Asking for ransom

Terrorists take a group of lawyers hostage. They ask for a ransom of $20 million and threaten to release one lawyer at a time if not given what they ask for.

Vocabulary Help

• hostage – refém
• lawyer – advogado
• one lawyer at a time – um advogado por vez
• ransom – resgate
• release – liberar
• threat – ameaçar