Across
- 1. a white liquid mixture used especially for painting walls
- 5. British car trunk
- 6. to refuse to accept or continue with something; reject
- 8. a law passed by a legislative body to set the maximum time after an event within which legal proceedings may be initiated
- 10. a card from the suit that has been chosen to have a higher value than the other suits in a particular game
- 11. to give someone anything they want in order to please them, even if it seems unreasonable or unnecessary; appease
- 12. windy; stormy
- 13. a period of time in which prices and the amount workers are paid increase very quickly, e.g. 80's
- 16. to make you expect trouble/disaster/catasrophe
- 17. a photograph with a rough appearance, as if the images are made up of spots
- 19. a British spelling of jail
- 20. deserving hatred and contempt
- 21. used to describe someone who has had a lot of bad experiences and as a result no longer gets upset or shocked
- 23. behaving in a stupid and offensive way which shows that you do not understand or care about other people’s feeling; insensitive
- 24. a window sitting at the "A" side of a pitched roof on the side of the house
- 26. a sensible and careful attitude
- 27. calm and peaceful; person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what other people want them to
- 28. a line at the beginning of an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the writer’s name
Down
- 2. A set phrase used to describe words or actions that have offended or otherwise upset someone.
- 3. to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime
- 4. rob some place/someone/something using threats or violence
- 7. a young newspaper or television reporter without much experience
- 8. in a way that is old-fashioned, formal, and boring
- 9. an offence in which a criminal does something that makes their original crime more serious
- 10. a thing of little value or importance
- 11. someone who thinks they are important, and shows this by being very formal and using long words – used to show disapproval
- 14. someone who illegally catches or shoots animals, birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission
- 15. a young person with a professional job who seems to be interested only in earning a lot of money and buying expensive things
- 18. find a way in which two ideas/situations/facts can both be true or acceptable
- 22. constantly harassing someone to do something (esp. of a person)
- 25. hatred between people or groups of people