball.

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rate

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  • verb
  • To assess something or consider its qualities
  • noun
  • Current price or cost of something
  • Speed or frequency of events over time

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prejudice

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  • verb
  • Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
  • To cause to hold unreasonable or unfair beliefs
  • noun
  • Dislike based only on which race people are of
  • Unfairness due to dislike of a different group

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seek

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  • verb
  • To ask someone for help
  • To ask for (something) from someone.
  • To search for; try to find or do; look for
  • To attempt to find (something).
  • To try to achieve something

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