Keys to Text 15

Ex.15. 3 a)

retaliate	retaliation	revenge	revenge
confront	confrontation	warn	warning
bomb	bombardment	response	response
threaten	threat	exercise	exercise

Ex.15. 3 b)

1. Following an initial response phase in which more than 1.7 million people were served, The Salvation Army continues to be active in recovery two years after the storms hit.

2. President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.

3. Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent warning on Bayer's and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause.

4. The combination of retaliation, backlash, and victim blaming can turn even a mild transgression into a major political event within an institution.

5. Revenge (also known as vengeance or payback) is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.

6. With daybreak the heavy bombardment recommenced from all the batteries.

7. Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.

8. The nuclear threat present during the Cold War has diminished.

Ex.15. 4 a)

a live- fire	military exercise
grave threats of	retaliation
hold	a shelling exercise
teeter on	the brink of war
fire-and- brimstone	warning
be sick and	tired
bow before	threats
shell	the island
strike	back

Ex .15. 4 b)

1. In the early 1960s, as the world seemed to teeter on the brink of nuclear war, the Canadian public was deeply sceptical about the wisdom of Canada becoming a nuclear power. 

2. Nuclear deterrence is based upon a believable and grave threat of nuclear retaliation, and the threat of nuclear weapons use has been constant during the post World WarII period.

3. In June, 2000 U.S. Navy battleships held a shelling exercise on a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico in spite of the objections of local population who had vowed to use "human shields" to stop them. 

4. The Germans are sick and tired of supporting the Southern Europe welfare system which identifies the broken element of the faulty European Union.

5. The Government will never bow before any terrorist threat, and ensure that proper law and order is maintained in the State,” he said.

Keys to Text 16

At home

Ex. 1b) The word means the surname of David Mathew Hicks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks

Ex.16. 3 a)

permit	permission	hear	hearing
fear	fear	suspect	suspicion
extradite	extradition	reveal	revelation
defend	defence	commit	commitment

Ex.16. 3 b)

1. Negotiations cannot continue if the parties do not fulfil their commitments in time.

2. More than 300,000 persons were refused entry at external EU borders, in most cases refusal was based on insufficient travel documents or the suspicion of intended illegal immigration.

3. By enacting laws or concluding treaties or agreements, countries determine the conditions under which they may entertain or deny extradition requests.

4. The next court hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday.

5. It was here that one day the Lord came to Saint John in a vision, when Saint John awoke, he dictated his revelation.

6. A normal fear arises when one’s life is in danger.

7. Publication without permission is theft of someone else's intellectual property, pure and simple, and it is clearly illegal.

8. The Cabinet has given its approval for the shifting of the Defence Ministry.

Ex.16. 4 a)

1) build	a case against smb
2) face	sexual assault charges
3) raise	the ire of American authorities
4) classified	US government cables
5) army intelligence analyst	in custody
6) take	legal revenge against smb
7) pretext	for a criminal prosecution
8) appalling	state of affairs
9) give	any firm commitment
10) realms of	proper justice

Ex .16. 4 b)

1. The Delhi Police are building a case against their counterpart. To file a chargesheet against him they are banking mainly on DNA reports and mobile phone details of the accused.

2. Two men are facing sexual assault charges in separate incidents in East Moline involving a 13-year-old girl and a now 19-year-old woman.

3. A poster showing Mary and Joseph heading to Bethlehem for a census and the birth of Christ is raising the ire among some evangelicals who consider it inappropriate for the secular headcount the government will conduct next year.

4. As events develop, it becomes more and more apparent that the law enforcement agencies' ultimate aim is to achieve a total ban on the activity of this religion by finding a pretext for a criminal prosecution, a special April report by the organisation maintains. 

5. Health Minister Michael McGimpsey says it is impossible to give a firm commitment on a proposed new cancer radiotherapy unit at Altnagelvin until money for the project is guaranteed.

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