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Lecture 5: Society & Institutions Flashcards

36,37.40,43,45

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adherent (adherence, to adhere to)

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a person who supports a particular idea or party

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convert (to) (conversion, to convert)

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someone who has taken on a new set of beliefs

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fanatic (fanaticism, fanatical)

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(disapproving) someone with a very strong belief that something is great

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radical (radicalism, to radicalise)

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someone who believes there should be extreme change, often political

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reactionary (reaction, to react)

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(disapproving) someone opposed to change or new ideas

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to be seeking to eradicate

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to want to abolish/get rid of

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to justify / be justified

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to show or prove to be right or reasonable

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tenet

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a principle on which a belief is based

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proponents

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person who publicly supports an opinion

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to derive from

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to have their origins in

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to campaign

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work in an organized and active way towards a particular goal, typically a political or social one

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civil disobedience

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when a group of people express disapproval of laws by refusing to obey them

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viewpoint / point of view

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way of thinking about a situation

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credible

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believable

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incredulous

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not wanting or able to believe something

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gullible

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easily tricked into believing things that may not be true

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subjective

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influenced by beliefs or feelings rather than facts

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plausible

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convincing (opp.: implausible)

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attribute to

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consider something to be caused or created by

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presume

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believe something to be true although you’re not totally certain

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to give someone the benefit of the doubt

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accept someone is telling the truth even though it is not certain

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to take what someone says with a pinch of salt

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to not totally believe what you are told

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a festival …. in November each ear

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falls

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a festival … people dressed in spectacular costumes

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features

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adjective for celebration

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celebratory

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festival / festivities

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special day / enjoyable activities

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adjective for festival

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festive

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parade verb

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to parade

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fest verb

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to feat / be feasting / the feasting

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adjective for ceremony

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ceremonial

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superstitious

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have illogical beliefs about hidden forces in nature

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32
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centenary / bi-centenary

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100th anniversary / 200th

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33
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flamboyant

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extremely colourful and exaggerated

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34
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raucous

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very noise

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sombre

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serious, heavy, sad

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atmospheric

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has a special feeling or atmosphere

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37
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can be traced back

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its origin may be found in

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38
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pagan times

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the times when people believed that nature had special powers

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39
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commemorate

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to respect and remember officially, formal

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40
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fundamentally

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in a basic and important way

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41
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denial

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not allowing people to have

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violation

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act that spoils or destroys something

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43
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dignity

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worth

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44
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poverty line

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a fixed minimum standard

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45
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absolute poverty

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being poor according to a fixed minimum standard

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46
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relative poverty

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being poor in relation to others around you

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47
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social context

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situation

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48
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income equality

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relatively the same income between countries

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49
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extreme poverty

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living below the poverty line
penury

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50
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human poverty

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being poor in a range of ways, not only financial

51
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shelter

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having a place to live that is protected from the weather

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nutrition

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food that people take into their body

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malnourished

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suffering from ill health because of poor food
noun: malnourishment/malnutrition

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literacy

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ability to read and write

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illiterate

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not able to read and/or write

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sanitation

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systems for taking dirty water and waste from homes to ensure good hygiene

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deprived, deprivation

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lacking in things considered necessary for a pleasant life

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to be classed

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to be categorised

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affluence, being affluent

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wealth, wealthy

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The super-rich

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exceptionally rich people

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to live on/below the breadline

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having the level of income of an extremely poor person

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to make ends meet

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to have enough money to buy all you need

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poverty-stricken (countryside)

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affected by poverty

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impoverished

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poor, without much money to live on

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destitute

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without money, food, home or posession
noun: destitution

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to be living from hand to mouth

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having just enough money to live without suffering

67
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money has been tight

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there has not been much money

68
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to tighten your belts

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to spend less than before

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income bracket

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range of income woth upper and lower levels

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to bend the law / rules

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to break it in a way that is considered not to be very harmful

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to contravene a law

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to break a law
noun: contravention

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to infringe a law/rule

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to break a law/rules
noun: infringement

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to impeach a president/governor

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to make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence
noun: impeachment

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to lodge an appeal

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to make an official request that a previous judgement should be changed

75
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to uphold/overturn a verdict

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to say that a previous decision in court was correct/incorrect

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to pervert the course of justice

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to make it difficult for justice to be done
noun: perversion

77
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to quash a conviction

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to change a previous official decision that someone was guilty

78
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to set a precedent

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to establish a decision which must usually, in English law, be taken into account in future decision

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to award/grant custody to

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to give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child, especially after separation or divorce

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to annul a(n) agreement/marriage/law

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to declare that it no longer exists and never existed
noun: annulment

81
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to sue someone

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to take legal action against someone

82
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to allege

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to say someone has done something illegal without giving proof
noun: allegation

“And all of your favourite musicians beat their wives. ALLEGEDLY!”

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to amend a law

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to make changes to a law -> amendment

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discrimination, to discriminate

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unfair treatment on grounds of sex, gender, race, nationality, sexuality, ethnicity,…

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embezzlement, to embezzle, an embezzler

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stealing money that belongs to an organisation you work for

86
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harassment, to harass,

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putting undue pressure on someone, e.g. for sexual reasons to get a debt repaid

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insider trading/dealing
to do/practise insider trading/dealing
an insider trader/dealer

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illegal buying and selling of shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of a company

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money laundering
to launder money
a money launderer

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having money obtained illegally to that its origin cannot be traced

89
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perjury
to commit perjury
a perjurer

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lying when under oath

90
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stalking
to stalk
a stalker

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following someone or giving them unwanted or obsessive attention

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trespass/traspassing
to trespass
a trespasser

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to go onto someone else’s land without permission

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a law-abiding person

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someone who always obey the law

93
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a law-breaker

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someone who often and deliberately does not obey the law

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to take the law intoyour own hands

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to do something illegal to punish someone cause you feel the legal system will not punish the person

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to lay down the law

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to say with great force what you think should happen

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someone is a law unto themselves

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they behave in a way which is independent and not the way in which most people behave

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sustainable development

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development which can continue over a long time

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to take root

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to start to be accepted

99
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encouraging signs

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looking gooooood

100
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to achive economic growth

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to grow …. economically?

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to recover from a long decline

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to get better from a long period of bad economics

102
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to live in deep poverty

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abject poverty (collocation)

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allocating funds

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giving to be used for a particular purpose

104
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pursuing policies

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following policies (collocation)

104
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development grants

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money to help development

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eradicate poverty

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to get rid of completely of sth bad

106
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Schulden abbezahlen

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to repay debt

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debt burden

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easing the debt burden, cancelling debt

108
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debtor countries/nations

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a nation whose debts to other countries exceed its foreign investments

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Debt relief

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alleviating debt

110
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restrictive practices

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the placing of unfair restrictions, e.g. limiting imports

111
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sanctions

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restrictions on what a country may import/export

112
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embargo/emargoes

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total prohibitions on importing/exporting certain goods

113
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verb das zu embargo passt

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to impose/to lift

114
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einheitliche Geldeinheit

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monetary union/ single currency

115
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a country badly affected by war

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war-torn country

116
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economies in a bad state

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ailing economies

117
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reduction/increase in value against other currencies

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Devaluation/Revaluation

118
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the verb meaning to reduce the value of a currency

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to devalue

119
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economies …. into ….

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to go into recession / to come out of recession, to emerge

120
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double-dip

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a recession which ends and then begins after a short time

121
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to boost the economy

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to give the economy a lift

122
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a slump in prices

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serious fall/ collapse in prices

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