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GROUNDED
DELIBERATE
REBELLIOUS
REASONABLE
RESTRICTED
ISOLATED
DISRUPTIVE
ARROGANT
DISRUPTIVE
1) Most people associate1 piercing and tattoo with ________________
behaviour, but not all youngsters
that Kelly has seen were so defiant2 or disobedient3.
2) As a last resort, her mother threatened Lucy, “If you hang around with that boy, you are
GROUNDED
________________!”
Then, Lucy shrugged her shoulders and went out as if her mother had not just
threatened to lock her up.
DELIBERATE
3) For youngsters, wearing piercing and tattoo is a/an ________________
attempt to express their
individuality and freedom against the world of the adult.
4) Susan was beautiful and classy, making all other girls want to look like her. Yet, being so popular never
ARROGANT
made her ________________.
She has always maintained4 her modesty5.
1.
2.
3.
To relate
Challenging or resisting the authority
Refusing to obey
4.
5.
To keep in the same condition
The state of not shoving extra pride in
something admirable you possess
GROUNDED
DELIBERATE
REBELLIOUS
REASONABLE
RESTRICTED
ISOLATED
DISRUPTIVE
ARROGANT
RESTRICTED
1) Teenagers who are unduly1 ________________
may be provoked to express themselves in more
radical ways. They may perceive2 their parents’ protection as a threat to their freedom.
REASONABLE
2) Her teachers have tried to be ________________
with Jessica many times, but I think she only gets
advantage of this kind attitude in order to bend her teachers to her will3. Will a punishment set her
alright?
ISOLATED
3) Alice is under a lot of peer pressure. She thinks she will soon get ________________
if she doesn’t
look and act like her friends at school.
DISRUPTIVE
4) Gavin messed everyone about and received many warnings about his ________________
behaviour.
So far, nothing seems to have affected him much.
1.
2.
Unnecessarily much
To feel the existence of something; to understand
3.
To make others do what you want
MOODY
VAIN
SPOILT
THOUGHTFUL
LENIENT
EASYGOING
ALOOF
STUBBORN
EASYGOING
1) Karen used to be a/an ________________
child. Her mom hopes the current hot temper and
rebellious attitudes she has are something related to her age and all will be well soon.
2) Okay, specialists warn parents not to hand out strict rules for the young at home, but this shouldn’t
LENIENT
encourage some parents to be unduly1 ________________
with their children. They must always keep
an eye on their young.
3) Daisy has grown so obsessive2 about how to improve her beautiful look even better. She seems to have
VAIN
forgotten other people around her. She has become so ________________
and egocentric.
4) Puberty is a period during which a young individual goes through a physiological3 and especially
MOODY
psychological change. Being ________________
and temperamental4 is a common characteristic of
this period.
1. Unnecessarily much
2. Worrying about something all the time
3.
4.
Related to the workings of the body
Likely to become angry, excited or upset
MOODY
VAIN
SPOILT
THOUGHTFUL
LENIENT
EASYGOING
ALOOF
STUBBORN
1) For some people, if children are unduly pampered, there is a risk that they may grow
SPOILT
________________.
Because of this assumption, many parents deprive their young of1 much love and
care, fearing that this may bring about an unwanted consequence in their character.
2)
THOUGHTFUL
It was very ________________
of Sarah to stop behaving disruptively during her mother’s illness,
which proved to be a great comfort to her convalescing2 mom.
3) What was most remarkable about Neil when he was a teenager was his headstrong3 nature. As he grew
up, he acquired4 a better outlook on life and learnt to accept advice. Now, there is no trace of that
STUBBORN
________________
Neil.
4) It is true that disruptive youngsters cause a lot of nerve racking situations at school. Yet, most of us
have seen the same young people caring for and helping others outside school instead of remaining
ALOOF
________________.
So are those so called delinquents really delinquent?
1.
2.
To prevent someone from having something
To spend time in bed getting well after an illness
3.
4.
Not easily changing your mind because of others;
obstinate
To get or gain something
OBSERVE
ACQUIRE
DISPUTE
NAG
SWEAR
ENVY
CULTIVATE
BULLY
DISPUTE
1) Eric is a rogue1 at school, and there are occasions2 when he will ________________
that our school
isn’t the right one which could reform his bad habits. Of course, this is his fifth school and his
argument has no validity!
2) It is often ironic to see so many misdemeanours3 at some schools. Because a school is a place where
young minds are ________________,
people expect to see better educated people. Yet, I can’t
CULTIVATED
imagine what the situation would be even without schools.
OBSERVING
3) Some delinquent4 kids had a fit of sniggering5 when the whole school was ________________
silence
for the martyrs6 and the heroes of the nation, which put them in some trouble with the school admin.
BULLYING
4) Adam and his cohorts7 caused some trouble at school when they kept on ________________
their
juniors. Their misdemeanours included laying hands on juniors’ pocket money and bossing around.
1.
2.
3.
4.
A misbehaving boy; a juvenile delinquent
A time when something happens
A bad or unacceptable action that is not very serious
Someone habitually misbehaving
5.
6.
7.
Laughing quietly at sth which is not supposed to
be funny for some time unable to stop yourself
from doing it
Someone who dies for his country or beliefs
Friends who support you to do sth bad
OBSERVE
ACQUIRE
DISPUTE
NAG
SWEAR
ENVY
CULTIVATE
BULLY
ENVIED
1) Because Shelly ________________
her mom from her step father, she could sometimes be very mean
with him. It took quite some time to get used to sharing her mom with her step father.
NAGGING
2) When Lucy asked why Jim hadn’t answered her call, he said, “Sorry! Mom was _____________
at me
about my negligence1 of the school work and coming home late. You know about parents, don’t you?
She spoke a lot of crap2!”
SWEARING
3) When Eric developed the habit of ________________,
his mother could understand that her son who
had never used such vulgar3 language before was copying a delinquent at school.
ACQUIRED
4) Meg ________________
a new outlook on life when that turbulent teenager phase4 was over. Now,
she asks, “Was it really me who messed people about?”
1.
2.
Failing to care sth that you are responsible for;
to neglect
Something someone says that you think is rubbish
3.
4.
Characterized by rudeness and
impoliteness
Period, stage
FIT IN
STAND UP TO
LEAVE  OUT
TALK  INTO
FACE UP TO
KEEP UP WITH
FACING UP TO
1) What is very common with most delinquent juveniles is escapism. Instead of ____________________
the reality that bothers them, they choose to ignore it by demonstrating1 deviant2 behaviour.
2) Unlike her peers, Kelly refused to change her looks and outlook on life for the sake of assimilating into
STAND UP TO
a group. She managed to _____________________
the intense peer pressure and preserved3 her
authentic4 appearance and attitude to life.
3) Keira made her mom spend a lot of money on clothing nearly every week, and her mother wondered if
KEEP UP WITH
it was really fashion or her new friends that her daughter was trying to _____________________.
1.
2.
To show
Different, in a bad way, from what is considered normal
3.
4.
To maintain; conserve; protect
Original
FIT IN
STAND UP TO
LEAVE  OUT
TALK  INTO
FACE UP TO
KEEP UP WITH
TALK
INTO
1) Though Jason had no intention of playing truant, his friends managed to _________him_________
running away with them. However, this is not an extenuating circumstance1 to make him look less
guilty.
2) After her family moved from town into New York City, Cassandra had to change her looks and
FIT IN
behaviour in order to _____________________
her new sphere2 of friends.
3) Whether they like it or not, teenagers are under constant3 peer pressure to demonstrate similar
attitudes to those of their friends’. This is because they know that if they are different, they are likely
LEFT OUT
to be ____________________
of the sphere of friends they wish to hang out with.
1.
Facts or reasons which make you feel that it was
reasonable for someone to do something bad
2.
3.
Circle
Never stopping
MAKE UP WITH 
LET  DOWN
GET ON WELL WITH 
GO OFF 
BREAK UP WITH 
FALL OUT WITH 
GO OUT WITH 
TAKE AFTER 
1) It’s not only the school where Carrie is a trouble. At home she is being very quarrelsome and she is
constantly _____________________
her mom, which ends up in terrible rows1. Poor Mrs. Wilson has
FALLING OUT WITH
her hands full with her daughter’s aggressive attitudes and violent temper.
GO OFF
2) For mothers to _____________________
their children because of their mistakes, and for juveniles to
ignore their mothers whenever they are criticised is wrong. This is a typical example of a
communication defect2 between the parent and the child. They cannot sort things out simply by
ignoring each other.
3) Ron is always messing people about. I can’t recognize him any longer. He used to be a nice guy who
GOT ON WELL WITH
_____________________
everybody.
BROKEN UP WITH
4) The mother and son have _____________________
each other over such a simple issue. I hope they
will make up soon.
1.
A short angry argument
2.
A fault in something, making it imperfect
MAKE UP WITH 
LET  DOWN
GET ON WELL WITH 
GO OFF 
BREAK UP WITH 
FALL OUT WITH 
GO OUT WITH 
TAKE AFTER 
1) Sarah and Jason had such a big row at the party after Jason’s fit1 of jealousy that I don’t think they
MAKE UP WITH
will ever _____________________
each other.
2) “You are the black sheep of the whole family! You are such an irresponsible delinquent! With everyone
TAKE AFTERI can’t even
in this family so straight2 and successful, I don’t know who you _____________________!
believe you could be my son!” The parent was so angry with her son that she couldn’t help uttering3
those scathing4 words, which would prove to be incurable and irreversible in the future.
3) Sandra yelled, “I am sick of my mother meddling with5 whatever I do! Okay, she can mess around me
about my bedroom because this house is her property, but she can’t interfere in who I will
GO OUT WITH
_____________________.
She just can’t stick her stinking6 nose in my private life!’ Then, she
stormed off, slamming the front door behind her, which was followed by a loud silence.
4) The specialist advised Kody, who demonstrated violent behaviour under pressure, to learn to control
DOWN
LET
his temper7 in crisis situations. Otherwise, his temper would _________
him __________
quite a lot
in the future.
1.
2.
3.
4.
A time when you feel an emotion very strongly and
cannot control your behaviour
Not possessing any bad personal quality
Saying
Wounding; causing pain or bitterness
5.
6.
7.
Deliberately trying to influence or change
a situation that does not concern you,
which annoys people
Having an extremely unpleasant smell
Tendency to become angry