cell congestion | too many calls in a particular area |
further/farther/far afield | in a distant place, not near |
keep tabs on | always to know where sb is and what they are doing in order to control them |
fraud | the crime of gaining money or benefits by tricking or lying to others |
bill | a formal statement of a new law that is discussed and then voted for by the parliament |
grant | to allow sb to have sth |
the House of Lords | this part of Parliament in Britain whose members are
not elected |
trawl (n) | searching through a large number of similar things |
invasive (adj) | spreading very quickly |
deputy | the second most important person in an organisation |
scuffle (v) | to fight for a short time in a disorganised way |
moot (V) | to suggest sth for discussion |
flourish | to be successful, active and developing quickly and strongly |
intrusive (adj.) | disturbing one’s mood or life |
embezzlement | the crime of taking and using money illegally from
the organisation or company one works fo |
jaywalking | the act of walking across the street in a careless and dangerous way or not at the proper place |
manslaughter | the killing of a person by sb who didn’t want to kill them |
vandalism | damaging public property on purpose |
litter | to throw things untidily around
a place |
unintentionally | by accident |