2A Match words 1-8 with their synonyms in the box, translate and memorize them. Think of sentences with the words from the box:

1. disparate	a) honesty
2. integrity	b) to encourage
3. overt	c) to create
4. to foster	d) incongruous
5. passionate	e) ardent
6. to recoup	f) unity
7. to generate	g) to recover
8. cohesion	h) patent

2B Match a word (phrase) from the box with one of the definitions below:

1. self-aware	6. empathy
2. mutual respect	7. to diversify
3. daunting	8. to exert influence over
4. to flourish	9. to be consistent in
5. buy-in	10. to avoid the temptation to do sth

1. understanding what your own good and bad qualities are

2. when two or more people regard each other equally highly

3. to resist the desire to do or have sth that is bad or wrong

4. always behaving in the same way or having the same standards, so that people understand what to expect

5. difficult enough to make sb feel nervous and not completely confident

6. to use power to affect sb/sth

7. to develop quickly and be successful

8. to develop a wider range of products, interests, skills, etc. in order to be more successful or reduce risk

9. the quality of being able to understand another person’s feelings or experiences

10. support for an idea from other people

2C Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words from the box in and translate these sentences into Russian:

buy-in	hands-off (x2)	to diversify
credibility	overt	to micromanage (x2)
mutual respect	people-focused	to exert influence
adaptable	self-aware	to instill confidence
consistent

1. Every piece of legislation passed has been __________________ and has worked to turn all our economic indicators into the positive.

2. If you don’t keep our promises, we’ll lose _________________ with the public.

3. The Canadian parent, which has a reputation of strong risk management, kept a __________________ approach, letting local management handle the business, they said.

4. I’m sure she’ll cope with the changes very well; she’s very ______________.

5. There is talk that he is going to stay as chairman of the Central Military Commission, and of course any political leader who is in charge of the military wields a great amount of influence, and he's also going ________________ by proxy.

6. Until now the Obama administration has taken a _________________ attitude in Iraq, giving every indication that it would be fine with a complete pullout of the 50,000 U.S. troops currently in the country.

7. Because of over-production of dairy products, dairy farmers in Europe are being encouraged _____________________ into non-agricultural uses of land, such as golf courses.

8. Mr. Cameron said he won't "______________" the banks and insisted he doesn't want to "bash the banks over the head."

9. "We will police accordingly using a mix of covert and _______________ tactics to counter the threat," said a spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police, adding that the tactics "remain under constant review."

10. Going to war with only 25 percent public support, with no Congressional ________________, and opposition from the defense secretary is, to my mind, a form of madness.

11. The last five years have seen a _________________ improvement in the country’s economy.

12. The employees complained that their boss was ________________ too much when she insisted that they account for their time in fifteen minute intervals.

13. We just heard the president say that he's hoping this will ____________________ in the financial industry.

14. “Students who are more _____________________ and confident about their learning capacities try harder and persist in the face of challenges,” they said.

15. And he wanted me to extend to you his personal greetings and his commitment to continue the ____________________ and the partnership that we've enjoyed for the last 30 years.