CAMBRIDGE
ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 74
Apology, regret and reconciliation
A
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Apologies
and excuses: collocations
He offered his most heartfelt
apology for having offended everyone. [most sincere apology]
It was a rather lame excuse,
and nobody really believed it. [weak excuse]
The police were convinced the suspect’s
explanation was phoney, but could not prove it. [false]
The police questioned her about the
murder, but she had a cast-iron alibi: she had spent the whole day
teaching at the local primary school. [firm reason why she was innocent]
He got an interview with her on the
rather flimsy pretext of being interested in her research. [weak and
not very believable excuse]
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B
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Regretfulness in legal contexts
1 feeling of guilt or regret
2 declared not guilty (noun = acquittal)
3 said he was sorry and asked for forgiveness (noun = repentance)
The
President issued a posthumous pardon to the man, who, it seems, had
been wrongly accused of treason. [official forgiveness after someone’s death
for crimes they were unjustly convicted for]
The
Committee of Inquiry exonerated the Minister from all responsibility
for the disaster. [declared someone to be free of blame]
The
condemned man received a last-minute reprieve the day before he was
due to be executed. [official order stopping or delaying punishment]
It
is hard for the victims of crime to forgive and forget. (these two
verbs are always in this order)
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C
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Peace
and reconciliation
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EXERCISES
74.1
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Fill
the gaps with suitable adjectives. There may be more than one possible
answer.
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74.2
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Choose
the correct adjective to complete each sentence.
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74.3
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Complete
the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using the word in
capitals. Do not change the form of the word in capitals.
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74.4
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Correct
the errors in these sentences.
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74.5
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Rewrite
the underlined parts of the sentences using words from C on the opposite page
and fill the gaps with a suitable verb. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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ANSWER KEY
74.1
1
perfect
2 lame / flimsy / weak 3 flimsy 4 cast-iron / perfect 5 sincere / heartfelt
74.2
1
flimsy
2 cast-iron 3 lame 4 heartfelt 5 detailed 6 good
74.3
1
Matt apologised to Gina for breaking her vase.
2 The criminal did not show any (sign of) repentance for the inhumane way in which he had acted. 3 The trial ended in acquittal. 4 Sam did not explain why he had behaved so strangely.
74.4
1
The President granted him a reprieve just an hour before he was due to
be executed.
2 He was acquitted of murder in 2014, but two years later was convicted of armed robbery in the same courtroom. 3 She showed a complete lack of remorse / repentance for her evil deeds and just laughed when the judge sentenced her. 4 The Public Inquiry exonerated him from all blame for the accident at the factory. 5 Just before he died, the old man said he repented of all the bad things he had done in his life. 6 Ten years after his death, Daniel Taylor was given a posthumous pardon by the government when another man confessed to the crime he had been hanged for. 7 He treated her badly and she says she simply cannot forgive and forget. 8 The ceasefire is due to start at 9 pm.
74.5
Suggested
answers:
1 The two armies declared / announced / agreed a truce / ceasefire during the religious holiday. 2 Both governments agreed / assented to the terms of the peace treaty and it was signed on 15 August 1954. 3 The long-standing accord between the government and the unions is in danger of collapsing / collapse. 4 The generals signed the armistice at midday on 25 February 1996. |
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