Types of people-explanations

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• An accomplice helps another person to commit a crime
• An archaeologist studies buildings, monuments
• A sibling is your brother or sister
• A barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in a higher court of law
• A bookmaker takes bet on horses at race meetings
• A bully is always hitting or picking on people who are smaller or weaker than himself/himself
• A busker is a musician who plays in the street, at underground stations
• A casualty is someone who has been hurt in an accident or battle
• A hooligan is a noisy, rough young person who causes damage or disturbance.
• An undertaker arranges and managers funeral
• A midwife is a nurse who has been specially trained to advise pregnant women and to assist them when giving birth
• A hermit has withdrawn from society and prefers to live alone
• A conscientious objector refuses to fight in a war on moral or religious grounds
• An estate agent buys and sells land and houses for people
• An expatriate is someone who is living in a country which is not their own
• A gossip enjoys finding out and telling others about other people’s private lives
• An heir will inherit from someone when they die
• An interpreter translates the words a person speaks into another language, often at the same time as the person is speaking
• An invigilator supervises people taking an examination, making sure they don’t cheat
• A lodger rents a room with a family
• An opponent plays against you
• An optician makes or sells spectacles and tests your eyesight
• A pawnbroker Will lend you money in return for an article you possess. Has the right to sell the article if the money is not repaid within a certain time
• A predecessor had your present job before you got it
• A refugee has been driven from their country for political reasons
• A next of kin is your closest relative. If you are married, it would be your husband or wife
• A spectator watches a sport or an event rather than takes part in it himself/herself
• A spouse make/maka. Your husband or your wife
• A successor takes over your job from you when you leave it
• stowaway tries to travel free by hiding on board planes or ships

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