Words and phrases connected with the theme of the unit
| abandon sth v
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| | academic performance n
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| | adapt v
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| | addict n, v
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| | addicted adj
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| | adultery n
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| | advise v
| ~ sb on sth
| | advocate n
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| | AIDS
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| | alienation n
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| | antisocial adj
| ~ behaviour, ~ actions
| | appeal v, n
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| | appeasement n
| policy of ~
| | asset n
| a priceless ~
| | asylum-seeker n
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| | availability n
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| | barbiturate n
| be dependent on ~
| | battery n
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| | bear fruit
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| | bedridden adj
| ~ people
| | befriend v
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| | bereave v
| ~ed people
| | bereavement n
| to do ~ counselling
| | bitterness n
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| | boredom n
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| | break down n
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| | break out of v
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| | buck up v
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| | cannabis n
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| | carer n
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| | charity n
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| | charitable adj
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| | child-abuse n
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| | communal pad
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| | commute v
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| | coke-fiend n
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| | decline n, v
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| | deport v
| to be ~ed
| | detain v
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| | detainee n
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| deterrent adj, n
| ~ effect on sth
| | disconnection n
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| | down-drag n
| ~ of base instincts
| | dreamy adj
| ~ state
| | drug n
| hard/soft ~s
~ abuse, ~ trafficking, ~ dealer, ~ carrier,
~ policies, ~ route, ~ addiction,
recreational ~s, lucrative ~s, illicit ~s,
~ shipments, ~ rehabilitation
| | embroil v
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| | empower v
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| | entice v
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| | enforcement n
| ~ programs, law ~ agencies/officials
| | enslave v
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| | entitle v
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| | enthuse about sth v
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| | envision v
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| | fend off v
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| | fraud n
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| | fray n
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| | frustration n
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| | greed n
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| | gulp v
| ~ breakfast
| | hardy adj
| ~ creatures
| | hazardous adj
| health ~
| | highlight v
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| | HIV
| ~ positive
| | housebound adj
| ~ people
| | illicit adj
| ~drugs
| | incentive n
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| | incidence n
| HIV ~, ~ of drug abuse
| | interdict v, n
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| | interdiction n
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| | laissez-faire adj, n
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| | law-enforcement n
| ~ officials
| | lethal adj
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| | long v
| ~ for sth
| | lucre n
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| | lust v, n
| ~ for sth
| | mandatory adj
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| | massacre n
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| mentor n
| an adult ~
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| | mug v
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| | nudge n, v
| ~ into doing sth, ~ sb away from drugs
| | outcry n
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| | penalize v
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| | peril n
| ~s of narcotics
| | policy-maker
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| | prevention n
| ~ efforts, ~ measures
| | recession n
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| | toddler n
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| | violence n
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| | voluntary adj
| ~ work
| | volunteer n
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| | volunteerism n
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Phrases
| to clean one’s slate
| moral re-armament
| | to contribute of one’s time and talents
| to transmit HIV by sharing needles
| | to fit into people’s spare time
| HIV transmission rates
| | to have a sense of worth
| a one-size-fits-all policy
| | information overload
| a say-no to drugs approach
| | to sit on the fence
| to be entitled to merchandise discounts
| | to put one’s heart into sth
| to fend off peer pressure
| | on a grassroots level
| to test positive
| | a grassroots family
| to stay clean
| | like-minded people
| to cut oneself off from drug takers
| | to succumb to peer pressure and the spirit of the age
| needle exchange programmes
| | a child rearing manual
| prodigies of chemistry
| | to raise money
| a fence sitter
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| violence begets violence
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Moral Re-armament
Speech Functions Bank
I. Interrupting People
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Inf
| I’d like to add something here, if I may.
I have a point to make here. + SENTENCE
May I say something here?
Can I interrupt you for a moment?
Sorry to interrupt but + SENTENCE
Excuse me, but + SENTENCE
Wait a minute!
Hold on! + SENTENCE
Hang on!
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