Active vocabulary: words and word combinations
1. to arrive ,
- to arrive in (a country, a city)
- to arrive at (a station, an airport)
- arrival
2. an invitation
- at the invitation
- to accept an invitation
- to reject / to turn down an invitation
- to convey an invitation
3. a stay
4. a counterpart , ,
- an envoy
- a negotiator
- a mediator (to play a mediation role between)
- a representative
- a spokesman -
- an aide
- an adviser
- an official
- an ambassador (British Ambassador to Moscow )
5. a visit
- the itinerary for a visit
- an (un)official visit ()
- a working visit
- a three-day visit
- a weeklong visit
- a return visit
- a visit of good will
- to arrive in (a place) for a visit
- to be on a visit to a country
- to be in (a place) on a visit ()
- to pay (make) a visit
- to kick off / start a visit
6. to leave for home
7. talks (negotiations)
- talks on the Middle East
- in the course of the talks ()
- on the agenda of talks
- formal talks
- informal talks
- one-on-one talks
- closed-doors talks
- lengthy talks
- prospective talks
- bilateral talks
- trilateral / tripartite talks
- multilateral / multiparty talks
- summit(top-level, high-level talks)
- emergency talks /
- direct talks
- preliminary talks
- fruitful talks
- fruitless talks
- to set up talks /
- to attend / take part in talks
- to hold (have, carry out) talks
- to restart (resume, revive, rekindle) talks
- to pull out (walk out) of talks
- to adjourn / postpone talks
- to suspend talks
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- to halt talks
- to cancel talks
- to freeze talks / to put negotiations on ice
- to imperil talks
- to accelerate talks
- to call a new round of talks
- the talks face pitfalls and hurdles
- the talks failed / collapsed / broke down
- the outcome of talks
8. relations / ties / links /
- to establish diplomatic relations
- to break off / sever relations
- severance of diplomatic relations
- to improve strained / tense relations
- to develop relations
- to normalize relations
- to reset relations
- to reorder relations (across all spheres) ( )
- to restore diplomatic relations
- to have a cold spell in relations
- to sour / worsen / deteriorate relations
- to aggravate relations
- to exacerbate relations
9. to welcome ()
- he was welcomed by ()
- to give smb. a warm welcome -
- to get a warm welcome
10. cordial ,
- cordiality ,
- in an atmosphere of cordiality
- in a friendly /amiable atmosphere
- in a hostile / tense atmosphere
11. to be accompanied by
12. to exchange ()
- to exchange opinions (views) on () ()
- a frank exchange of views /
- to exchange visits
13. to attach great importance to
- to accord significance to
14. an issue
- disputable / contentious / moot / controversial
- topical / key / acute / crucial ,
- urgent
- primordial (pivotal)
- current
- an issue of mutual interest ,
15. a matter /
- regional and international matters
- a matter of dispute