6. to show to be false
7. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.
8. extremely or hopelessly bad or severe
9. provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature)
10. accessible, liable, or subject to some influence, agency, etc.
11. contrary to someone' interests or welfare
12. something of use, advantage, or value
13. the process or state of irreversible breakdown or decline
14. to spend wastefully or extravagantly
Ex. 8. Continue the strings of collocations, translate them. Make up a sentence with one collocation from each list.
Ex. 9. Fill in the gaps with the words from Ex. 7 and Ex. 8 or their derivatives.
1. The head of the Teachers Federation says a full-scale strike scheduled for Tuesday is imminent
because the government _______________ an opportunity to negotiate a contract on the
weekend.
2. It is very difficult to govern a country in the aftermath of a revolution and political talent is
a scarce__________________.
3. As they age, baby boomers will be increasingly ________________ to ailments and conditions
such as heart attack, stroke, and diabetes.
4. In spite of his ______________record, Reagan is considered one of the nation's most popular
presidents, which goes to show how powerful a toothpaste smile can be!
5. Teaching human rights means both conveying ideas and information concerning human
rights and _________________ the values and attitudes that lead to the support of those
rights.
6. Egalitarianism, which is destructive of moral freedom, is ________________ to political
freedom.
7. The policies promoted by the outgoing Commission had an _______________impact on the
working classes and grass roots sections of society.
8. It is difficult to make sense of this information due to the ________________bias in design,
small sample sizes and outcomes of questionable relevance.
9. Unable to return to their pre-war lives, many Albanians _______________ the Revolution as
an opportunity to create a new life.
Unit II. US: from Democracy to Empire?
Unit II. US: from Democracy to Empire?
10. Nepal, the recently declared Republic in the Himalayas, is a small country generously ____________________ with natural beauty and ethnic and cultural variety.
11. Facts ________________ the statement issued by the United Nations that this year's flood is
the worst in the living memory.
12. Every day, in jails and prisons across the United States, young people under the age of 18 are held in solitary__________________.
