Vocabulary: Social Issues Flashcards
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inability to except difference
intolerance
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extreme lack of money
poverty
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price of medical care
healthcare costs
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having nowhere to live
homelessness
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having no work
unemployed
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average age you live to
life expectancy
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level of wealth and comfort
living standards
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level of energy use without waste
energy efficiency
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public demonstrations, sometimes violent
social unrest
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difference in wealth
inequality
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a place where somebody lives because they are old or ill and can’t live at their own home
care home
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a building where doctors have several offices and people visit it
health centre
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another effect of a drug in addition to the main effect for which the doctor has given you it
*or an unexpected result of a situation
side effect
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a description of what the weather will be like
weather forecast
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an increase in the temperature of the world because of pollution
global warming
