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Unit 16, Vocabulary
On the Run
Pages 140 and 141, Vocabulary
Sympathy (n) – understanding
To commit a
crime (phr) – to do smth illegal or wrong
To affect (v) – to
influence, to shape, to cause a change
To break the law
(phr) – to do smth illegal
Currently (adv)
– at the present time, now
To be arrested
(phr) – to make the arrest, to be detained by the police
To admit (v) – to
say you did smth, to accept the blame
To claim (v) – to
state, to say that smth is true although you are not sure
Innocent (adj) –
not guilty, not having committed a crime
Guilty (adj) – you
did smth wrong, having committed a crime
Burglary (n) – the
crime of stealing things from a house
Suburb (n) – the
edge of a city or a town, outskirts, suburbia
Insurance (n) – an
agreement with a company, money you pay for safety reasons
Crime rate (n) –
a measure of how much crime is committed
Failure (n) – the
fact of not succeeding
Poverty (n) – the
condition of being extremely poor
To push someone
into smth (phr) – to make someone do smth
To turn to smth
(phr) – to start doing smth
Honesty (n) – the
quality of being honest, sincere, decent
To recognise (v)
– to know someone or smth because you have seen them before
To search
smth/someone (v) – to check whether smth is hidden somewhere
Suspicious (adj)
– someone or smth that seems or looks guilty
To prove (v) – to
show that smth is true
To plead
guilty/not guilty (phr) – to say in court
Trial (n) – legal
process
Jury (n) – a
group of people who listen to facts and decide whether someone is guilty
Verdict (n) – a decision
made at the end of the trial
Offence (n) – crime
Court (n) – the
room where legal processes take place
Page 143, Vocabulary, Exercises 1 and 4
Shoplifting (n) –
stealing from shops
Pickpocket (n) –
a small thief who steals from people in the street
Robbery (n) – if
you steal big things, like from a bank, jewellery shop...
Assault (n) – if
you attack someone physically
Arson (n) –
setting things on fire
Blackmail (n) –
if you make someone give you money
Murder (n) – if
you deliberately kill someone
Manslaughter (n)
– unintentional killing of a person
To accuse (v) –
to say that someone is guilty
Eg. He’s been accused of killing a person.
To charge (v) –
to formally accuse, usually used in passive voice;
Eg. He has been charged with arson.
To suspect (v) –
to think or believe that someone is guilty
Eg. They suspected James of robbery.
To apologise (v)
– to say you’re sorry
Eg. He apologised for insulting her.
To let someone
off (v) – to allow someone to get away
with a minor punishment
Eg. He was let off with just a fine.
To sentence (v)
– to send someone to prison for a period of time
Eg. He’s been sentenced to life in prison.
To blame (v) –
to accuse someone of smth
Eg. They blamed Peter for breaking the window.
A life sentence
(n) – life in prison
A fine (n) – sum
of money paid as a penalty for an offence
Community
service (n) – the work one has to do as a punishment for an offence
A suspended
sentence (n) – one has another chance but with an open file
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