School Topics Group

1. Classroom
2. Educational Establishments
3. Schools  (visual)
4. Class
5. Culture
6. Marks
7. Studying
8. Reading
9. Stationery
10. Writing
11. School Subjects
12. School Subjects  (visual)
13. Geography  (visual)
14. Numbers

Classroom

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 322 v.01

1. blackboard |n| a large board with a smooth dark surface attached to a wall or supported on an easel and used by teachers in schools for writing on with chalk.
2. "Blackboard drawings from his high school chemistry class would even serve as evidence in a patent interference case."
3. "The teacher writes them on the blackboard and the class tries to understand them and copies them down."
4. "Many had other special needs in the classroom that made it difficult to turn pages, write reports and take notes on what they read on the blackboard."

War Crimes

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 321 v.01

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     Main Definitions

1. war crime |n| an act carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.
2. "This is considered a war crime, and those responsible for it must be held accountable."
3. "According to the new provisions, it is punishable as a war crime to recruit or use children under the age of 18 years in armed forces."
4. "If they deliberately target civilians there is no doubt that this act constitutes a war crime."

Army Topics Group

1. Army
2. Soldiers
3. War Crimes
4. Weapons
5. Death

Politic Topics Group

1. Electoral Campaign
2. Elections
3. Government

Electoral Campaign

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 320 v.1

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1. campaign 1 |n| the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
2. "He ran the governor’s campaign for reelection."
3. "During his election campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet."
4. campaign 2 |v| if someone campaigns for something, they carry out a planned set of activities over a period of time in order to achieve their aim.
5. “Washington’s Crossing” is a history of the military campaign of 1776 and

Abortion

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 319 v.1

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    Main Definitions

1. abortion |n| the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.
2. "She wished to end her pregnancy, but abortion was illegal in Texas except in cases of extreme danger to the mother."
3. miscarriage |n| the expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently, especially spontaneously or as the result of accident.
4. "His wife had a miscarriage."
5. stillbirth |n| the birth of an infant that has died in the womb (strictly, after

Birth Control

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 318 v.1

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      Main Definitions

1. birth control |n| the practice of preventing unwanted pregnancies, typically by use of contraception.
2. "Women, in particular, have always known methods and techniques of birth control and contraception."
3. "A study was conducted where free birth control was given to young women - Abortion rates dropped by 72% and teen pregnancies dropped by 80%."
4. contraception |n| the deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse. The major forms of

Zero

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 080 v.1

1. zero 1 |n| the arithmetical symbol 0 or 0̸ denoting the absence of all magnitude or quantity.
2. zero 2 |n| additive identity; specifically : the number between the set of all negative numbers and the set of all positive numbers.
3. zero 3 |n| a value of an independent variable that makes a function equal to zero +2 and −2 are zeros of f(x)=x2−4.

Elections

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 317 v.02

    Main Definitions

1. ballot 1 |n| a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something.
2. "The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks."
3. "Fifty of its members will be elected by direct ballot."
4. ballot 2 |n| a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in a secret vote.
5. "Election boards will count the ballots by hand."
6. ballot 3 |v| if you ballot a group of people, you find out what they think about a

Sentence

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 312 v.1

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      Main Definitions

1. sentence 1 |n| an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, especially the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal.
2. "Knowledgeable sources say that the judge will announce the sentence early next week."
3. sentence 2 |n| the punishment itself; term.
4. "A three-year sentence."

Jury

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 311 v.01

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    Main Definitions

1. grand jury 1 |n| a jury, usually in the United States, which considers a criminal case in order to decide if someone should be tried in a court of law.
2. "If the defendant waives the indictment (says it is not necessary for the grand jury to look at the evidence), his/her case will go to the Criminal Branch of Supreme Court right away, without being presented to the grand jury."
3. "The grand jury hears evidence in secret only from prosecution witnesses and decides if the defendant should go to trial."
4. "As of September 30, 2006, the Innocence Lost Initiative has resulted in 241