Speakout Upper-intermediate Unit 2

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1. appeal make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request

2. debt a sum of money that is owed or due

3. decrease make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount,

intensity, or degree

4. divorce the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other

competent body

5. domestic relating to the running of a home or to family relations

6. violence behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt,

damage, or kill someone or something

7. donation something that is given to a charity, especially a sum

of money

8. drought a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading

to a shortage of water

9. drug abuse the habitual taking of illegal drugs

10. drunkenness the state of being drunk; intoxication

11. earthquake a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically caus-

ing great destruction

12. eye-opening showing you something surprising that you did not
know before

13. famine a situation in which large numbers of people have little

or no food, and many of them die.

14. flood an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its

normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land

15. forest fire an uncontrolled fire in an forest

16. homelessness the condition of people without a regular dwelling

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17. increase a rise in the number, amount, or degree of something

18. landslide a collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain

or cliff

19. obesity the state of being grossly fat or overweight

20. pollution damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful sub-

stances or waste

21. poverty the state of being extremely poor

22. volcanic eruption if a volcano erupts, it explodes inside and flames, rocks,
and lava come out of the top

23. a deterrent a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage

someone from doing something

24. accountable for required or expected to justify actions or decisions;

responsible

25. an invasion of priva- an occasion when someone finds out or uses informa-
cy tion about your private life, especially illegally

26. CCTV (Closed-cir- camera that allows someone to watch on a television

cuit television) cam- screen what is happening in different parts of a build-
era ing, town etc

27. handed over passed to

28. law-abiding obedient to the laws of society

29. number plate a sign affixed to the front and rear of a vehicle display-
ing its registration number

30. speed camera a roadside camera triggered by speeding vehicles, tak-

ing either video footage or a photograph of the vehicle
with a record of its speed

31. surveillance society

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a society where surveillance technology is widely used
to monitor people's everyday activities

32. to keep track of to make certain that you know what is happening or has
happened to someone or something

33. to log to make an official record of things that happen

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