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2.
A word which means ‘a person who has complete power in a country’.
3.
A slang word for ‘language’.
4.
An expression which means ‘a terrible place’.
5.
An expression which means ‘under prolonged attack’.
6.
An expression which means ‘a country which is considered to be dangerous by other countries’.
7.
An exclamation which you use when you hope something will not happen.
8.
An expression used to describe a person who helps politicians to present their policies in a positive
light.
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Vocabulary: Find the word
Match the verbs with the nouns they collocate with. Check your answers in the text.
1.
to overhear
a.
war 
2.
to shape
b.
an urge 
3.
to resolve
c.
someone’s opinion
4.
to declare
d.
a conversation
5.
to ignore
e.
a conflict 
6.
to resist
f.
a policy
7.
to endorse
g.
the difference
8.
to tell
h.
the future
Do you agree that the words used by politicians can shape our opinions of world events?
Think of examples of terrorists and freedom-fighters in history and discuss why they are labelled in this
way.
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Vocabulary: Collocations
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Discussion

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1 Pre Reading
There is no definite answer to this question but,
given the general meaning of the text, the
following are likely answers:
1. liberation
positive
2. dark forces
negative
3. civilisation
positive
4. terrorist
negative
5. militant
negative
6. freedom-fighter
positive
7. guerrilla
negative
8. insurgent
negative
9. hero
positive
10. martyr
positive