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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Israel’s continuing land grab"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "As unpredictable as it gets"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Israel’s continuing land grab"
- Land grab - the act of taking an area of land by force, for military or economic reasons
- Passage - the official approval of something, especially a new law
- Legislation - a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament
- Flies in the face of someone / something - to challenge someone or something
- Occupied - an occupied place is being controlled by an army or group of people that has moved into it
- Territory - (an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country or person
- Urged - to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing
- Conflict - an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles
- Disregard - the fact of showing no care or respect for something
- Expropriate - to take away money or property especially for public use without payment to the owner, or for personal use illegally
- Compensate - to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem
- Annexation - to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission
- Overturn - to change a legal decision
- Judiciary - the part of a country's government that is responsible for its legal system, including all the judges in the country's courts
- Attorney-General - the top legal officer in some countries, whose job is to provide legal advice to the government and to represent the government
- Defend - to protect someone or something against attack or criticism
- Unconstitutional - not allowed by the constitution (= set of rules for government) of a country or organization
- Violate - to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect
- Unlikely - not probable or likely to happen
- Ideology - a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based
- Criticism - the act of saying that something or someone is bad
- Successive - happening one after the other without any break
- Lobby - an action such as a protest or meeting which is intended to influence politicians
- Coalition - the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time, or a government that is formed in this way
- Survival - the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live or exist
- Played along - to do what someone asks you to do, for a limited period of time
- Relevant - connected with what is happening or being discussed
- Come up - to happen, usually unexpectedly
- Resuming - to start again after a pause
- Negotiation - the process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement with them, or the discussions themselves
- Allies - supporters
- Boasting - to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own
- Sovereignty - the power of a country to control its own government
- Biblical - in or relating to the Bible
- Emboldened - to make someone brave
- Embassy - the group of people who represent their country in a foreign country
- Disputed - a disputed area is one that different countries claim belongs to them, so that there is a disagreement or war between them
- Veto - an official power or right to refuse to accept or allow something
- Resolution - an official decision that is made after a group or organization has voted
- Controversial - causing disagreement or discussion
- Status quo - the present situation:
- Provided - only if a particular thing happens or is done
- Campaign - a series of things that a politician or political party does to try to win an election
- Distant - far away from the place where you are
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "As unpredictable as it gets"
- Unpredictable - changing often, in a way that is impossible to prepare for
- Populous - a populous country, area, or place has a lot of people living in it
- Fringe - the outer or less important part of an area
- Constituency - one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature
- Legislator - a member of a group of people who together have the power to make laws
- Diverse - including many different types of people or things
- Fancy - to want to have or do something
- Riot - a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public meeting
- Communal - belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one single person
- Polarisation - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other, or to cause this to happen
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Reliance - the state of depending on or trusting in something or someone
- Campaign - a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
- Peasantry - peasants, considered as a social class
- Decline - to gradually become less, worse, or lower
- Viable - able to work as intended or able to succeed
- Despite - without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by
- Relatively - in comparison with someone or something similar
- Favourable - showing that someone likes or approves of someone or something
- Agrarian - relating to the land, especially the use of land for farming
- Harvest - the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields
- Well-disposed - friendly and helpful
- Struck a chord with something - to cause people approve / agree to something
- Consolidate - to combine several small things
- Minorities - any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to such a group
- Combat - fight
- Trader - a person who buys and sells things
- Dog-whistle - used for referring to political messages that are aimed at particular groups and will only be fully understood by them
- Romeo - a man who tries to have sexual relationships with many different women
- Polarising - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other
- Tactic - a planned way of doing something
- Pay off - if something you have done pays off, it is successful
- Dynamic - having a lot of ideas and enthusiasm
- Prediction - a statement about what you think will happen in the future
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