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Unit 54

1 independence 2 bye-election 3 running 4 elected 5 policy 6 statesman

3 constituency 5 Prime Minister
2 MPs (Members of Parliament) 4 majority 6 election

abstract noun person-noun verb adjective
revolution revolutionary revolutionise revolutionary
representation representative represent representative
election elector elect elective
dictatorship dictator dictate dictatorial
presidency president preside presidential

1 UK Sweden Belgium
2 Iceland
8 Member of Parliament; Prime Minister; United Nations; European Union; North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation; Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(You will find more work on abbreviations in Unit 98.)

Unit 55

1 robbed; stole 2 was stolen 3 are robbed 4 was robbed

crime criminal verb definition
terrorism terrorist terrorise, commit acts of using violence for
terrorism (the verb to political ends
terrorise is used more
generally than in the
criminal sense, e.g. The wild
dogs terrorised the
neighbourhood.)
blackmail blackmailer blackmail threatening to make a
dark secret public in
order to get money
drug-trafficking drug-trafficker to traffic in drugs, to peddle buying and selling drugs
drugs, to deal in drugs
forgery forger forge to try to pass off a copy
as the real thing
assault attacker, assault physical attack on
assailant another person
pickpocketing pickpocket pickpocket stealing from someone's
pocket or handbag

mugging mugger mug attacking someone,
often on the street,
generally to get money

1 was convicted 2 defended 3 sentenced 4 be released 5 was acquitted

English Vocabulary in Use