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Topic 1 : "France in the crosshairs of terror"
Topic 2 : "Freedom for the farmer"
- Crosshairs - two thin wires crossing each other in a gun or other device, which you use to help you aim at something
- Terror - extreme fear
- Festivities - the parties, and other social activities with which people celebrate a special occasion
- Brutally - cruelly, violently, and completely without feelings
- Cut short - to have to stop doing something before it is finished
- Careened - move speedily in an uncontrolled way
- Packed crowd - completely full crowd
- Strewn - to spread things over a surface (not in order)
- Termed - named
- Ongoing - continuing
- Emergency - something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid harmful results
- Intensifying - to make something more serious
- Air strike - an attack made by aircraft
- Siege - the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it
- Satirical - using humour to criticize people or things and make them seem silly
- Although - but
- Flooded with messages - to receive so many messages that you cannot deal with them
- Aftermath - the effects and results of something bad
- Tactical - using a particular method or plan for achieving something
- Lone wolf - somebody who prefers to act alone
- Bigotry - having very strong, unfair opinions and refuses to consider different opinions
- Ultra-violent - extremely violent
- Nihilistic - rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless
- Spokesman - a person who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual
- Run over somebody - to hit someone with a vehicle and drive over them, injuring or killing them
- Scenario - a description of a situation, or of a situation that may develop in the future
- Complacent - feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you do not feel that you need to try any harder
- Alleged - believed to be true, but not proved
- Sympathisers - people who support a political organization or believes in a set of ideas
- Strategic - a detailed plan for achieving success in difficult situations
- For instance - for example
- Re-examine - to look at something in detail again
- Alienation - to cause someone or a group of people to stop supporting and agreeing with you
- Misery - great unhappiness
- Engulf - to surround and cover something or someone completely
- Vulnerable - able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked
- Radicalisation - the process by which a person or group comes to hold more serious views, especially with regard to politics
- Introspection - examination of and attention to your own ideas, thoughts, and feelings
- Dissonance - disagreement
- Take the edge off something - to make something unpleasant have less of an effect on someone
- Extremists - someone who has beliefs that most people think are unreasonable and unacceptable
- Lurking - to be remain hidden so as to wait to attack someone when you get chance
Topic 2 : "Freedom for the farmer"
- Promulgate - to announce something publicly, especially a new law
- Ordinance - an authoritative order
- Exempt - to excuse someone or something from a duty, payment, etc.
- Mandatorily - compulsorily (something that must be done)
- Laudable - deserving praise and commendation
- Stood his ground - to refuse to be pushed backwards, or to continue in your beliefs in an argument
- Lobby - a group of people who try to convince the government or an official group to do something
- Middlemen - people who buy goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers
- Protest - a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, or opposition
- Commendable - deserving praise
- Regime - government
- Seldom - not often; rarely
- Rake in something - to earn or get a large amount of money
- Shell out - to pay money for something, especially when the cost is unexpected and not wanted
- Soar - to reach a great height
- For instance - for example
- Traceable - able to be found or followed
- Reform - to make an improvemen
- Household - the people who live in a house or flat when they are considered as a single unit (family)
- Expenditure - the total amount of money that a government or person spends
- Intermediary - being between two other related things, levels, or points
- Extent - level / amount
- Sustainable - able to continue over a period of time
- Pertinent - relating directly to the subject being considered
- Acute - if a bad situation is acute, it causes serious problems or damage
- Indebtedness - owing money
- Interventions - the act of becoming involved intentionally in a difficult situation
- Irrigation - the process of supplying water to land so that crops and plants will grow
- Dismantling - to get rid of a system or organization, usually over a period of time
- Monopoly - (an organization or group that has) complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have no share
- Substantially - to a large degree
- Acreage - an area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres
- Cereals - grains used for food, for example wheat, maize, or rye
- Pulses - seeds such as beans or peas that are cooked and eaten
- Vary - change / different from each other
- Denying - to say something is not true
- Chunk - part of something
- Horticultural - the activity of growing garden plants
- Stranglehold - a position of complete control that prevents something from developing
- Rely - depend
- Captive buyers - buyers who regulary buy from same sellor
- Adequate - enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose
- Negotiating - to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them
- Procurement - to get control over something
- Farm to fork - used to refer to the various processes in the food chain from agricultural production to consumption
- Back - support
- Ambitious plan - if a plan or idea is ambitious, it needs a great amount of skill and effort to be successful or be achieved
- Wrestle - struggle
- Initiative - a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem
- Crucial - extremely important or necessary
- Agrarian - relating to the land, especially the use of land for farming
- Impact - powerful effect
- Dynamics - forces that produce movement
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