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.

Vocabulary 2.

To look after oneself, to look down (on smb/smth), to look for trouble, to look good, to look someone in the eyes (face), to look a gift horse in the mouth, to look into (a matter), to look out, to look up, to look up to smb.

Unit 9

Reading and Speaking 1.

1. Theology (a theologian), faith, secular, spirituality, to stick to smth, a tenet, to be relevant to smth, to take a stance on …

2. A revelation, to go on a pilgrimage, to sever ties, the crucifix, to take pains to do smth, to suit one’s own needs, to disestablish smth, a prayer, clergy, (to see smb as) tarnished.

Reading for Information.

1. A pillar of society, the faithful, to run a business on the side, to go astray, a temple, religious tenets, to join the monkhood, a lapse, disillusionment, to fall prey to smth, to instill discipline (within smth), to defrock a monk, a novice, to smb’s chagrin, a council of elders, to be ordained.

2. To confirm smb as (bishop), prejudice, to be an affront to …, to rank as …, conventional teaching(s), a controversy, to deem smb/smth to be …

To carry away, to be/get carried away, to call away, to do away with smth/smb, to get away, to get away with smth, to give away, to keep away from …, to pass away, to put away, to take away, to work away.

Reading and Speaking 2.

1. Nothing out of the ordinary, a sense of enlightenment, eternity, a deity, consciousness, insight, ambiguity, to have the capacity for doing smth, to be prone to smth.

2. To identify smth with smth, uplifting, sorrow, divine, compassion.

Professional Reading.

To have much to gain from …, to command respect, to be misleading, a mosque, to shy away from…

Vocabulary 2.

A bishop, sacred, to close the door on smb, a tribute to smth (to pay tribute to smth)

To bring smth forward, to come forward, to look forward to …, to move forward, to put smth forward, to step forward.

 

Unit 10

Reading and Speaking 1.

1. An outrage, to give smb a break (in doing smth), the Interior Ministry, to claim responsibility for smth, atrocity, to slaughter, to get the message (= to understand), to make smth available to …, a motto (mottoes).

2. To advance a goal/a cause, to make an analogy between …, a revelation, (a) hard-core (radical), an adherent, bloodshed, proliferation of terror, indiscriminate(ly), secession (to secede), to be well under (100), to obscure smth.

Reading for Information.

1. To detonate explosives, to take smb’s life, a personal profile, brutal, to win smb over, to befriend smb, to brainwash smb, coexistence.

2. In retaliation, an ambush, an attempted assassination, to rebuke smb, to undermine efforts, to obstruct a process, to denounce smth, to reaffirm smth, to arrange a ceasefire.

To be off, to be well (badly) off, to be way off, to get off with …, to go off, to keep off, to pass off as …, to put off, to put smb off the scent, to take off, to tell smb off, to wear off, to write smth off.

Reading and speaking 2.

To intercept smth, to hijack an airliner, restricted airspace/area, to overreact, a sore point for smb, credibility, drastic (security) measures, to disrupt a plot, to whip up (fears), a display of (vigilance), to deter smb.

Professional Reading.

To be referred to as …, to reside in …, to torture smb, an informed source, a foreign national, to tie smb into knots, to bring smth to a halt, to confront smb (directly), to give smb a lead, a small fry, to be lured into smth, to break down a conspiracy.