Exercise 8. Translate the words in bold and then match the pairs of words which are similar in meaning.

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Exercise 7. Fill in the correct preposition from the box. Then make sentences using the completed phrases.

a) at,b)between,c)by,d)during,e)from,f)in,g)of,h)through,i)to,j)with

1. a deterioration ….relations ….the SU and the West, 2. a main strategy….the Truman Doctrine, 3. a rivalry ….sports events, 4. confrontation ….détente, 5. cycles ….relative calm, 6. ….response ….the invasion, 7. it culminated ….the collapse …. the Soviet Union, 8. it was invaded ….the SU and other Warsaw Pact members, 9. the arms race ….this period, 10. the containment ….the Korean War, 11. the death …. J. Stalin….1953, 12. the Eastern Bloc ….the eastern European countries, 13. the post-war recovery….Western Europe, 14. the recovery was facilitated ….the “Marshall Plan”, 15. the risk ….a potential nuclear war, 16. the Soviet war ….Afghanistan, 17. the SU was suffering ….the economic stagnation, 18. they were divided …. the Sino-Soviet Split.

a) a collapse, b) détente, c) preoccupation, d) a recovery, e) stagnation, f) a treaty, g) an accord, h) an alliance, i) an assassination, j) conventional, k) profound, l) tension, m) to alleviate, n) to back, o) to exasperate, p) to facilitate, q) to foster, r) to possess   1. a downfall, 2. a murder, 3. a pact, 4. relief of tension, 5. a restoration, 6. standstill, 7. a union, 8. an agreement, 9. anxiety, 10. ordinary, 11. pressure, 12. solid, 13. to encourage, 14. to escalate, 15. to have, 16. to make easy, 17. to moderate, 18. to support