Vocabulary 2.

To stand one’s ground, to stand up to smth, to fight tooth and nail for smth, to be indicted for smth, fraud, inside information, to conspire with smb, to be at stake, to find smb guilty of smth, a scapegoat, to be prosecuted for smth, insider trading, to fake evidence, to present fake evidence

To stand by smb, to stand fast /firm, to stand for smth, to stand on one’s own feet, It stands to reason, to stand up for oneself, to stand with …

By leaps and bounds, a leap in the dark, to jump at an offer, to jump the queue, to hit the nail on the head, to take the bull by the horns, to lay one’s cards on the table, to find a happy medium, to be on tenterhooks, to toe the line, to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Unit 7

Reading and Speaking 1.

1. To see smth as (inevitable), to develop dependency, the scale of a problem, to launch an inquiry, to seek treatment for smth, ultimately, to be authorized to do smth, to defy smth, aversion to smth, to complicate matters, to recognize smth as (destructive), to undermine smth, to be addictive, to pose a risk, to tackle smth, to attain (glory), to wind up with smth.

2. Incomparable, to accelerate smth, a decline, to think twice, a stimulant, to raise suspicions, to go to the limit.

Reading for Information.

1. To cultivate smth, to release figures on smth, a reduction in output of smth, a harvest, to consider smth a priority, to disburse money, a long-term programme, to make smth near-impossible, to be processed into smth.

2. Illicit, a trafficking network, to expand, expansion of smth, (drug) consumption, to reinforce smth, possession (to possess drugs), to have some effect on smth, demand for smth, to contribute to smth.

To work against smb/smth, to work away, to work out, to work round the clock, to work to rule (a work-to-rule strike), to work under smb, to work up (to work one’s way up), to work wonders.

To set smth/smb apart, to set smth aside, to set back, to be (all) set for …, to be set forth, to set off, to set smth right (straight), to set up shop, to set up (in business).

Reading and Speaking 2.

To eradicate smth, notably, an ethnic minority, commerce, to seize smth, a seizure, an (eight)-fold increase, an underestimate, to predominate, to be equivalent to smth, rehabilitation, to pick smb up, to keep off drugs, to draft a law, to render smb responsible.

Professional Reading.

1. To come out in favour of smth, a ceasefire, to enact a law, to fade, physical effects of drug abuse, a withdrawal symptom, a benign substance, to be exempt from …, (a) small-time (user), to put smth to use, a smoke-screen for …, crude (marijuana).

2. A big-time drug dealer, prominent, to date to (the 1970s), hard drugs, to lure smb to smth, a menace, undercover police, a transaction, to be admissible in court.

Vocabulary 2.

To give away (a secret), to give in, to give oneself out for smb, to be given to smth, to give credit to smth/smb, to give rise to smth, to give way to (anger), to give smb up.

To live from hand to mouth, to get one’s fingers burnt, to meet smb halfway, to give the game away, to smell a rat, to bark up a wrong tree, to get smb off the hook, by hook or by crook.

Unit 8

Reading and Speaking 1.

Ingenious, (civilian) casualties, to depict smb as …, a primary source (for news), to render smth less relevant (irrelevant), to give smb an exclusive interview, the crawl line (under the screen), to black out smth, coverage, to be at odds with smth, to say smth on the air, to air smth.

Reading for Information.

Resistance, a ruling party, a corrupt political elite, to freeze aid, a source, to do smth in retaliation for smth, to be privy to (internal) information, to implicate smb in smth, a shady business, to be prominent (in a movement), to challenge smb, to leak (a leak of information), a prime suspect, to flee a country, an assassin, an unrelated incident, to get to the bottom of smth, to reach a political accord with …, a settlement, to trade accusations.

To back smb up, to break up, to catch up (with/on smth), to clear smth up, to cover up (for smb), to hold smb up, to look up, to keep up (with), to own up, to pick smb up, to set smth up, to set smb up, to speed up, to split up, to turn up, to wind up.

Reading and Speaking 2.

1. A gift for smth, a fellow intern, a reprimand, sloppy reporting, to cover smth (in mass media), disbelief, to cross paths, moving, vivid, a falsification, to assign smb to do smth, to fabricate smth, to concoct (a scene), a columnist, plagiarism, to be convicted on … counts, to address smth, meticulous, to come under scrutiny, to root for smb, in all likelihood.

2. A showdown, a revelation, to lift quotes, to fake smth, to come in contact with smb, to brag about smth, a deputy editor, a staff reporter, to hit the roof, (a) high-profile (assignment), to push smth to the breaking point, to plagiarize, to confront smb about smth, considering smth, a celebrity.

Professional Reading.

An interim ban, to make an assertion, a writ, an implication, (a) restrictive (law), to be applicable, libel, to award an injunction, to surge/come to the fore.