agency

The agency is a charity which helps poor people in the developing world.

assist

Being rich and famous means that he can assist charities which need his help.

attitude

My attitude to drugs has always been to stay away from them.

authorities

He has to follow all the rules created by the authorities.

charitable

It's a charitable organisation – they collect money for poor people in developing countries.

cigarette

He smoked a cigarette when he was 13, but he didn't like it.

community

A community is the group of people who live in a place.

cut out

I need to lose weight, so I'm going to cut out chocolate and cakes.

drug

They do a test every day to make sure he hasn't taken drugs.

entertain

He really entertains the crowd with his exciting performances.

fell out

I fell out with him because he kissed my girlfriend.

fame

His fame means that people recognise him wherever he goes.

fortunate

The charity helps people who are less fortunate.

get rid of

It's very difficult to get rid of a bad habit.

habit

He needs to stop looking around him all the time – it's a bad habit.

hit it off

We hit it off immediately and now he is my best friend.

in case

I have to tell them where I'm going to be in case they decide to do a test.

medal

Usain Bolt won 3 gold medals in Beijing.

metal

The medals contain 3 different metals – gold, silver and bronze.

novelty

I liked the novelty of winning a medal for the first time.

opportunity

Because he is rich he has the opportunity to help people who are poor.

piece

A medal is a round piece of metal.

relay

Each member of the relay team needs to run very fast for part of the race.

sector

I am a teacher, so I work in the education sector.

set a record

He set a record by running faster than anybody else in history.

straight away

We met and became friends straight away.

test

I have to have a test to make sure I haven't taken drugs.

houding

houding

ondersteunen

ondersteunen

instantie / bureau

instantie / bureau

sigaret

sigaret

liefdadigheids-

liefdadigheids-

autoriteiten

autoriteiten

verdovend middel / drugs

verdovend middel / drugs

stoppen met / kappen met

stoppen met / kappen met

gemeenschap

gemeenschap

roem

roem

ruzie krijgen

ruzie krijgen

vermaken

vermaken

gewoonte

gewoonte

afkomen van

afkomen van

fortuinlijk / goed af zijn

fortuinlijk / goed af zijn

medaille

medaille

voor het geval dat

voor het geval dat

goed overweg kunnen met

goed overweg kunnen met

gelegenheid

gelegenheid

nieuwigheid

nieuwigheid

metaal

metaal

sector / tak

sector / tak

estafette

estafette

stuk

stuk

test

test

meteen / direct

meteen / direct

een record vestigen

een record vestigen

test

They test my blood to make sure I haven't taken drugs.

wore

It was exciting at the beginning, but soon the excitement wore off.

slijten

slijten

onderzoeken

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