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The employee was dismissed for the use of racist and non-inclusive …

• words

• speech

• vocabulary

• language

Answer explanation

We say "racist language", "strong language" etc. to refer to the offensive way someone speaks.

His attorney managed to put forward a … defence.

• hardly

• robust

• tough

• powerful

Answer explanation

"Robust" generally means "strong" (you might know "robusta" as a kind of coffee).

The collocation here is "robust defence".

She is a barrister, so she is usually engaged in ... work.

• combative

• quarrelsome

• belligerent

• contentious

• argumentative

Answer explanation

Contentious work is work related to disputes.

Many commercial contracts contain a provision which says that if any part of the contract is held to be invalid it shall be ... without invalidating the remaining provisions.

• detracted

• sliced

• cut

• removed

• severed

Answer explanation

To "sever" (read just like in Slovak) means to "cut free" (e.g. to sever the head from the body, to sever all the links with your family).

In this case "sever" means "take out of the contract".

 Case law makes clear what is considered to be ... consideration.

• good

• admitted

• accepted

• recognised

• competent

Answer explanation

Remember our good old "protiplnenie"?

The collocation is "good consideration".

NB! Many contracts usually contain the following:

"Now therefore in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and adequacy whereof is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto agree as follows:"

 A Company's Memorandum of Association is in a ... form in the UK, which means that the directors do not have the right to make any changes to it before members are required to sign it.

• established

• prescribed

• stipulated

• common

Answer explanation

The correct answer is "prescribed form" which means a specific form prescribed by a certain law (thus it cannot be modified).

When you liquidate a company, its ... are used to pay off its debts.

• means

• equity

• resources

• capital

• assets

Answer explanation

The correct answer is, of course, "assets" - aktíva.

The employee is entitled to £50 pounds per hour for doing ... over the holiday period.

• added time

• extra time

• additional time

• overtime

Answer explanation

Easy peasy!

To work overtime is to do some work in addition to regular working hours.

The loss you suffered was not a direct consequence of the breach and is therefore too ...

• away  

• remote

• removed

• distant

• far

Answer explanation

"Remote damage" is a term of art from the law of tort to describe a kind of harm that was not reasonably foreseeable.