Understanding the Legal System and Social Issues

/ colony (settlement) / community (society) / custom (tradition) / employment (job)

freedom (liberty) / healthcare / household (family) / law (rule) / majority / membership

monarchy (kingship) / neighbourhood (community) / ownership (possession) /

population (residents) / poverty (lack of) / slavery / socialism (leftism) / taxation (duty) / society / tolerance (acceptance) /

wealth (rich) / welfare state (social democracy) / wisdom (Sabiduria) / admit (confess) / arson (incendio) / burglary (robo) /

commit a crime (break the law) / community service (social welfare) / court (judicatory) / criminal record / curfew (time limit) / defendant (prisoner) / dismiss a case / disorderly conduct (hooliganism) / guilty / house arrest / joyriding / judge (authority) / jury (tribunal) / jury service / lawyer (attorney) / life sentence / mugging (asalto) / murder / pay a fine / police officer / reach a verdict / repeat offender (criminal) / shoplifting (stealing) / suspect / theft (stealing) / underage drinking / vandalism (mischief) / witness (observer) / young offender (juvenile delinquent) / blossomed (flower) / greed (materialism) / sought (look for) / flocked (group) / psychedelic (hallucinating) / vow (promise) / mainstream

(normal) / workshy (lazy) / struggle (fight) / exodus (departure) / get a criminal record (police record)

unbeatable (invincible) / frenzy (fever) / pathological (medical) / deceit (fraud) / receipt

(tickets) / damn (disagree) / thrill (to be on a high) / fades (vanish) / feel down (unhappy) / debt (debit) / BE UP TO YOUR EYEBALLS IN / GET OUT OF HAND / GO ON A SPENDING SPREE / LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH / RETAIL THERAPY / SHOP ON A SHOESTRING / SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP / TIGHTEN YOUR BELT // cheer up - face up to - get through - go on - make up for - come up against - hand over - move out - put up - set off - set up - spring up - share out - accuse sb OF - arrest sb FOR - charge sb WITH - release sb FROM - send sb TO PRISON - sentence sb TO said + to + infinitive // despite + having + promised // unless = if not // if = as long as = providing that // told sb - promised sb - said - announced - denied - admitted - offered to - promised to - agreed to - advised sb - ordered sb - warned sb - reminded sb - apologized for - accused sb of - suggested ing - admitted ing - congratulated sb on