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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "In another court: men who transformed badminton in India"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "In another court: men who transformed badminton in India"
- Back-to-back - happening one after the other
- Clinch - to manage to win or achieve something by doing one final thing that makes it certain
- Domination - control or power over other people or things
- Elite - the best or most skilful people in a group
- Gauged - to make a judgment about something
- Heartening - to make someone feel happier and more hopeful
- Cohort - a group of people who share a characteristic
- For instance - for example
- Upstage - to do something so that you get more attention and admiration than someone else
- Reigning - being the most recent winner of a competition
- Bout - a short period when you are ill or you feel unhappy
- Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- Conqueror - someone who has taken control of land or people by force
- Legendary - very famous or well known for a long time
- Successive - coming or happening one after another in a series
- Formidable - very impressive
- Nucleus - the central or basic part of something
- Consistency - the ability to remain the same in behaviour, attitudes, or qualities
- Competitiveness - the ability of people to compete successfully
- Pay dividends - to bring you a lot of benefit
- Refrain from - to stop yourself from doing something
- At will - at any time that you want or choose
- Backhand - in tennis and similar sports, a movement made to hit the ball in which the back of your hand moves towards the ball
- Choking - to fail to achieve something, especially because you lose confidence
- Illustrious - an illustrious person is famous and respected because of what they have achieved
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Significantly - in a way that is relevant or that has an important effect on something
- Realistic - seeming to exist or be happening in fact
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Qatar crisis: mending the rift"
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Mending - to repair something that is broken or damaged
- Rift - a disagreement between two people or groups
- Push for something - to try hard to get or achieve something
- Resolution - the action of solving a problem or dealing with a disagreement in a satisfactory way
- Handed over - to give something to someone
- Regime - a system or form of government
- On the face of it - used for saying that something appears to be true but might not be true when you have examined it in more detail
- Impasse - a situation in which progress is not possible because none of the people involved are willing to change their opinion or decision
- Bargaining counter - something that you can use to persuade someone to give you what you want
- Backroom - used for describing work that is important but is done in a private or secret way, or the people who do this work
- Disown - to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something
- Extremist - someone who has beliefs or opinions that are considered to be extremely unreasonable by most people
- Thriving - very successful
- Dissident - someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed
- Implication - a possible effect or result
- Bully - someone who hurts or frightens someone who is smaller or less powerful, often forcing them to do something that they do not want to do
- Prevail - to exist at a particular time or in a particular situation
- Playbook - a set of rules or suggestions that are considered to be suitable for a particular activity, industry, or job
- Diplomacy - the ability to deal with people in a sensitive way that does not upset or offend them
- Precursor - something that exists before something else, and is related to it or influences its development
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Remittance - a payment for goods or services that you send by post
- Sanguine - confident and hopeful about what might happen, especially in a difficult situation
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