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accept
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affordable housing
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Alcoholics Anonymous™
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begging bowl
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benefit
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between jobs
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bigot
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bigotry
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Black Lives Matter
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BLM
abbreviation
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booze
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designer drug
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detention centre
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distress
noun
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division of labour
noun
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dole
noun
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donate
verb
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donation
noun
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donor
noun
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dope
noun
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dope
verb
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dosser
noun
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draft
noun
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drink
noun
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drink
verb
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drinking
noun
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drug
noun
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drunk
adjective
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drunk
noun
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abbreviation
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economic migrant
noun
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ecstasy
noun
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egalitarian
noun
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egalitarian
adjective
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egalitarianism
noun
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elite
adjective
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elite
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elitism
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emaciated
adjective
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emigrate
verb
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emigration
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equal
adjective
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noun
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equality
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equal marriage
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fair trade
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famine
noun
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favela
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feminism
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feminist
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fire
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flag day
noun
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flying picket
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food insecurity
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food pantry
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food parcel
noun
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food security
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food stamp
noun
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friend
noun
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fuel poverty
noun
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noun
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verb
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funding
noun
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fundraise
verb
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fundraiser
noun
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fundraising
noun
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fun run
noun
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gateway drug
noun
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gender gap
noun
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give
verb
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glue-sniffing
noun
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government health warning
noun
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grass
noun
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green card
noun
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habit-forming
adjective
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hallucinogen
noun
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handout
noun
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hard drug
noun
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hardship
noun
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adjective
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noun
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noun
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help
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help
noun
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helper
noun
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heroin
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homeless
adjective
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homelessness
noun
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homophobe
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homophobia
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homophobic
adjective
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hooked
adjective
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housing association
noun
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housing benefit
noun
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housing project
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human right
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hunger
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hunger strike
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IDP
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illegal
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immigrate
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immigration
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implicit bias
noun
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impoverish
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impoverished
adjective
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indigent
adjective
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industrial action
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inequality
noun
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in rags
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internally displaced person
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intersectional
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intersectionality
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intoxicant
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intoxicated
adjective
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Islamophobia
noun
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Islamophobic
adjective
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issue
noun
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jack up
phrasal verb
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job
noun
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jobcentre
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jobless
adjective
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jobseeker
noun
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joint
noun
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junkie
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justice
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ketamine
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lay-off
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lay off
phrasal verb
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legal high
noun
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let somebody go
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low-paid
adjective
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LSD
noun
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majority
noun
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malnourished
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malnutrition
noun
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march
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march
noun
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marginalization
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marginalize
verb
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marijuana
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marriage equality
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MDMA
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means test
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means-test
verb
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means testing
noun
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Medicaid
noun
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Medicare
noun
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noun
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mescaline
noun
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meth
noun
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methadone
noun
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methamphetamine
noun
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me-too
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microdot
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microfinance
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migrant
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migrate
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migration
noun
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militancy
noun
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militant
adjective
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mind-altering
adjective
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minority
noun
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modern slavery
noun
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movement
noun
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mutual aid
noun
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narcotic
noun
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narcotic
adjective
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naturalization
noun
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naturalize
verb
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needle exchange
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NGO
noun
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nicotine
noun
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non-citizen
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non-cooperation
noun
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non-refoulement
noun
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no-platforming
noun
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on your uppers
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opioid
noun
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opioid
adjective
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opium
noun
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opportunity shop
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op shop
noun
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outcry
noun
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out-of-work
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outsider
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overdose
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overdose
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parity
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passive smoking
noun
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patch
noun
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patron
noun
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pauper
noun
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penniless
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penurious
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penury
noun
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pep pill
noun
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persecute
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persecution
noun
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persecutor
noun
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peyote
noun
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philanthropic
adjective
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philanthropist
noun
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philanthropy
noun
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picket
noun
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picket
verb
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picketing
noun
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picket line
noun
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placard
noun
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political asylum
noun
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poor
adjective
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pop
verb
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positive discrimination
noun
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pot
noun
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poverty
noun
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poverty-stricken
adjective
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poverty trap
noun
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precariat
noun
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precarity
noun
c2
prejudice
noun
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prejudiced
adjective
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problem
noun
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protest
noun
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protest
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protester
noun
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public housing
noun
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quality of life
noun
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quit
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quota system
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racism
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racist
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noun
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rag
noun
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raise
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redundancy
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redundant
adjective
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refoulement
noun
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refuge
noun
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refugee
noun
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rehab
noun
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relief
noun
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retrench
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revolt
noun
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revolt
verb
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right
noun
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riot
noun
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riot
verb
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rioter
noun
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rioting
noun
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rising
noun
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Rotary club
noun
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rough sleeper
noun
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rough sleeping
noun
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sabotage
noun
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saboteur
noun
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sack
verb
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sacking
noun
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sale of work
noun
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Samaritans
noun
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self-medicate
verb
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settle
verb
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settlement
noun
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settler
noun
b2
sexism
noun
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sexist
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sexist
noun
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shanty
noun
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shanty town
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shelter
noun
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sign on
phrasal verb
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sit-in
noun
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slowdown
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slum
noun
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slumlord
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smack
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smoke
noun
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smoke
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smoker
noun
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smoking
noun
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noun
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social
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social conscience
noun
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social housing
noun
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social justice
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social security
noun
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soft drug
noun
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speed
noun
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spice
noun
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sponsor
verb
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sponsor
noun
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standard of living
noun
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starvation
noun
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starve
verb
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stimulant
noun
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stoned
adjective
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stoppage
noun
c2
street people
noun
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strike
verb
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strike
noun
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strike-breaker
noun
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strike-breaking
noun
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striker
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subscribe
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subscription
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subsistence
noun
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substance use disorder
noun
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sweated labour
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telethon
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tenement
noun
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tension
noun
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thrift shop
noun
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tobacco
noun
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tolerance
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tolerant
adjective
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tramp
noun
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transphobe
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transphobia
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transphobic
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trustee
noun
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unconscious bias
noun
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underclass
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underemployment
noun
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under the influence
idiom
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unemployed
noun
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unemployed
adjective
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unemployment
noun
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unrest
noun
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uprising
noun
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vagrancy
noun
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vagrant
noun
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vial
noun
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victim
noun
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victim blaming
noun
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visa
noun
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voluntary
adjective
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Voluntary Service Overseas
noun
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volunteer
noun
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volunteer
verb
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warrior
noun
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wasted
adjective
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weed
noun
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welfare
noun
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welfare state
noun
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white privilege
noun
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wino
noun
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wired
adjective
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withdrawal
noun
c1
wokeism
noun
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women’s liberation
noun
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workhouse
noun
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work permit
noun
c2
émigré
noun
c2
zoned
adjective
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