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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 4th March 2018 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Small arena, big win: on the BJP victory in Tripura"
- Arena - a place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict
- Victory - the fact of winning a competition or battle, or an occasion when someone wins
- Import - the importance or meaning of something
- Disproportionate - too large or too small in comparison to something else
- Unarguably - true and impossible to disagree with
- Accomplishment - something difficult that you succeed in doing, especially after working hard over a period of time
- Threat - someone who might defeat you or might cause problems for you
- Victory - the fact of winning a competition or battle, or an occasion when someone wins
- Wield - to have and be able to use power or influence
- Discourse - serious spoken or written discussion of a particular subject
- Isolation - the state of being separated from other people, or a situation in which you do not have the support of other people
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Prop up - to help a government, system, organization etc to continue to exist
- Keep something on the back burner - to decide not to deal with something until later
- Backed - supported
- Collapse - to suddenly fail or stop existing
- Vote-bank - a large group of voters from a single community who always support a particular party or candidate in elections
- Incumbency - an official position
- Indigenous - indigenous people lived in a place for a very long time before other people came to live there
- Breakaway - consisting of people who have decided to separate from a larger group
- Tendency - a strong chance that something will happen in a particular way
- Beneficiary - a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of something else
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Battle - a situation in which different people or groups compete with each other in order to achieve something or get an advantage
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Avoid trade wars: on America's decision to impose tariffs"
- Avoid - to try to prevent something from happening
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Tariff - a tax that a government charges on goods that enter or leave their country
- Protectionism - a system in which a country helps its own industries by putting taxes on foreign goods
- Aftermath - the effects and results of something bad or important
- Learn your lesson - to be unlikely to do something stupid or wrong again, because the last time you did it something unpleasant happened
- Prolonged - continuing for a long time
- Depression - a period of time when there is a lot of unemployment and poverty because there is very little economic activity
- Indefinite - continuing into the future with no fixed end
- Vow to do something - to promise that you will do something
- Favour - something that you do for someone in order to help them
- Retaliatory - intended to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Exporter - a person, business, or country that sells goods to another country
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Deficit - the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes
- Ignorance - lack of knowledge or facts about a situation or a particular subject
- Zero-sum game - a situation in which one person can win only what another person loses
- Merely - only / just
- Flip side - he negative aspects of an idea, plan, or situation
- Surplus - an amount of money or goods that is left because a country or business has more than it needs
- Globalisation - the idea that the world is developing a single economy and culture as a result of improved technology and communications and the influence of very large multinational companies
- Out of the window - used for saying that you stop doing something or stop using something completely
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Backlash - a strong, negative, and often angry reaction to something that has happened, especially a political or social change
- Walk back - to take back a comment or reverse a decision
- Populist - representing the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Resonance - an emotional effect produced by something that reminds you of something else
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Retaliate - to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
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