Politics
What is an opinion that everyone in a group agrees with or accepts?
consensus
Name 7 similies
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Complete these collocations:
1) chicken
2) brink
3)pencil
4) sorry
5)line
1) do not count youe chickens yet
2) be on the brink of
3)pencil it in
4) better safe than sorry
5) bottom line
How do we call a very important person?
a big chese
What adjective we CANNOT use with the word victory?
1. hollow 3.narrow
2. landslide 4. prominent
4. prominent
Name 2 synonyms of the word sly
Name 2 words that meas резня, бойня
Name 2 words that mean править
cunning / devious
massacre / slaughter
rule / reign
Replace these words and phrases with loan words:
1)anxiety
2)a leading singer
3)established fact
4)spirit of the time
5) a member of a small unofficial military group
6) cringe
1) angst
2) prima donna
3) fait accompli
4) zeitgeist
5) guerrilla
6) kitsch
name idoms that mean:
misunderstand
get upset over nothing
the last problem in a series of problems
get one's wires crossed
cry over a spilt milk
the last straw
What is the difference between mutter and mumble?
Mumble : to speak in a low voice without opening your mouth, so that people can't hear the words.
Mutter : to speak in a low, angry voice that is difficult to hear.
Write correctly the words^
1) ɪstæblɪʃ ______________
2)mæsəkər _____________
3) plɔːzəbəl _____________
4) fjuːdəl _______________
5) oʊvərθroʊ ____________
6) diːviəs ________________
7) ɪndɪərɪŋ ______________
1) establish
2) massacre
3) plausible
4) feudal
5)overthrow
6)devious
7)endearing
Explain the meaning:
1)take minutes
2)outsource
3)bring to bear
4)dire
5) the chair of the meeting
1)records all the proceedings in a meeting
2)if a company, organization etc outsources its work, it employs another company to do
3) pressure
4)extremely serious or terrible
5)the elected officer of an organized group, such as a board or committee.
name 5 phrases with the word point
miss the point
make a point
take one's point
get to the point
prove my point
What statement is NOT true?
Be a natural-born citizen of the United States
Be at least 25 years old
Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years
Be at least 35 years old
Answer the questions:
Who adopted Orthodox Christianity?
Who was the first tsar?
Who said the phrase "If you don't have bread, eat cakes."?
1. Vladimir
2. Ivan IV
3. Marie-Antoinette
Role play a small talk
You can ask about music, films, hometown, weekend, studying
give 5 examples of war words used in a different context
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Discuss togather and then present your opnion:
• How voting works in your country.
• The best/fairest system of voting.
• What people need to consider before voting
The President of Russia is elected through a two-round system where a candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote in order to win in the first round; otherwise, a runoff is held between the top two candidates.
Explain these words: feudalism, censorship, autocracy, dynasty, rebelion
Feudalism was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
censorship, the changing or the suppression or prohibition of speech or writing that is deemed subversive of the common good.
Autocracy is a system of government in which absolute power is held by the ruler, known as an autocrat
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family
Rebelion is an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader
Name 10 words connected with running a buisiness:
example: buy in bulk
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In 60 s you need to express your opinion to the qustion "Is university degree worth it?". S 1 is for S2 is against. In your speach you HAVE TO use war and conflict vocabulary.
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