English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Caution on Free Basics"
- Altruism - to help others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself (selflessness)
- To have a positive ring - to sound interesting / attractive
- Behemoth - something that is extremely large and powerful
- Pitches - to convince us to do something (here buying)
- Altruistic - showing a wish to help others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself
- Endeavour - try hard to do something
- Have-nots - economically disadvantaged people (poor)
- Evoke - to make someone remember something
- Metaphorical - to represent some truth about a situation or other subject
- Walled garden - a restricted range of information to which subscribers to a particular service are limited
- Immensely popular - very popular
- Unconventional - unusual
- Accumulate - to collect a large number of things over a long period of time
- Traction - a product becoming popular or being accepted
- Untapped - not yet used
- Stark - simple
- Doggedly - to do something with strong determination (doing something even if it is very difficult)
- Tweak - to improve something by making adjustments to it
- Avowedly - to declare openly and unashamedly
Topic 2 : "In search of an alliance"
- Alliance - an agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing
- Brainstormed - held a group discussion to produce ideas
- Revive - to regain life / strength
- Sagging - sinking (here decreasing)
- Plenum - a meeting with all members present
- Clout - to hit (someone or something) hard
- Substantive - important / serious
- Intervention / Intervening - to involve in a difficult situation in order to improve it
- Mounting - gradually increasing
- Stature - importance gained by ability or achievement
- Take a beating - to stop doing something for a while
- Tactics - plans for attaining a particular goal
- Contend - to compete in order to win something
- Staunch - very loyal (supporting)
- Dilemma - a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives
- Rhetoric - influence
- Dispirited - not feeling much hope about a particular situation
- Erode - to slowly reduce or destroy something
- Geopolitics - political activity as influenced by the physical features of an area
- Egalitarian society - a society which believes in the equality of all people
- Radical - the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change
- Jargon - special language used by people in the same work or profession (which is difficult for others to understand)
- Resonance - the quality of being loud and clear
- Livelihood - the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc
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