- Tred - trendecy.
- Mourning - time in which people worship sb. who has recently died.
- To gather - to join together.
- Catwalk - fashion show walkway.
- Heels - high-heeled shoes.
- Mohawk - hairstyle that consists on a large mohican.
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Glossary of unit 4.
Glossary of unit 3.
- Motto - phrase or slogan sb. says and have a major impact on.
- Knot - tie.
- Fellow - person who works with you and at the same level as you.
- To be sacked - to dimiss.
- Chilminder - the person who looks after children.
- Cashier - the person who works in a supermarket cash.
- Accomplishment - sth. you achive but you found it difficult.
- Working day - that which is not day off.
- To apply for a job - request a job.
- First aid - emergency medical help.
Social Glossary of unit 3.
- Civil servant: a person employes in the civil service.
- Constitution: a collection of a country’s fundamental laws that shape the government, institutions and rights and obligations of citizens.
- Cultural diversity: the quality of diverse or different countries.
- Culture: the collection of common customs, knowledge and ways of living that a group of people recognise s their own.
- Demmcracy: a government, in which the people have power, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
- Dictatorship: a system of government in which one person with absolute power governs.
- Election: the selection by vote of a candidate from among several political parties to the president of a nation.
- Executive power: one of three branches of the state with responsibility for executing laws, setting state policy and managing public affairs.
- Globalisation: the integration and development of a worldwide economic system.
- Judicial power: one of three branches of the state with responsibility for interpreting and applying the law.
- Justice: the administration of law according to prescribed and accepted principles.
- Legislative power: one of three branches of state with authority to approve, amend and repeal laws.
- Liberty: the power of choosing, thinking and acting for oneself.
- Mass culture: a worldwide culture characterized by similar patterns of consumption.
- Monarchy: a system of government in which the monarch exercises unrestricted power to dictate laws, govern and judge.
- Multiculturalism: the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation.
- N.G.O. (non-governmental organization): an entity with humanitarian and social aims.
- Referendum: submission of an issue of public importance to the direct vote of the people.
- Regionalism: division of a country into administrative regions having partial autonomy.
- Sovereignty: the authority to rule over an area.
- State: the supreme public power within a sovereign political entity.
- Subsidiarity: when the institutions closest to the citizens make the important decisions.
- Supranational: beyond the authority of one nation government.
- U.N. (United Nations): a supranational organization composed of over 190 member states.
- Universal suffrae: a system of democratic elections whereby all citizens of voting age can participate regardless of their gender or economic situation.
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