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

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