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Английский язык для магистратуры
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VOCABULARY
Ex. 4. Translate the following words and phrases, reproduce the context in which the 
words in (a) are used in the text (the lines of the text are indicated to help you).
a) 
commitment (to commit) (10–20) overt 
(80–90)
primacy (20–30) susceptibility 
(susceptible) 
(100–110)
to underpin (40–50) 
reminiscent 
(120–130) 
incompatibility (incompatible) (60–70)
to disrupt (150–160) 
to impede (impediment) (60–70) 
to usher in (160–170)
b) to commit oneself, to make a commitment to a cause, to reduce one’s commitment to smth, a 
committed individual, to commit resources/troops, etc., to be underpinned by… (e.g. about 
a policy/a current situation in some area/etc.), to be incompatible with smth, incompatibility 
with/between, to be an impediment to smth., susceptible to smth, 
Ex. 5. Match some of the words and phrases from Ex. 4 with their opposites below.
to organize, dissimilar, to put an end to smth, immunity, concealed, to advance, inferiority
Ex. 6. For each word given below find at least three words from the box that can go 
with it. Some words from the box can go into several groups. Can you continue the 
lists? Use the expressions in sentences of your own.
aggression 
bigotry
career 
communication 
economic 
elections 
genuine 
life
operation(s) 
plan
to challenge
to fulfill 
to reaffirm
to struggle for 
to take on
progress 
racism 
to enjoy
development
balance
commitment
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primacy
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to impede
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(c)overt
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to disrupt
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Ex. 7. Translate the following sentences paying special attention 
to the phrases with ‘commitment’.