You guys would have nailed Green. He knew the way you really feel. In this context, "to nail" a person is to attack or blame them or get them into deep trouble. Let’s get it over with. This is to finish it, usually as quickly as possible. Hand or secret ballots? :: If we’re going to do it, we’re going to do it out in the open. When voting, "secret ballots" are pieces of paper that are marked in secret, while a "hand ballot" is a vote in which people raise their hands in front of everybody else in the room. As head prefect, I’ve been asked… Here, the leader of the student council or jury. It’s the finding of the majority of the class that the guilt lies with David Green. A fancy way of saying "the majority think David is guilty." I’ll honor your traditions. I’ll go to the headmaster and I’ll lie. "To honor a tradition" is to agree to follow its rules. The truth about Dillon comes out, David prepares for Harvard, and St.Matt’s returns to normal. Thank you, Mr. Van Kelt. You’re excused. A teacher’s way of saying "You can now leave." The honor code is a living thing. It cannot exist in a vacuum. This is a way of saying that the code exists within society, and is part of that society (A "vacuum" is an empty space where nothing exists). We absolve you both on that account. Mr. Dillon, however, is expelled. "To absolve" a person of a crime is to find that they are not guilty of having done it. In this case, "on that account" refers to the specific crime of cheating. "To expel" a person is to officially remove them from an organization, in this case the school. Good, then it’s settled. I’d like to forget this ever happened. If a difficult situation is "settled," a solution has been found that is usually satisfactory to most involved. You used me for football. I’ll use you to get into Harvard. In this case, "to use" a person is to take advantage of what they have to offer in order to benefit yourself. It has a negative connotation, though it is not as bad as to abuse or exploit.
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