Question

Задание 7. Match the terms to their definitions:

1. capacity a) sure that you can do something or deal with a situation successfully

2. confident of b) to expect that something will happen and make it part of your plans

3. consideration c) an order given by a court of law that someone must do or must not do something

4. bargain-for d) to agree on terms

5. contradict e) to abstain (from action)

6. court-ordered f) to prove or see to be just or valid; vindicate

7. infer g) a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way

8. strike a bargain h) a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something.

9. induce i) to persuade or use influence on; to make someone decide to do something

10. refrain j) to conclude (a state of affairs, supposition, etc.) by reasoning from evidence; deduce

11. pledge k) to affirm the opposite of (a proposition, statement, etc.)

12. justify l) cause, motive, price or impelling motive which induces one party to enter into an agreement

13. commitment m) someone’s ability to do something; someone’s job, position or duty

Answer 1

1. capacity — m) someone’s ability to do something; someone’s job, position or duty

2. confident — a) sure that you can do something or deal with a situation successfully

3. consideration — l) cause, motive, price or impelling motive which induces one party to enter into an agreement

4. bargain for — b) to expect that something will happen and make it part of your plans

5. contradict — k) to affirm the opposite of (a proposition, statement, etc.)

6. court ordered — c) an order given by a court of law that someone must do or must not do something

7. infer — j) to conclude (a state of affairs, supposition, etc.) by reasoning from evidence; deduce

8. strike a bargain — d) to agree on terms

9. induce — i) to persuade or use influence on; to make someone decide to do something

10. refrain — e) to abstain (from action)

11. pledge — h) a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something

12. justify — f) to prove or see to be just or valid; vindicate

13. commitment — g) a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way