Adolescence /ˌæd

dump /dʌmp/ verb [ T ] END RELATIONSHIP
5. informal to suddenly end a romantic relationship you have been having with someone
If he's so awful, why don't you just dump him?
threaten /ˈθret. ə n/ verb
1. [ T ] to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them, or cause problems for them if they do not do what you want
They threatened the shopkeeper with a gun.
[ + to infinitive ] They threatened to kill him unless he did as they asked.
2. [ T ] to be likely to cause harm or damage to something or someone
Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside.
3. [ I ] If something bad threatens to happen, it is likely to happen
Look at those clouds! There's a storm threatening.
inexorable /ɪˈnek.s ə r.ə.bl ̩/ /-sɚ-/ adjective formal
continuing without any possibility of being stopped
the inexorable progress of science
inevitable /ɪˈnev.ɪ.tə.bl ̩/ /-t ̬ə-/ adjective
1. certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented
The accident was the inevitable consequence/result/outcome of carelessness.
2. the inevitable
something that is certain to happen and cannot be prevented
Eventually the inevitable happened and he had a heart attack.


UNIT 16 The energy crisis


censorship /ˈsen t  .sə.ʃɪp/ /-sɚ-/ noun [ U ]
the practice of censoring books, films, etc.
censorship of the press