Vocabulary 2.

To get one’s own back, to get away with smth, to get at smb, to get smb down, to get down to smth

Unit 3

Reading and Speaking 1.

1. For one thing, to exchange smth, compared with smth, to account for smth, a decline, to have children out of wedlock, to take advantage of smth, to make a fuss, to make sense

2.

To be (in)valid, in keeping with smth, to propose to smb, to expose smth, (a) hard-line (group), a shelter, to file a suit, to declare smth void, to give one’s consent, to allege that …, to forge smth, bail (to be released on bail), by a two to one majority

Reading for Information

To consider smth (consider doing smth), to have full/joint custody of …, to leave things as they are, to hold true (This pattern holds true …), a framework (a legal framework, in the framework of …), to (re)define smth, a breadwinner, a trend, to allocate money for …, to claim aid for …, lodging, to qualify for smth, a tax deduction, to meet criteria, a right of inheritance, to fall short (Such laws fall short.), to carry full legal authority, a state of affairs, to ease smth, to receive an allowance.

Reading and Speaking 2.

A birth rate, to face smth, economic decline, economics, to determine smth, to table a proposal, (a) welfare (scheme), to require smb to do smth, to have (little) impact on smth, the well-off, to discriminate against smb, a discrepancy

Professional Reading

A settlement with smb, to be at stake, to set a precedent, to extend pension benefits to smb, bias, a legal obligation.

Vocabulary 2.

To be entitled to smth, to be legally binding, to suffer harsh treatment, (un)ambiguous.

To come up with smth, to come into smth, to come up against smth, to come up with smth.

To keep smb out of …, to keep up appearances, to keep one’s hands off smth, to keep smb at arm’s length, to keep something to oneself, to keep one’s eyes open, to keep on the right side of the law, to keep smb in the dark, to keep within bounds, in keeping with smth.

Unit 4

Reading and Speaking 1.

1.

To respond to treatment, to take to doing smth, a mortality rate, frail, an outbreak of (a disease), to take tough measures, to come into close contact with smb, to distribute fliers, a communicable disease, to undertake an investigation, a health-care worker, to pinpoint smth, unwittingly, to disseminate (a disease), to emerge, to contribute to smth, to verify smth, to contract a disease, to understate (numbers), a mutated virus (to mutate).

2.

A busybody, to report on smb, to act funny, to be stunned, to recall smth, to impose a quarantine on …, to spread a disease, an (un)orthodox approach to smth, authoritarian, to hold smb accountable to smb, to enforce measures, at the grass-roots level, a hot spot, to be assigned to do smth, to place smb under quarantine, to dispose of smth, to hold a briefing, to update smb.

Reading for Information.

1. An ailment, to take off (sales took off), a prescription drug (medication), to interfere with smth, findings, to say something flatly, to dismiss smth as …, to be inadequate/flawed, a dietary supplement, to touch a raw nerve, herbal medicine, a press release, inconclusive, to stand one’s ground.

2. To sniff smth out, health-related, a fraud, to write smth off as …, (a) dispassionate (analysis), to cite smth, to levy a penalty on smb, a breakthrough, to go after smb, a remedy, to get an idea through to smb.

To take in (to be taken in), to take on, to take smb for smb, to take over, to take smth up, to take up some time, to take to doing smth.

To be at loggerheads, to be at odds with smth, to be beyond smb, to be in the open, to be off, to be out of date, to be up to date, to be under orders, to be up to smth (doing smth).

Reading and Speaking 2.

A policy maker, a malignant growth, to malfunction, subjective, to be sensitive to smth, to rely on smb, weight fluctuation, sleep disturbance, fatigue, poor concentration, (low) self-esteem, to contemplate smth, self-medication, in terms of smth, to prevail, a health-care budget, to bring smb relief, to keep smth/smb at bay.

Professional Reading.

A (high) suicide rate, to inject lethal drugs, to legalize euthanasia, mercy killing, to be reviewed by a lawyer, to be eligible, to be terminally ill, (in)humane, to exclude smb, (to cause) impaired judgment, to opt for smth, polls.