noun - a verb that belongs to the group of verbs that do not form the past tense and past participle by using the ending -ED

noun - an illegal act that involves giving money to an official in order to persuade him to do something for you in a dishonest way

noun - a small mistake in the way a law or a contract has been written that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

verb, British English, formal - to give a formal warning to somebody (especially one that says that the next time they do something wrong or illegal, they will be punished)

noun - a situation in which someone does not have enough work to do or when someone has a job that does not use all their skills

noun - a year when a student doesn't go to school but decides to travel or do something else instead, usually before starting at a new school

noun - a civillian who is taken prisoner by a criminal who threatens to kill him/her if the government etc. does not do what he wants

verb - to hold someone back, to prevent somebody from doing something or going somewhere, to make it difficult for someone to do something or go somewhere

verb, formal - to hold someone back, to prevent somebody from doing something or going somewhere, to make it difficult for someone to do something or go somewhere

noun - a kind of school punishment which means you have to stay at school or go to school when there are no lessons and do some work etc.

noun - a type of exercise in which you do a squat, kick your feet back into a plank position and then back and then you stand up straight again

noun - a party game in which people sit in a circle and one of them spins a bottle that is in the middle. The person the neck of the bottle points at then has to do something.