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Word Partnerships
1. In 1994 Rwanda was engulfed
a. boycott the tribunal
2. They want to draw
b. expectations
3. The tribunal has raised
c. of genocide
4. Milosevic was brought
d. by genocide
5. The tribunal’s standing has been 
e. to genocide
6. Witnesses are threatening to
f.
attention to the slaughter
7. The ex-prime minister pleaded guilty
g. undermined
8. Only eight people have been convicted
h. to trial very quickly
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Metaphor and phrasal verbs
Match the definitions below with phrases or words from the passage.
1. To make something known that has been hidden or secret.
2. To do something completely different from what has been done before
3. A disappointment.
4. To disprove something that people wrongly believe to be true
5. To watch something in order to check that it works or happens in the way it should
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Discussion
Should those responsible for war crimes in civil wars be tried by International Courts and tribunals or
by the courts in their own countries?
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KEY
1.
1 True 2 true 3 false 4 true 5 false 6 false
2.
1 b 2 c 3 c
4 It was the first tribunals in history to convict anyone of genocide.It declared for the first time
that rape can be an act of genocide. It has been very successful in arresting the main perpetrators
of the genocide
5 Mismanagement, underfunding, corruption, internal politics, racial tensions,
chaotic prosecution
6 b
3.
1 e 2 g 3 a 4 c 6 d 7 i 8 b 9 f 10 h
4.
1 d 2 f 3 b 4 h 5 g 6 a 7 e 8 c
5.
1 To lay something bare
2 To break new ground
3 A letdown
4 To blow away myths
5 To oversee
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