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    Steadily – slow increase


    A burden on society – black sheep
    Supplemental to their pensions – bonus money
    Ageing society
    The right mindset – prompt
    A huge dearth of childcare – lack of childcare
    The added benefit

    Retirement hone
    Old age pensioner
    Generation gap
    Senior citizen
    Memeber of society
    Affordable childcare
    Pension scheme
    Demographic time bomb
    Life expectancy
    Two-income family

    Murder – planning and causing the death of somebody


    Embezzlement – stealing money from the company where you work
    Jaywalking – crossing the street in the wrong place
    Manslaughter – unintentionally causing somebody’s death
    Vandalism – destruction of public property
    Littering – leaving rubbish in public place
    Fraud – gaining money through dishonest means
    Slander – publicly lying about somebody
    Loitering with intent – remaining in a public place without an obvious reason
    Mugging – stealing money from the company where you work
    Libel – publishing lies about somebody
    Kidnapping – holding somebody against their will in order to gain something
    Trespassing – illegaly entering the property of somebody

    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
    Prosecutor - a legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a
    law court
    Constable - a British officer of the lowest rank
    Probation officer - a person whose job is to regularly see people who have committed
    crimes and who are on probation, and to help them to avoid committing crimes again
    Solicitor - a type of lawyer in Britain and Australia who is trained to prepare cases and
    give advice on legal subjects and can represent people in lower courts
    Barrister - a type of lawyer in the UK , Australia, and some other countries who can give
    specialized legal advice and can argue a case in both higher and lower courts
    Justice of the Peace - a person who is not a lawyer but who acts as a judge in local law
    courts and, in the US, can marry people
    Juror – member of a jury
    Break out of prison
    Make/take a stand on/against something
    Make an arrest
    Pay for one’s crime
    Make amends for
    Do one’s bit
    Take the blame
    Pay a fine/penalty
    Break/pass a law
    Lay down the law
    Serve/take time in prison
    Serve somebody with a warrant
    Commit a crime
    Plead guilty
    Reach verdict
    Give evidence

    Foot the bill for something


    On the fringes of society
    Take the law into one’s own hands
    Kill two birds with one stone
    Throw oneself on the mercy of the court
    Bridge the generation gap
    The law of jungle
    Rob Peter to pay Paul
    Make a killing on something
    Charity begins at home

    Pass over
    Cut in
    Pass away
    Cut back
    Pass out
    Pass on
    Cut down

    Do something against one’s better judgement


    Go against the establishment
    Race against the clock
    Go against somebody’s wishes
    Do against the law
    Win against all odds
    Do against one’s principles
    Do against somebody’s advice

    Lad - a boy / youngman


    Conferred – to exchange ideas on a subject
    Ancient - old
    Tricky - difficult
    Misery – great unhappiness
    Articulate – able to express thoughts and feelings
    Mandatory – must be done
    Baffling – impossible to understand or explain

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