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Exercise 1. Which one is not a synonym? Underline the odd one out.

Fundamental – elementary, principal, secondary, essential

Brief – letter, short, succinct, concise

Incorporate – absorb, do business, assimilate, include

Comment – remark, observe, state, document

Corporate – collective, shared, communal, wealthy

Exercise 2.1 Find the missing word (and its suitable derivations) to fill in the gaps. Use one
word stem for each pair of sentences.

1. The patient appears to have internal bleeding.

Internationally, he thought he would never be able to look at him again.

2. The majority of creditors are large corporations and insurance and reinsurance companies.

Counsel for the defendants is content to have the two corporate entities treated as one and the
same.

3. The charity has to rely entirely on public donations.

Too heavy a reliance on a particular market may be dangerous for the company.

There was no issue here as to the truthfulness or reliability of the police witnesses.

4. A media briefing in the House of Commons took place last night on the issue of the
country’s NATO membership.

As I briefly mentioned earlier, there will be no new legislation on immigration this year.

5. The company was aiming to maximize profits.

Do not exceed the recommended maximum of three tablets a day.

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The examples have been taken from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ and
http://www.ozdic.com/collocation-dictionary/. Accessed on 08/10/14.
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6. Roads serving these centers were subsidiary to the main network.

The government cut spending through reductions in state subsidies to industry.

7. Technologically advanced nations have to support developing countries.

We do need to accept that scientific and technological advances will often be accompanied
by new risks.

8. Conditions after the war led to the emergence of a new type of political party.

The Democrats have emerged triumphant from the political crisis.

9. The money will also be used to provide funding for an additional officer to work in the
community.

Our research has been funded by the SNSF.

10. After having received a hundred and eight rejection letters, she thought she would never
amount to anything as a writer.

The scheme was reject on economic grounds.

11. She kept up a running commentary on the festivities.

He was a BBC television commentator for twenty-five years.

12. He has an abundance of political experience, including senior ministerial office.

The Ministry of Defense did not wish to comment on this issue.

13. The rule was amended to apply only to non-members.

The constitution and its amendments protect the people from their government.