Social and legal issues.- C1 vocabulary

Tras más de 10 años de experiencia y de trabajo en nuestro centro de Villarreal, y casi 1 año en el de Burriana, os volvemos a agradecer la confianza en nuestros profesores para prepararos los exámenes oficiales, así como seguir aprendiendo idiomas.

Este curso sois varios los que os estáis preparando el nivel C1 de inglés, y eso nos hace sentir muy orgullosas de nuestros alumnos, ya que es un nivel ya avanzado.

Para todos los alumnos e interesados en este nivel, vamos a ir ampliando el contenido en nuestro blog, pues nos hemos percatado que no disponemos de mucho material de C1 por aquí.

Así que para comenzar, os traemos el tema ‘Social and legal issues‘ en ‘C1 vocabulary‘.

Unit Vocabulary 
Law/rule/regulation
Fine/punishment/penalty
Criminal/robber/thief/burglar
Proof/evidence
Prison/jail
Arrest/detain/charge/extradite
Suspect/accuse/sentence/interrogate/prosecute
Escape/get away/flee
Resist
Restrict
Impose
Victimize
Undermine 
Blame/fault 
Bribe/pay off/corrupt/influence 
Mistake/make an error/ get sth wrong 
Threaten/intimidate/frighten 
Steal/rob/mug 
Murder/kill 
Attack/assault/hurt/injure/cause
Damage/harm
Grab/get/pick up 
Emigrate/move abroad 
Descend/go down 
Ascend/improve/go up/increase 
Eliminate/rub out/erase 
Enforce/obligate 
Insist on/prioritize 
Charge with) 
Punish
Word Patterns
Be reluctant to 
Accuse of 
Charge with 
Escape/flee from 
Fine for 
The purpose of 
Mistake for 
Arrest sb for 
Forgive sb for 
Respect sb for 
Threaten with 
Be scared/afraid of 
Be worried about 
Be in doubt 
Be guilty of 
Be innocent of 
Grab the attention of 
Be concerned with 
Come as a 
Fall into (a place/category/role) 
Make + object + (bare infinitive 
Force + object + (infinitive) 
Obligate + object + (infinitive) 
Let + object + (bare infinitive) 
Allow + object + (infinitive) 
Have sth on good authority 
Be under control 
Charge sb with 
Take charge of
Phrasal verbs 
Back down – admit defeat 
Back out (of) – decide not to do 
Blend in – not be noticed 
Bring out – get the best out of 
Buy off – pay for control  
Crack down on – extreme measures  
Get away with – escape without punishment
Get into – have access to 
Give up – quit 
Go off (track) – not be focussed on
Hit back – defend against with action 
Let down – disappoint 
Let off – not punish sb 
Lock up – put in prison 
Opt out (of) – decide against 
Phase out – gradually stop 
Push around – force to do something 
Stand out – be different from the rest 
Stand up for – defend or protect 
Take over – assume control
Word formation
Aggression – aggressive, aggressor, aggressively
Threaten – threat, threatening 
Bribe – bribery 
Accuse – accused, accuser, accusation 
Rob – robber, robbery 
Persuade – dissuade, persuasion, persuasively
Mug – mugger, mugged, mugging 
Murder – murderer 
Example – exemplify, exemplification 
Harm – harmless, harmful
Law – lawyer, lawful, lawless 
Crime – criminal 
Punish – punisher, punished, punishment Detain – detention, detained 
Burgle – burglary, burglar  
Famous – famously, infamous 
Provoke – provocation, provocative 
Charity – charitable 
Indicate – indicator, indication 
Duty – dutiful
Fixed phrases 
Against the law 
On purpose 
Safe and sound 
Commit a crime 
Come as a shock/surprise 
Commit suicide 
Break the law 
On account of 
Be at fault 
Drop a hint 
Slip out of
Idioms
Let the cat out of the bag – TO REVEAL A SECRET
Bury your head in the sand – IGNORE A  SITUATION 
Smell a rat – TO SENSE SOMETHING IS WRONG
Be under someone´s thumb – BE CONTROLLED BY  SOMEONE ELSE 
Curiosity killed the cat – TO BE CURIOUS AND GET  INTO TROUBLE 
The powers to be – THE PEOPLE IN CONTROL
Copy cat – TO DO THE SAME AS SOMEONE ELSE
Smell something fishy – TO BE SUSPICIOUS
Turn a blind eye – TO NOT TAKE NOTICE OF  SOMETHING 
Pull a few strings – TO USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO  YOUR OWN ADVANTAGE 
Gain the upper hand – TAKE ADVANTAGE OF  SOMETHING 
Give a hand with sth – TO HELP WITH  SOMETHING 
Keep an eye on sb – TO OBSERVE SOMETHING
Have a cat nap – TO SLEEP FOR A SHORT TIME
Give the green light – TO GIVE PERMISSION
Be a busy body – TO BE NOSY/ TO GOSSIP ABOUT  SOMETHING 
Be a know it all – TO THINK YOU KNOW  EVERYTHING

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