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file out:出ていく

Defending Jacob.83%読了

 

”An educated guess, yes."
educated guess (知識、経験に基づく)推測


HIs job here was to say as little as possible, to pare away every extra word.
pare away:削り取る
pare:a(ナイフで)〈果物・ジャガイモなどの〉皮をむく 《★【類語】 peel はオレンジ・バナナなどの皮を手でむく》.


Detective Duffy, you say you have no reservations at all about the way Andrew Barber conducted this case?
have no reservations about:~に対する不安[危ぐ・ためらい]は何もない

The jury filed out, exchanging looks with each other.
file out:でていく

To deflect any inference of guilt from the actual knife he owned?
deflect:そらす

The driver relented, though.
relent:(怒り・興奮などが少しやわらいで)穏やかな気持ちになる、ふびんに思うようになる、弱まる、やわらぐ

"hi"Jacob said, constrained by manners and habit from expressing any sense of anger or betrayal.
constrain〈人に〉強いて[無理に]〈…〉させる 〈to do〉《★しばしば受身で用いる》.
My conscience constrained me to apologize to him. 良心の呵責(かしやく)に堪えかねて彼に謝罪した.

Must be somebody who's got a geef with Jacob.
have a beef with 〈俗〉~に文句[不満・苦情]がある -