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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Dangerous spiral: on global trade war"
- Spiral - a situation that gets worse and worse
- Trade war - a situation in which two or more countries raise import taxes and quotas (= limits on numbers of goods) to try to protect their own economies
- Ongoing - still happening or being done
- Hotting up - if an event or situation hots up, it becomes more exciting and more things start to happen
- 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
- Tit-for-tat - something that you do to harm someone because they have harmed you
- Import - a product from another country, that is bought with money from your country
- Retaliation - the act of doing something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Unveil - to announce something officially that was previously a secret
- Discourage - to try to prevent something from happening, especially because you do not approve of it or think it is harmful
- Perspective - a sensible way of judging how good, bad, important etc something is in comparison with other things
- Tiff - a minor argument
- Escalate - to become much worse or more serious, or to make something do this
- Minuscule - extremely small in size or amount
- Unfold - to happen, or to develop
- Spat - a short argument
- Commensurate - intended to be suitable for the quality, status, or value of someone or something
- Dialogue - a process in which two people or groups have discussions in order to solve problems
- Counter-measures - actions taken to stop something else from happening or having a negative effect
- All-out - complete and with as much effort as possible
- Composite - made up of separate parts
- Volatility - liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
- Investor - a person or organization that puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Eventually - at the end of a process or period of time in which many things happen
- Gainers - company shares that rise in value on a particular day
- Special interest group - a group of people who are trying to achieve social or political change on a particular issue
- Major - important, serious, large, or great
- Vote bank - a large group of voters from a single community who always support a particular party or candidate in elections
- Retaliatory - intended to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Perpetuate - to make something such as a situation or process continue, especially one that is wrong, unfair, or dangerous
- Vicious - extremely unkind or unpleasant
- Communique - an official statement, especially to newspapers, radio, or television
- Endorse - to express support for someone or something, especially in public
- Truce - an agreement between two people or groups involved in a war, fight, or disagreement to stop it for a period of time
- Nevertheless - despite a fact or idea that you have just mentioned
- Out of hand - out of control
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Wave of lynchings"
- Wave - a larger than usual number of events of a similar, often bad, type, happening within the same period
- Lynching - to kill someone, even though they have not been proved guilty of any crime
- Facilitate - to make it possible or easier for something to happen
- Policing - the control of an area or a problem by police
- Mob - a large crowd of people that is dangerous or difficult to control
- Brutal - extremely violent
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Outskirts - the areas of a town or city that are furthest away from the centre
- Sustain - to experience loss, injury, damage etc
- Injury - physical damage done to a person or a part of their body
- Cattle - cows and bulls kept by farmers for their milk or meat
- Trader - someone who buys and sells things
- Spied - to notice someone or something
- Nonetheless - despite what has just been said
- Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
- Conspiracy - a secret plan by a group of people to do something bad or illegal, especially in politics
- On edge - nervous and unable to relax because you are worried
- Afoot - being planned, or starting to happen
- Road rage - violent behaviour by a driver towards another driver
- Transpire - to happen
- Vigilante - someone who tries to catch and punish criminals by themselves, without waiting for the police
- Elsewhere - in or to another place or other places
- Battered - used for describing someone who has been treated violently
- Pilgrim - someone who travels to a holy place that is important in their religion
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Enforce - to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people
- Avert - to prevent something bad or harmful from happening
- Civility - politeness or a polite remark
- Reckon - to have a particular opinion about someone or something
- Panic - a sudden strong feeling of fear or worry that makes you unable to think clearly or calmly
- Surveillance - the process of carefully watching a person or place that may be involved in a criminal activity
- Inadvisable - something that is inadvisable is not sensible because it is likely to have bad results
- Convey - to communicate ideas or feelings indirectly
- Sift - to examine information, documents etc in order to find what you are looking for
- Mischievous - a mischievous action or statement is one that is intended to cause trouble or disagreement
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