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Question		Answer
tricking people on the internet to give up personal information start learning		phishing
a person who supports a particular idea or party start learning		adherent of/adherence/adhere to
someone who has taken on a set of beliefs start learning		convert to/conversion/ to convert
(disapproving) someone with a very strong belief ghat something is great start learning		fanatic, fanaticism, fanatical
someone who believes there should be extreme change, often political start learning		radical, radicalism, to radicalise
(disapproving) someone opposed to change start learning		reactionary, reaction, to react
abolish or get rid of start learning		seek to eradicate
a principle on which a belief is based start learning		tenet
person who publicly supports an opinion start learning		proponent
have their origins in start learning		derive from
when a group of people express disapproval of laws by refusing to obey them start learning		civil disobedience
way of thinking about a situation start learning		viewpoint, point of view
believable/unbelievable start learning		credible/incredible
not wanting or able to believe sth start learning		incredulous
easily tricked into believing things that may be not true start learning		gullible
influenced by beliefs or feelings rather than facts start learning		subjective/objective
convincing start learning		plausible/implausible
consider sth to be caused otlr created by start learning		attribute sth to smn
believe sth to be true although you are not totally certain start learning		presume
accept that someone is telling the truth even though it is not certain start learning		give her the benefit of the doubt
do not totally believe what you're told start learning		take sth with a pinch of salt
also brought in start learning		regulations introduced
(formal) breaking the law start learning		in breach of the law
an exercise to identify and asses risks start learning		have an obligation to carry out a risk assessment
(formal) ask for permission start learning		seek permission
(formal) given permission start learning		granted permission
(formal) receive permission start learning		obtain permission
made the rules tougher start learning		tightened controls
(formal) break the rules start learning		infringe the regulations
used as an insult to officials, suggesting that they lack character start learning		faceless bureaucrats
(formal) using that authority start learning		exercising authority
deal quickly and effectively with bureaucratic procedures start learning		cut through the red tape
(formal) intentionally break the rules start learning		flout the rules
a piece of paper you write your vote on start learning		a ballot paper
the box you put your ballot paper in once you have written your vote on it start learning		ballot box
place where votes are cast start learning		polling station
to vote start learning		to cast a vote
an election where a number of parties win a similar number of conatituencies start learning		a close-run election
an area or town represented in parliment by one politican start learning		a constituency
sb who lives in a particular constituency start learning		a constituent
an attempt (often violent) by citizens or the military to take control of the government start learning		a coup attempt
the takeover (often violent) of the government by rebels or citizens or the military start learning		a coup
all the people entitled to vote in an election start learning		the electorate
a risk one takes which has a positive results start learning		a gamble pays off
to hold an election start learning		to go to the polls
a victory in an election where one party wins many more votes than the other parties start learning		a landslide victory
the collected result of asking ppl what their opinions are start learning		an opinion poll
to remove a government illegally and by force start learning		to overthrow the government
inflation that is out of control start learning		rampant/galloping inflation
very loyal and a strong believer start learning		a staunch (stoncz)
a set of questions asking large number of people about their opinions or behaviour start learning		a survey
to deal with or solve a problem start learning		to tackle a problem
to spoil the good opinion that ppl have on sb/sth start learning		to tarnish sb's/sth's reputation
to get business (by doing more advertising and promoional work) start learning		to drum up business
an opportunity to sell a particular product/service because nobody else is selling that product start learning		a gap in the market for sth
to have spent more money than is in your account start learning		to be overdrawn
to have problems start learning		to run into difficulties/problems
to keep borrowing money so that you make your debt bigger start learning		to run up a debt
to take somebody to court start learning		to sue sb
to deal with sth and solve it start learning		to sort sth out
small problems that sb experiences when first starting a business start learning		teething troubles

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