#4 Collocation

Facebook boss apologises in UK and US newspaper ads

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43532948

scandal (n.)
(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval

    Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken out full-page adverts in several UK and US Sunday newspapers to apologise for the firm's recent data privacy scandal.

  political scandal
    George Carlin says political scandal or wrongdoing calls for yet another set of euphemisms.

  financial scandal
    It has been a campaign highlighted by financial scandal and party infighting, but it has produced few concrete ideas on how to solve the serious problems facing Israel.

  public scandal
    Henry Starr was laid off from the energy company Enron when its leadership became embroiled in a public scandal.


amid (prep.)
in the middle of or surrounded by

    It comes amid reports Facebook was warned its data protection policies were too weak back in 2011.

  amid much  
    Amid much fanfare at the meeting, they shook hands with President Gbagbo.

  amid fears
    But tensions are high amid fears of unrest and allegations of vote rigging.

  comes amid
    The appointment comes amid anti monarchy protests in the capital.


featured (n.)
a typical quality or an important part of something

    The full-page apology featured in broadsheets and tabloids in the UK, appearing on the back page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Observer, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Express.

  content featured
    Several of the festival events content featured literature.

  full featured
    Several of the festival events full featured literature.

  firm featured
    Several of the festival events firm featured literature.

prompted (v.)
to make something happen

    It echoes comments Mr Zuckerberg made last week after reports of the leak promptedinvestigations in Europe and the US, and knocked billions of dollars of Facebook's market value.

  prompted calls
    Monday's killing of Luay Saadi and his deputy prompted calls from Islamic Jihad for revenge attacks.

  prompted directions
    Follow all the safety prompt directions. 
  prompted questions    But local media report the exercise has prompted questions from residents concerned about traffic and other disruptions, and from tourists worried about visiting Chicago.

audit (n.)
an official examination of the accounts of a business

    Following an audit, the DPC said relying on developers to follow information rules in some cases was not good enough "to ensure security of user data".

  spyware audit
    They may also use spyware audit.

  audit committee
    They voted to create an audit committee.

  the audit
    " Our intention is create a foreign port security team, " replied Admiral Collins, " a central team that would be based in Washington and that would be exportable to the various ports, to do the audit, an assessment audit, of the security regime in each one of these ports.