https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0915/p09s02-coop.html
TASK A. Look through the text again and match the following words into collocations
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derision
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took centuries to get it right
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in the system
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a signatory to the social contract
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his trade means
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a gantlet of bandits
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anything but
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aid
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a culture
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poverty, disease, exploitation, and murder.
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their plight
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cannot be rushed
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of democracy
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to ply
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running
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the benefits
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can be
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a substitute for
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facilitate
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The destitute blame the government for
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citizens have a stake
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The voter is
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worthy of
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11.
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Democracy is
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12.
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Europeans
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13.
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building democracy
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TASK B. Match the words in the box with their definitions:
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alienation
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forum
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facilitate
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take root
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underlie
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depose
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husbandry
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plight
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a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged
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a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
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(of a plant) begin to grow and draw nourishment from the soil through its roots; become established
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make (an action or process) easy or easier
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the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved
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the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals
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be the cause or basis of (something)
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put down , dethrone
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TASK C. learn the topical vocabulary and be ready for a two-way translation
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террорист-смертник
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вражда
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способствовать
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бедственное положение
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быть жизненно заинтересованным в чём-л
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буквально
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обездоленные
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изложить свою точку зрения
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лежать в основе (чего-л.)
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земледелие
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сместить (с должности)
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участник общественного договора
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a signatory to the social contract|а signatory to the social contract
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