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UNIT 4 - "SOCIETY" - Coggle Diagram
UNIT 4 - "SOCIETY"
Adjectives
bankrupt
if a company is bankrupt, it does not have enough money to pay all its debts and so cannot continue to exist. People who are bankrupt cannot pay their debts, and their affairs are taken over by solicitors
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desperate
if someone is desperate, they are in a very difficult
situation and want or need something very badly
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excessive
if you say that something is excessive, you mean that it
seems to be more than is necessary or reasonable
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vulnerable
if someone is vulnerable or in a vulnerable position,
they can be hurt or upset easily
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Phrasal verbs/phrases
come across
if someone comes across in a particular way, that is the
impression you have of them
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make ends meet
if it’s difficult for you to make ends meet, you don’t have enough money to pay for the things that you regularly have to pay for, such as rent, food, heating
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carry out
to carry out a task or a piece of work means to do
everything that is involved in that particular task or piece of work
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Nouns
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recession
if there is a recession, there is much less business activity in a country, so some businesses do not make enough money to survive and some people lose their jobs
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abuse
abuse is a bad or wrong use of something, especially
when this can cause harm to someone
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claim
a claim is a statement that someone makes which they
say is true, but which some people believe is not true.
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dropout
a dropout is someone who leaves school, college, or
university before they finish their course of studies
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Verbs
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deny
if someone denies you something, they do not let you
have it.
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uphold
if someone in authority upholds a claim or a decision,
they decide officially that the claim or decision was right
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