Vocabulary

VOCABULARY
UNIT 1
BROCHURE
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LOOK FORWARD TO
* I look forward to seeing what you had.
* I look forward to hearing his response.
TO OWN
* Do we use our ownjudgement?
* It is beyond belief that in many countries you need a licence to own a shotgun but not to trade in weapons of any type
ON SALE
* The issue of the directive on the production and sale of chocolate is thus just as important.
* Such fisheries products must not under any circumstances be captured, let alone put on sale
RETAIL
* The integration of retail markets is complex anddemanding.
* That is of course not always possible, and certainly not in the day-to-day retail market
TO CENTRALIZE
* We would strongly warn against attempts to centralize democracy in this way.
* To centralize each and every programme at Community-level seems to me to be unnecessary.
MAINTENANCE
* It needs maintenance; otherwise it becomes dilapidated and falls into disrepair.* We are asking for the maintenance of the status quo - a situation that already existed.
TO SET UP
* It was the experience of Nice that prompted us to set up the Convention.
* That is why it is right to set up an international ad hoc tribunal here
UPDATE
* We could then update you on what actions have been taken.
* You can carry out an update manually with the (F9) key.EVIDENT
* This is now quite evident with the slump in the euro.
* It is evident that the means are desperately lacking
TO POINT TO
* On that point, you are right to point to Africa, where there is a humanitarian problem.
* I would also like to point to the work that is in progress for arriving at a solution in respect of synthetic drugs.
PROOF
* We have no proof, merely anonymousstatements.
* The European Union must show proof of more firmness.
TO SUGGEST
* Mr König, we have made far less progress in this area than you seemed to suggest.
* We firmly suggest to the Council that it makes use of the flexibility instrument.

APOLOGIES
* Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, my apologies for the slight delay in my arrival.
* Mr President, my apologies toour rapporteur, who is a well-loved member of the House.

COMMITTEE
* You are a member of that committee.
* This was no fault of the Committee.

TO RAISE
* I wanted to raise that in this context.
* There is a second issue I would like to raise.

HANDOVER
* The Council welcomes the appointment of Mr Tung which removes a point of uncertainty concerning the hand-over.
*Overall, progress has been made since the handover and that progress can be described as satisfactory.
RESIGNATION
* I can, with a certain amount of resignation, state that there is much still to be done.
* Resignation and an ever increasing level of tolerance will only have the opposite effect.
HEREBY
* I also tabled Amendment No 2, but I hereby withdraw it so obviously I shall notdwell on it.
* I hereby declare resumed the session of the European Parliament which was adjourned on 17 January 1997.

SUCCESSOR
* Precious little is left of the hopes which the democratically elected president had raised as successor of the corrupt military regime.
* Let us hope that the measures it has taken will enable its successor to be more transparent, democratic andeffective.
UNIT 2

TO DISRUPT
* A number of members of a Marxist-Leninist group tried to disrupt the meeting and threatened the Chairman.
* Therefore, the major effect would be not so much to distort as to disrupt the UK market.

NUISANCE
* Finally small businesses find late payers more than a nuisance.
* It will be a nuisance for all: private individuals, companies and society.
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