CEFR B1 Vocabulary - Lesson 36
Here you will learn some English words about law and politics, such as "border", "council", "ballot", etc. prepared for B1 learners.
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politics
[noun]
a set of ideas and activities involved in governing a country, state, or city
border
[noun]
a line that separates two countries, provinces, or states from each other; the area close to this line
congress
[noun]
(in some countries) the group of people who have been elected to make laws, which in the US it consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate
county
[noun]
(in the US) one of the areas into which a state is divided and that has a local government of its own
diplomacy
[noun]
the job, skill, or act of managing the relationships between different countries
election
[noun]
the process in which people choose a person or group of people for a position, particularly a political one, by voting for them
to elect
[verb]
to choose a person for a specific job, particularly a political one, by voting
embassy
[noun]
a group of people who officially represent their government in another country
parliament
[noun]
the group of elected politicians whose responsibility is changing or making laws or discussing political matters
party
[noun]
an official political group with shared beliefs and aims who try to be a part of or form a government
punishment
[noun]
the act of making someone suffer because they have done something illegal or wrong; a method of doing this
right
[noun]
something that a person is legally, officially, or morally allowed to do or have
senate
[noun]
one of the two groups of politicians, the other being the House of Representatives, who have been elected to make laws in some countries, such as France and the US
to arrest
[verb]
(of law enforcement agencies) to take a person away because they believe that they have done something illegal
state
[noun]
one of the organized political areas that together form a federal country, like those of Germany or the US
to investigate
[verb]
to try to find the truth about a crime, accident, etc. by carefully examining its facts
to punish
[verb]
to cause someone to suffer for breaking the law or having done something they should not have
thief
[noun]
someone who steals something from a person or place without using violence or threats
to vote
[verb]
to show which candidate one wants to win in an election or which plan one supports, by marking a piece of paper, raising one's hand, etc.
conference
[noun]
an official meeting where a group of people discuss a certain matter, which often continues for days
flag
[noun]
a piece of cloth with a mark or pattern that stands for a country, organization, etc.
blood money
[noun]
an amount of money given by law to the close relatives of a murdered victim
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