English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "A break-up foretold"
Topic 2 : "Towards a national health policy"
- Break-up - the end of a relationship
- Foretold - to say what is going to happen in the future
- Symptom - a sign of a larger problem
- Underlying cause - underlying causes, facts, ideas etc are the real or basic ones, although they are not obvious or directly stated
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Like-minded - like-minded people, groups etc have similar tastes, interests, and opinions
- Unlikely - not probable or likely to happen
- Threaten - to tell someone that you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
- Unrest - angry or violent behaviour by people who are protesting against something
- Irreconcilable - irreconcilable opinions, aims, or disagreements are so opposed to each other that it is impossible to reach an agreement
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Opportunistic - using a situation to get power or an advantage
- Constituency - one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature
- Ideologically - based on a set of political opinions or beliefs of a group or an individual
- Mandate - the authority of an elected government or official to do the things that they promised to do before an election
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Overlapping - if two objects overlap the edge of one fits over the edge of the other (some aspects are shared by more than one object)
- Valley - a low area of land between mountains or hills
- Inevitably - used for saying that something is certain to happen
- Grappled - to fight with someone
- Contradictions - a difference in two or more statements, ideas, stories etc that makes it impossible for both or all of them to be true
- Conscious - noticing that something exists or is happening and realizing that it is important
- Vote bank - a loyal group of voters from a single community, who continously support a specific candidate or political party in elections
- Not give an inch - to not change your opinion
- Re - used to add the meaning "do again"
- Negotiating - to try to reach an agreement by discussing something in a formal way
- Wrest - to get land, power, or possessions from someone, usually by fighting
- Ambitions - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve
- Dilemma - a situation in which you have to make a difficult decision
- Plank - an important aspect of something, on which it is based
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Trigger - to make something happen
Topic 2 : "Towards a national health policy"
- Towards - in the direction of
- Oppressive - to treat people unfairly or in a cruel way
- Practice - the actual performance of an activity in a real situation
- Sterilising - to perform an operation on someone to make them unable to produce children
- Adopt - to decide to start using a particular idea, plan, or method
- Vigorously - completely, strongly
- Welfare - the health and happiness of people
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Compensation - money that someone receives because something bad has happened to them
- Publicised - to publish or broadcast information about a thing or person
- Substantially - by a large amount or degree
- Fairness - behaviour that is reasonable and right
- Promoting - to support or encourage something
- Contraception - methods for preventing a woman from becoming pregnant, or the use of such methods
- Exercise - an action or actions intended to improve something or make something happen
- Resort to something - to do or use something because it is the only thing available
- Unthinking - used about something that you do without thinking that it might be wrong or stupid
- Tubectomy - surgical removal of the fallopian tubes
- Empowerment - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Sacrificing - to give up something important or valuable so that you or other people can do or have something else
- Ensuring - to make sure that something happens or is done
- Undergo - to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change
- Significant - very large
- Mismanagement - to organize or control something badly
- Decisively - able to make decisions quickly and confidently
- Reinforces - to make an idea, belief, or feeling stronger
- Inseparable - if two or more things are inseparable, they are so closely connected that they cannot be considered separately
- Unacceptable - too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue
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