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Topic 1 : "Falling behind schedule"
Topic 2 : "Rafale takes flight at last"
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Topic 1 : "Falling behind schedule"
- Falling behind schedule - to fail to do something on time
- Attainment - the process of achieving an aim or particular level of success
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Enhancement - the process of improving something
- Well-being - the state of feeling healthy and happy
- Immigrant - someone who comes to live in a country from another country
- Disadvantaged - disadvantaged people do not have the same advantages as other people, for example because they do not have much money
- Deserves - if you deserve something, it is right that you get it
- Scramble - to compete with other people for something there is very little of
- Succour - to help someone
- Refugees - people who leave their country, especially during a war or other threatening event
- Sober - with a serious attitude
- Reap - to get something as a result of something that you do
- Endowed - to give money to a school, hospital, or other institution
- For instance - for example
- Correspondingly - used for saying that one thing is related to another, or is caused by another
- Enrolment - the process to put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, college, or group
- Tertiary - relating to colleges and universities
- Relentless - continuing in a serious or extreme way (a bad situation)
- Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
- Austerity - an economic policy by which a government reduces the amount of money it spends by a large amount
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Implication - a possible effect or result
- Equity - a fair and reasonable way of behaving towards people, so that everyone is treated in the same way
- Likelihood - the chance that something might happen
- Pertaining to something - to be directly related to something
- Pivot - the most important thing that something is based on or depends on
- Alleviation - to make something less painful or serious
- Empowerment - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Populace - the people who live in a particular country or area
- Enlightened - showing understanding, acting in a positive way, and not following old-fashioned or false beliefs
- Tolerant - willing to accept someone else’s beliefs, way of life etc without criticizing them, even if you disagree with them
- Elusive - difficult or impossible to achieve
Topic 2 : "Rafale takes flight at last"
- Inter-Governmental - involving governments of different countries
- Multirole - (of an aircraft) capable of performing several roles
- Bargaining - discussions between people in order to reach agreement on something such as prices, wages, working conditions, etc
- Dump - to get rid of someone or something that you no longer want or need
- Acquisition - the process of buying something
- Breather -a short rest from work or activity. To take a breather means to have a rest
- Depleting - reducing
- Augment - to increase the size, amount, or value of something
- Meteor - a large piece of rock from space that passes into the Earth’s atmosphere and appears as a bright light in the sky
- Radar - a system that uses radio signals for finding the exact position of something such as an aircraft or a ship
- Superiority - the fact that one person or thing is better, more powerful etc than another
- Equivalents - someone or something that has the same value, importance, or meaning as someone or something else
- Sophistication - the quality of knowing and understanding a lot about a complicated subject
- Exchequer - the government department that receives and gives out public money
- Contemporary - modern, relating to the present time
- Logistical - relating to the process of planning and organizing to make sure that resources are in the places where they are needed, so that an activity or process happens effectively
- Diverse - including many different things
- Narrow - limited in range or variety
- Diversity - the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something
- Optimise - to make something as good as possible
- Utilisation - the process of using something in an effective way
- Trajectory - the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time
- Procurement - the process of buying supplies or equipment for a government department or company
- Scouting - the action of gathering information about enemy forces or an area
- Inducted - to officially take someone / something into the armed forces
- Initiative - a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem
- Indigenously - related to a particular region or country
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