Make the following statements more factually correct. Find the words in the text which have a similar meaning to the following

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Find the words in the text which have a similar meaning to the following.

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Functional vocabulary

conscientious adj	совестливый, добросовестный
conscience n	совесть
to have the conscience to do sth	иметь смелость сделать что-л.
a prisoner of conscience	узник совести, политзаключенный
for conscience (’) sake	для успокоения совести
contempt for n	презрение
to hold in contempt	презирать
contemptible adj	презренный
to be contemptuous of	презрительный (по отношению к кому-л.)
due n	должное
to give sb his due	отдавать должное (кому-л.)
due adj	должный, надлежащий
in due course	в должном порядке
in due time	в должный срок
due to sth	быть вызванным чем-л., по причине чего-л.; благодарячему-л.
hostile adj	неприятельский, вражеский; враждебный
hostility n	враждебность;
preposterous adj	нелепый, абсурдный
quibble n	игра слов, каламбур, увертка
quibble v	уклоняться от прямого ответа
shun v	избегать, остерегаться
to shun publicity	избегать публичности, известности
sneer at sb v	насмешливо улыбаться, насмехаться над (кем-л.)
sneer n	усмешка, насмешка

1. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases used in the text and reproduce the situations in which they are used. Translate them into Russian/Belarusian.

– to be beaten at one’s game;

– to give sb his due;

– inferiority complex;

– to enjoy the same opportunities;

– cool reasoning;

– to belong to a different species.

– disdain, indignity;

– absurd;

– to bring up;

– to make fun of;

– to avoid;

– every day for a long time;

– to support the idea;

– moral, scrupulous.

3. Insert prepositions or particles where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian/Belarusian.

1. Women depend too much … intuition.

2. Men shun … real competition.

3. Women can succeed not only … keeping house, they can be … a success … other aspects of life.

4. The baby was born … due time.

5. Men usually put … many arguments to exclude women … political life.

4. Match the verbs with the nouns to make collocations. Translate them into Russian/Belarusian.

to maintain	comments
to cling to	intuition
to depend on	supremacy
to give sb	shame
to put sb to	the vote
to make	the fiction

· Men maintain the fiction that there are many jobs women are good at.

· This is supposed to be an enlightened age and men’s attitude to women proves it.

· It is men who carry on the sex war, that is why their attitude to women remains hostile.

· Women are conscientious drivers and statistics proves that they cause more accidents than men.

· Women enjoy the same educational opportunities all over the world.

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