1. Words adoptive = to become parent of a child that isn't your own claim

recommend = suggest

reduce = make lower

regularly = often; at the same time every day or week

skill = things we can do because we have practised them

slow down =make slower

sweat = to do something so fast that you have drops of salty liquid coming out of your skin

unlike =different from something

10. Words

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  additional = extra
  
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  anxiety = feeling worried about or afraid of something
  
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  apart from = besides
  
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  authorities = organisation that can make decisions
  
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  billion = a thousand million
  
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  citizen = person who lives in a place and has rights there
  
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  consume = here: smoke
  
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  currently = at the moment
  
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  decade = ten years
  
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  despite = even though
  
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  federal government = the government of the United States, not the state government
  
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  generate = produce, get
  
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  government = people who rule a country or state
  
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  hand out = give to someone
  
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  illegal substance = drug that is not allowed
  
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  in addition = also
  
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  in favour of = to be for something
  
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  legal = allowed
  
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  legalize = allow
  
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  licence = here: a document that allows you to sell something
  
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  marijuana = illegal drug that is smoked like a cigarette
  
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  monitor = to watch carefully
  
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  ounce = unit for measuring weight = 28.35 grams
  
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  pain = feeling you have when something hurts
  
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