2008年10月12号

1、  if the law and order was not maintained, neither the citizens nor their properties are safe.

2、  He saw writers and artists as being important to the state for they could (bestow) credibility on the regime.

(1)    To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.

(2)    They embrace each other or that they embrace.

(3)    If something embraces a group of people、things、or idea, it include them in a large group or category.

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3、  Undertake

(1)    if you undertake a task or a job, you begin to do it and accept responsibility for it

(2)    if you undertake to do something, you promise that you will do it.