Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• pick up on: To notice or become aware of something that is not obvious.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• on the carpet: Called for a reprimand or formal criticism.
• work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
• account: An advantage
• respect: To follow the established rules
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• performance: Act of doing something
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• supper: Evening meal, often when informal
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• privileged: Having advantages given to only certain people
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• central: Being in the middle
• whine: To complain in an annoying crying voice
• principal: Leading person in a group of musicians or dancers
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• martial: Concerning fighting, war, or soldiers
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• stunned: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• nominate: To choose someone to fill a certain position
• depart: To die
• safeguard: To protect and ensure the safety of