To carry out the attack phr

26. To shrug off phr- dismiss something as unimportant

27. handover -1) the act of moving power or responsibility from one person or group to another; the period during which this is done: the smooth handover of power from a military to a civilian government 2) the act of giving a person or thing to somebody in authority: the handover of the hostages

28. To strike a deal = reach, achieve, or agree to

29. To dismantle the regime/ government - to get rid of

30. Punitive measures = inflicting or intended as punishment

31. Non-compliance with smth - failure to act in accordance with a wish or command

32. Shooting - a situation in which a person is shot with a gun

Mass shooting

33. Suspect (noun) - a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence

chief / main / number one/ prime suspect; likely/obvious/possible/potential suspect; to have (several) suspects; identify (sb as) a suspect; to extradite/hand over a suspect etc.

34. Investigation - formal or systematic examination or research

criminal/murder / police investigation; to carry out/conduct/pursue investigation; to launch investigation; to head/lead investigation; to complete investigation

34. Community = all the people who live in a particular area, country, etc. when talked about as a group

large/small community; close/close-knit/tight-knit community; international/local community; a member of the community; a part of a community; a pillar of the community; a sense of community (e.g. There is a strong sense of community in this town

35. update – a report or broadcast that gives the most recent information about something; a new version

of something containing the most recent information

to give/provide (smb with) an update; to get/receive an update; an update on smth (e.g. the political crisis); an update to smth (e.g. the mailing list)

36. Victim - a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action

37. Presence - a group of people, especially soldiers, who have been sent to a place to deal with a particular situation: The government is maintaining a heavy police presence in the area.

to maintain presence

38. Military/police presence – a group of people, especially soldiers, who have been sent to a place to deal with a particular situation

39. Lockdown – an official order to control the movement of people or vehicles because of the dangerous situation

to be in lockdown; to lift lockdown

40. Hunt (for smb) – an act of looking for somebody/something that is difficult to find

massive/nationwide hunt; police/murder hunt; to begin/launch a hunt (e.g. A massive police hunt was launched for the missing child.); to lead a hunt; to call off (e.g. The hunt for survivors has now been called off.)

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1) head of state term = the person in charge of a group of people or an organization

2) the General Assembly term = the main body of the United Nations. It includes representatives of all the member nations of the UN, who discuss the problems of the world, including peace, human rights and health. They also give approval to the UN budget. Each nation has one vote, and there must be a two-thirds approval on all important issues before any action can be taken.

3) summit term = an official meeting or series of meetings between the leaders of two or more governments at which they discuss important matters

to address the summit

4) electorate (to elect) / voters

5) to endorse something = to say publicly that you support a person, statement or course of action

6) disarmament term/wf = the fact of a country reducing the size of its armed forces or the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that it has

7) talks of ‘substance’ =

8) constructive interaction – конструктивное взаимодействие (constructively, constructiveness)

9) a charm offensive term = a situation in which a person, for example a politician, is especially friendly and pleasant in order to get other people to like them and to support their opinions

10) hatred - a feeling of intense dislike; enmity (hate)

11) hostility to smb/smth – враждебность (hostile)

12) to shake hands with smb on smth col/prep = to take somebody's hand and move it up and down as a way of saying hello or to show that you agree about something (= to show that they had reached an agreement)

13) predecessor wf from to precede

14) to set the tone for smth col = the general character and attitude of something such as a piece of writing, or the atmosphere of an event

15) to take / administer the oath of office col =

16) to twitter smth = to send a message using the Twitter social networking service

17) to impose / lift / call for sanctions against smth col/prep

punitive | international, UN | economic, financial, military, trade sanctions

18) (all) in one go idiom = all together on one occasion: They ate a packet of biscuits all in one go.

19) the supreme leader – глава государства

20) suicide bomber | bombing term = террористический акт, совершенный смертником

21) to begin, enter into, open dialogue on smth / with smb col/prep

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