UNIT 24: PEOPLE AND DAILY LIFE

Admit

To say that you have done something wrong

Arrest

If the police arrest someone, they take that person to a police station because they think that he or she has committed a crime

Charity

An organisation that gives money and help to people who nee it; money or foo that is given to people who need it

Commit

To do something that is illegal

Community

The people who live in an area

Court

A place where trials take place and legal cases are decided

Criminal (n)

Someone who has committed a crime

Criminal (adj)

Relating to illegal acts

Culture

A society that has its own set of ideas, beliefs and ways of behaving

Familar

Well known to you, or easy recognised by you

Goverment

The people who control a country or area and make decisions about its laws and taxes

Habit

Something that you do often

Identity card

An official document that shows who you are

Illegal

Not allowed by the law

Politics

The ideas and activities that are involved in getting power in an area or governing it

Population

The number of people who live in a particular area

Prison

An instiuation where people are kept as a punishment for committing a crime

Protest (v)

To show publicly that you oppose something

Protest (n)

An occasion when people show strong public opposition to something

Resident

Someone who lives in a particular place

Responsible

If you are responsible for something that has happened, you caused it, or you deserve to be blamed fro it; in charge of someone or something

Rob

To take money or porperty from someone illegally

Routine (n)

Your usual way of doing things

Routine (adj)

Ordinary and not interesting or special

Schedule

A plan of activities or events and when they will happen

Situation

The set of conditions that exist at a particular time in a particular place

Social

Relating to society and to people’s lives in general

Society

People in general living together in organised communities, with laws and traditions controlling th way that they behave towards each other

Steal

To take something that belongs to someone else without permission

Tradition

A very old custom, belief or story

Typical

Like most things of the same

Vote (v)

To decide something, or to shoose a representative or winer, by officially starting your choice, for example in ann election

Vote (n)

An official choice you make betwwen two or more issues, people, etc

Youth club

A place where young people can go to meet and take part in activities