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C1 VOCABULARY

from a video:

'I don't trust politicians & corporations in this country' Russell Brand - Newsnight

Politician politics political politically apolitical apolitically


An entertaining read entertain entertained entertainer
Enjoyable enjoy unenjoyable
I dont see the irony in that to be ironic
He was accused of robbery/robbing the bank
People must become involved in their own political destiny
Lets go through some of the enemies of the book
The challenges they face to challenge challenging unchallenged unchallenging
They can no longer do their jobs safely and efficiently safe safer unsafe efficient
inefficient efficiently inefficiently
Creatively creative create creativity
This is what you misunderstand misunderstanding understand understandable
understanding understandably
So that they can get more profit profiting profitable unprofitable profitably unprofitably
Economist economy economic economically
You are going to get a lot of praise from people
It is very easy to spot things that are wrong with society sociable unsociable socialise
sociably

It might be that you havent had the imagination to think about the problems that the other system
has to imagine imaginative

Some companies are operating on behalf of us, ordinary people.


Lets not argue about administrative quibbles to argue or find fault over trivial matters or minor concerns
Let me be absolutely clear
I dont trust the corporations in this country trustworthy trusted entrust sth to sb / sb with sth :
I entrusted this secret to her / I entrusted her with the duty of locking up.

People can run their own workplaces, their own communities


That is at least the theory theyve put forward
Im just trying to take you seriously
Those systems are working for precisely the function they are intended to precise imprecise
imprecisely precision
The empowerment of ordinary people empower power powerful
The destruction of the twin towers destroy destroyable
It seemed to energise people energy energetic energetically
Things that were significantly unaltered significant insignificant insignificantly altered alter
When democracy is appealing, when democracy appears to have an impact then people are
willing to get engaged engage in appeal unappealing willingly unwillingly unwilling
unwillingness engaging engage disengage disengaging disengagement
Engage people in thinking about politics become engaged
Youve been a little bit reluctant to encourage reluctance encouraging discourage
discouraging encouragingly discouragingly

The BBC shamefully supported them ... shame shameful shameless shamelessly
Go to Planbook (03/02/2015) to access the video this handout is based on.
Watch it again! Youll be able to revise the structures above and do some listening practice

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