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- Thaw - to become more friendly
- Set the stage for something - to create the conditions in which something is likely to happen
- Summit - a meeting or series of meetings between leaders of two or more countries
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Peninsula - a long piece of land that is mostly surrounded by water, but is joined at one end to a larger area of land
- Armistice - a formal agreement between enemies to stop fighting a war
- Foresee - to see or know something that will happen in the future
- Turnaround - an important change in a situation that causes it to improve
- Acrimony - angry and unpleasant words and feelings
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Stepped up - increased in amount or strength
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Perpetual - happening so often that you become annoyed as a result
- Hostile - behaving in a very unfriendly or threatening way towards someone
- Barter - to exchange goods or services for other goods or services instead of using money
- Assurance - a feeling or attitude of confidence
- Persistence - the attitude or behaviour of someone who continues to do, or try to do, something in a determined way
- Breaking the ice - to do or say something that makes people feel less shy or nervous in a social situation
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Armistice - a formal agreement between enemies to stop fighting a war
- Treaty - an official written agreement between two or more countries
- Formally - in a way that follows the correct or suitable official methods
- Significance - the importance that something has because it affects other things
- Notwithstanding - despite something
- Deteriorate - to become worse
- Denuclearisation - the process of removing nuclear weapons from a country or countries
- Welcomed - to say that you approve of something that has happened or that you are pleased about it
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Credible - able to be believed or trusted
- Umbrella - something that includes or represents a group or range of similar things
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Headline-grabber"
- Headline-grabber - reported as a very important story in the news
- Out of your depth - in a situation that you cannot deal with because it is too difficult or dangerous
- Veteran - someone who has a lot of experience doing a particular activity
- The spotlight - a situation in which you get a lot of public attention
- Gaffe - an embarrassing mistake that you make in public, especially one that offends or upsets someone
- Instance - an example of something happening
- The former - the first of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
- Ridiculous - silly or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
- On the back of an envelope - in a hurried way, without much detail
- Revelling - to celebrate or enjoy yourself in a lively and noisy way
- Place in the sun - a good or lucky position
- Face-off - if people or groups face off, they compete or fight with each other
- Hollowing out - to remove a large number of jobs from an organization or economy in order to save money
- Humbling - making you realize that you are not as important, good, clever etc as you thought
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Indigenous - local
- Irrational - not thinking or behaving in a clear reasonable way
- Census - an occasion on which government officials count the people who live in a country and record other information about them
- Respectable - if an amount is respectable, it is good enough
- Mortality - the number of deaths within a particular area, group etc
- Infant - a baby, or a very young child
- Drastically - in a way that is likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect
- Flip side - the opposite, less good, or less popular side of something
- Indices - a plural of index
- Per capita income - average income per person in a given area
- Languish - to fail to be successful or to improve
- Laughable - very silly, or unreasonable
- Envisage - to have something as a plan or an intention
- Wade into - to become involved in someone else’s discussion, argument, or fight in a confident way that may not be very welcome
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Quintessential - perfect as an example of a type of person or thing
- Couch - to be expressed a particular way
- Affront - something insulting that makes you shocked and angry
- Ethnic - relating to a group of people who have the same culture and traditions
- Diversity - the fact that very different people or things exist within a group or place
- Have a loose tongue - to talk about things that you should keep secret
- Hankering - a strong feeling of wanting something
- Incapacity - a lack of ability
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Constituency - the voters in a division of a country who elect a representative to parliament
- Desire - a strong feeling of wanting to have or to do something
- Letting down - to make someone disappointed by not doing something that they are expecting you to do
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