The period of time in a person's life when they are developing into an adult


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755

Client

A customer or someone who receives services

756

Clerk

A person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties

757

Career

The job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money

Eg: Judith is very career-minded/-oriented (= gives a lot of attention to her job).



758

Candidate

A person who is competing to get a job or elected position

759

Request

When you politely or officially ask for something

760

Retire

To leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health

761

Promoted

To encourage the popularity, sale, development or existence of something

Eg: Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that threaten our planet today.



762

Demoted

To lower someone or something in rank or position

763

Persuade

To make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to them and making them believe it

764

Invest

To put money, effort, time etc. Into something to make a profit or get an advantage

765

Endorse

To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone

766

Apply

To request something, usually officially, especially by writing or sending in a form

Eg: Please apply in writing to the address below.



767

Compete

To try to be more successful than someone or something else

768

Make somebody redundant




769

Retail

The activity of selling goods to the public, usually in small quantities

770

Part-time

If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the day or the week

771

Monotonous

Staying the same and not changing and therefore boring

772

Hospitality

When people are friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors

Eg: The local people showed me great hospitality.



773

Exhausting

To make someone extremely tired

774

Economical

Not using a lot of fuel, money, etc

775

Casual

Describes clothes that are not formal or not suitable for special occasions

776

Demanding

Needing a lot of time, attention or energy

Eg: She's a very demanding child.



777

Workplace

A building or room where people perform their jobs, or these places generally

778

Workforce

The group of people who work in a company, industry, country, etc

779

Wages

To fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something

780

Trade

The activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries

Eg: Seventy per cent of the country's trade is with Europe.



781

Takeover

When a company gets control of another company by buying most of its shares (= the equal parts into which the ownership of the company is divided)

782

Staff

The group of people who work for an organization

Eg: There are over a hundred staff in the company.



783

Qualifications

An official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc

784

Salary

A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month

785

Shares

To have or use something at the same time as someone else

Eg: She's very possessive about her toys and finds it hard to share.



786

Shift work

When different groups of workers work somewhere at different times of the day and night

787

Supervisor

  1. A person whose job is to supervise someone or something

  2. In some colleges, a teacher with responsibility for a particular student

788

Target

To obtain, buy or earn something

Eg: He's gone down to the corner shop to get some milk.



789

Actions

The process of doing something, especially when dealing with a problem or difficulty

790

Arson

The crime of intentionally starting a fire in order to damage or destroy something, especially a building

791


Authority

The moral or legal right or ability to control

Eg: They've been acting illegally and without authority (= permission) from the council.



792

Burglary

The crime of illegally entering a building and stealing things

793

Consequences

A result of a particular action or situation, often one which is bad or not convenient

794

Convict

To decide officially in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime

Eg: He has twice been convicted of robbery



795

Burglary

The crime of illegally entering a building and stealing things

796

Crime

Illegal activities

797

To be intent on smth




798

Inequality

A situation in which there is no equality or fair treatment in the sharing of wealth or opportunities between different groups in society

799

Imprisonment

O put someone in prison

Eg: She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment.



800

To be determined to do smth




801

Fraud

The crime of getting money by deceiving people

802

Fine

Good or good enough; healthy and well

Eg: I felt terrible last night but I feel fine this morning.



803

Evidence

One or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true

804

Deterrent

Something which deters people from doing something

805

Intrusion

When someone goes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or expected to be

806

Judge

A person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on legal matters

807

Jury

A group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty, or whether a claim has been proved

808

Kidnapping

When someone is kidnapped

809

Lawyer

Someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court

Eg: I want to see my lawyer before I say anything



810

Motive

A reason for doing something

811

Murder

The crime of intentionally killing a person

Eg: The three were convicted of (= proved guilty of) murder.



812

Offence

An illegal act; a crime

813

Pickpocketing

A thief who steals things out of pockets or bags, especially in a crowd

814

Prevention

When you stop something from happening or stop someone from doing something

815

Violation

N action that breaks or acts against something, especially a law, agreement, principle or something that should be treated with respect

816

Victim

Someone or something which has been hurt, damaged or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance

817

Vandalism

The crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people

Eg: These schools are known to be vulnerable to vandalism.



818

Toxic waste




819

Accused

The person who is on trial in a court, or the people on trial in a court

Eg: The accused were all found guilty.



820

Swearing

When someone uses rude or offensive language

821

Smuggling

To take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally

822

Lawyer

Someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court

823

Motive

A reason for doing something

Eg: What is the motive behind (= the reason for) the bombing?



824

Recklessness

Doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the possible results

825

Punishment

When someone is punished

826

Protection

He act of protecting or state of being protected

827

Prosecutor

A legal representative who officially accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a court of law

828

Property crime




829

Prisoner

A person who is kept in prison as a punishment

830

Drug related




831

Civil

Not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of a country

Eg: After ten years of military dictatorship, the country now has a civil government.



832

Guilty

Feeling guilt

Eg: She must have done something wrong, because she's looking so guilty.



833

Harsh

Unpleasant, unkind, cruel or unnecessarily severe

834

Innocent

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime, or having no knowledge of the unpleasant and evil things in life, or (of a thing) not intended to harm anyone

835

Intentional

Planned or intended

Eg: Did you leave his name out by accident or was it intentional?



836

Law-abiding

Someone who is law-abiding obeys the law

837

Non-violent

When someone avoids fighting and physical force, especially when trying to make political change

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