Perennial

Petition

Plan for smth.

Presiding officer

Privileged

Prospect for smth.

Public gatherings

Public opinion poll

Quasi-legislative

Radical

Ratification

Rebellion

Rebellious

Reign

Relaxation of international tension

Remote

Reports say that

Representative

Required

Resignation

Respectable

Restricted

Retirement

Right-wing

Ringleader

Rival

Ruling party

Sexual molestation

Shortage of

Smuggler

Sovereign

Spokesman for

Spread of nuclear weapons

Statute

Steady rise in smth.

Summit

Survey

Swift justice

Talks facing humanity

Tax concessions

Tense

Term in office

Terrorist

The (US) State Department

The US Administration

To abolish

To accuse smb. of doing smth.

To adopt a plan / resolution

To adopt diplomatic relations

To appeal to

To arouse interest

To ban smth.

To bar

To be aimed at smth./ doing smth.

To be answerable to

To be astoundingly poor

To be at odds with the philosophy of the party

To be corrupt

To be elected to minor positions

To be forced to do smth.

To be on the look-out for

To be squeezed agonisingly against

To break off diplomatic relations

To break the deadlock

To break with

To call on smb. to do smth. /for smth.

To carry on propaganda

To clung together

To come to a deadlock

To condemn

To confirm

To control over

To counter

To crumble

To curse

To cut prices, taxes

To debate

To declare a state of emergency

To dispute

To disrupt elections / talks

To eliminate smth.

To ensure order/ stability/security

To erode

To exchange views on smth.

To face price rises

To fend for oneself

To free

To gate-crash

To get back to normal

To go up to the ne

To introduce

To join discussions

To keep old virtues

To make it clear

To oppose

To overcome difficulties

To prevent smb. from doing smth.

To promote smth.

To provide aid to

To pursue a foreign / home policy

To raise the standard of living

To reach (an) agreement on

To reject smth.

To repel

To resign

To resume

To riot for

To saunter

To settle a dispute

To speak at a big rally

To split

To stand for smb’s interests

To step up

To strengthen smth.

To strike against wage cuts

To suppress

To take steps / measures

To talk politics

To threaten

To violate

To withdraw troops from a country

To work out

To worsen

Traitor

Transformation

Treaty (on smth.)

Two million dollars’ worth of smth.

Umpire

Under a successor

Under the agreement

Universal suffrage

Unrest

Urgent measures

Voluntary

Weapons of mass destruction

Well-funded

Whip

Withdrawal

xt tier

To grant credits to

To hold back the tide

To hold elections / talks / meetings

To insulate

UNIT 1. Help That Makes Things Worse