English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "In black and white"
Topic 2 : "The elusive peace in Colombia"
- In black and white - official, in writing or printing (of an agreement, contract, or statement)
- Mop up something - to finish dealing with something (to completely remove it)
- Amnesty - a situation in which a government agrees not to punish, or to no longer punish, people who have committed a particular crime
- Undisclosed - not reported publicly (secret)
- Slightly - not very much, only a little
- Yielded - to produce something useful such as information or evidence
- Dividend - a part of the profit
- Evaders - people who avoid paying tax
- Sluggishly - not performing or reacting as well as usual
- Eventually - at the end of a process
- Assessee - a person by whom any tax or any other sum of money is payable
- Disclosed - to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden
- Undeclared asset - something such as money or property that you do not tell the tax authorities about
- Stern - serious
- Cartloads - the amount that you can carry in a cart (a large quantity of amount)
- Haul - to take something, especially by force
- Considerably - a lot (large or of noticeable importance)
- Demystify - to make something that is difficult easy to understand, especially by explaining it clearly
- Propagating - to spread ideas, beliefs etc to a lot of people
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Beneficiaries - someone who gets an advantage from a situation
- Reassure - to comfort someone and stop them from worrying:
- Persecuted - to treat someone extremely badly
- Raked in - to earn a lot of money
- Cushion - something, especially money, that is a protection against the possible effects of something bad
- Fiscal deficit - a situation which occurs when a government's total expenditures exceed the revenue that it generates
- Explicit - clear and exact
- Stocktaking - the counting of all the goods, materials, etc. kept in a place
- Vis-à-vis - compared to or relating to someone or something
- Endeavour - an effort to do something, especially something new or difficult
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Misleading - causing someone to believe something that is not true
- Just the tip of the iceberg - a problem or difficult situation that shows that a much more serious problem exists
- Crack down - to start dealing with someone or something much more strictly
- Spruce up something - to improve the appearance of something by making it neater or by adding decorations
- Data-mining - the process of searching a database using special software in order to find out information
- Shallow - of little depth (very small in amount)
- Revealed - to show something that was covered or hidden
- Pursued - to try to achieve something
- Haven - a safe or peaceful place
- Come to light - to become known publicly
- Akin - having some of the same qualities
- Symptom - a sign of a larger problem
- Thriving - very successful
- Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
- Sop - something of little importance or value that is offered to stop complaints or unhappiness
Topic 2 : "The elusive peace in Colombia"
- Elusive - difficult or impossible to achieve
- Electorate - all the people who are allowed to vote in an election
- Referendum - an occasion when everyone in a country can vote to make a decision about one particular subject
- Guerrilla - a member of a military group that is not official and usually wants to change a political situation (Their main method is to make unexpected attacks in small groups.)
- Set something in motion - to make a series of events or a process start happening
- Disarming - making someone feel less angry or unfriendly because of the way you behave or talk to them
- Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
- Razor-thin - veru small
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Massacre - the action of killing of a lot of people
- Trading - the activity of buying and selling goods
- Extortion - a crime in which someone gets money or information from someone else by using force or threats
- Racket - a dishonest or illegal activity that makes money
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Claimed - if war, disease, or an accident claims someone’s life, they die as a result of it
- Displaced - to force someone to leave their own country and live somewhere else
- Dominant - more important, powerful, or successful than the other people or things of the same type
- Criticism - the act of saying that something or someone is bad
- Sacrificed - to give up something important or valuable so that you or other people can do or have something else
- Tribunal - a special law court organized to judge a particular case
- Sentence - a punishment given by a judge
- Imperfection - a fault, or a bad quality
- Terrible - causing or involving serious harm or damage
- Atrocities - cruel and violent acts, often in a war
- Well-documented - based on or supported with a lot of written evidence
- Troops - soldiers, especially in large numbers
- Backed - supported
- Paramilitaries - a paramilitary group is organized like an army but is not official and often not legal.
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Countryside - the area outside towns and cities, with farms, fields, and trees
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Negotiation - the process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement with them
- Mediation - the process by which someone tries to end a disagreement by helping the two sides to talk about and agree on a solution
- Tortuous - extremely complicated
- Plausible - likely to be true
- Diplomatic - to deal with people in a sensitive way that does not upset or offend them
- Resumption - the start of something again after a temporary stop
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