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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Political tango — on Shiv Sena-BJP ties"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Political tango — on Shiv Sena-BJP ties"
- Tango - a type of dance
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Compulsion - a very strong feeling of wanting to do something
- Understate - to say that something is less important, serious, big etc than it really is
- Erstwhile - an erstwhile friend, employer etc was a friend, employer etc until recently but is not any more
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Chauvinism - a belief that your own country, race, sex, or group is better than any other
- Embracing - to completely accept something such as a new belief, idea, or way of life
- Hardline - strict or extreme in your beliefs or opinions, and not willing to change them
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Sowed the seeds of something - to do something that makes a process or feeling start to develop
- Revival - the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again
- Bruise - to harm someone’s reputation or confidence
- Unthinkable - impossible to imagine
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Reconcile - to make someone accept a situation even though they do not like it
- Unstated - not talked about directly, but usually known about or understood
- Retaliation - the act of doing something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Encroaching - to gradually take something such as power or authority from someone else
- Belligerence - aggressive or warlike behaviour.
- Unmoved - not feeling any emotion, especially feeling no sympathy or sadness when other people would expect you to
- Errant - behaving in a way that is bad or wrong
- Indulgent - allowing someone to do or have what they want
- Reluctant - not willing to do something
- Haste - great speed in doing something because of limited time
- Refrain from - to stop yourself from doing something
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Offensive - unpleasant or insulting, and likely to make people upset or embarrassed
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Grim - grim news, situations, or events are unpleasant and make you feel upset and worried
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Crucial - something that is crucial is extremely important because it has a major effect on the result of something
- Ousting - to remove someone from a position of power
- Troops - soldiers, especially in large numbers
- Recede - to move back from a high point or level
- Militancy - the use of confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause
- Empowering - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Vassal - a person or country that depends completely on, and is controlled by, another person or country
- Insurgent - someone who belongs to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force
- Virtually - used for emphasizing that a statement is almost completely true
- Concerned - worried about something
- Alarmed - frightened or worried that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen
- Guerrilla - a member of a military group that is not official and usually wants to change a political situation
- Proxy - someone who has the authority to do something for you
- Buffer - something that protects another thing by being between it and something else that could harm it
- Convergence - a situation in which people or things gradually become the same or very similar
- Assent - agreement with or approval of a plan or suggestion
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Jihadist - a Muslim who is fighting for Islam, especially someone with extreme views, who believes in using violence to achieve religious and political aims
- Turn a blind eye to - to pretend you do not notice something, because you should do something about it but you do not want to
- Separatist - a member of a group of people who want to be independent of a national, religious, or other group to which they belong
- Disguise - to hide something such as your feelings or intentions
- Counterproductive - having the opposite result to the one you intended
- Sideline - to prevent someone from being involved in something that they would normally expect to be involved in
- Fragile - getting upset or losing confidence very easily
- Enormous - very large in size or quantity
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Bloodshed - a situation in which people are killed or injured, especially during fighting
