Task 11. Find the Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations and explain their meaning.

conventional wisdom	Общепринятая точка зрения.
to go undercover	Работать под прикрытием.
cheating to win/lose	Обманывать ради
to pay a whisper of attention	Хоть немного интересовался
nature-nurture problem	Проблема естественного воспитания
scared out of one’s skin	Испугаться до смерти
in some regards	В некотором отношении
gun control law	Закон о контроле за оборотом оружия
to put into place	Приводить к снижению
class-action lawsuit	Групповой судебный иск
applied science	Прикладная наука
frustrating exercise	Неблагородное занятие
unifying theme	Объединяющая тема
impartial observer	Независимый наблюдатель
beyond the reach	Вне досягаемости
informational advantage	Информационное преимущество
adverse family environment	Неблагополучные темы
on one’s behalf	От чьего-то имени
innocuous choice	Безобидный выбор
to churn commissions	Сбивать/снижать комиссионные

Task 12. Explain the idioms. Make up 3 sentences using the idioms:

• to keep body and soul together-выживать

I don’t want to care about keeping my body and soul together.

• to get top dollar for smth-получать прибыль

If you want to get top dollar for your house you should make the list of its priorities

• the weakest link-слабое звено

He is weakest link in our company because of his attitude for work.

Task 14. Paraphrase the following sentences focusing on the underlined expressions:

1. It doesn’t worth forgetting that Adam Smith, the founder of classical economics, was primarily a philosopher.

2. Even though experts couldn’t predict the crime drop – which, virtually, existed even as they made their horrifying predictions – they now rushed to interpret it.

3. As far as crime goes, it occurs that not all children are born peer.

4. A muse about experts abusing their position and proof of it are poles apart.

5. The roaring 1990s economy was the reason for turning back crime.

6. But as far as incentives are concerned, commissions are tricky.

7. If you don’t have additional information, however, it’s difficult to find out what have an impact on what.

8. If only Candidate A contested with Candidate B in two consecutive elections but in each case spent different amounts of money, we could evaluate the money’s impact.

9. Incentives were increased ten times.

10. Denver and Washington, D. C., have about the same population – but Washington has about threefold as many police as Denver.