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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Jamal Khashoggi’s death: A shocking mystery"
- Doesn't add up - if a set of facts does not add up, you do not believe it is correct because it does not match other information that you already have
- Admission - a statement accepting that something is true, especially something that you have done that you are sorry about
- Dissident - someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed
- Consulate - the government building in which a consul works
- Consul - a government official sent to live in another country and look after their own country’s citizens and business interests there
- Fistfight - a fight in which people use their fists to hit each other
- Despatch - to send someone or something somewhere
- Confront - to face, meet, or deal with a difficult situation or person
- Erupt - to start suddenly with a lot of violence or noise
- Chokehold - a way of holding someone with your arm tightly around their neck so that they cannot breathe easily
- Collaborator - someone who secretly helps an enemy or opponent, for example by giving them information
- De facto - actual, even though not official
- Unaware - not realizing that something exists or is happening
- Rogue - someone who behaves badly but is still liked by other people
- Amass - to collect a lot of something such as money or information over a period of time
- Micromanaging - to control every part of a business or system in a way that is not necessary or useful
- Execute - to complete something that you have agreed or planned to do
- Chartered - rented for a particular purpose
- Forensic - relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes and to find out who committed them
- Bone saw - a surgical instrument used to cut or remove bones
- Cover-up - an attempt to stop people from discovering the truth about something, especially a crime or a serious mistake
- Fortnight - a period of two weeks
- Untenable - impossible to continue because of serious problems, opposition, or criticism
- Gradually - slowly and in small stages or amounts
- Ally - a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war
- Possess - to have or own something
- Assassination - the murder of a famous or important person, especially for political reasons
- Dismember - to cut or pull someone’s body into pieces
- Dubious - not completely good, safe, or honest
- Impartial - not connected to or influenced by one particular person or group
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Inquiry - a question intended to get information about someone or something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Turf battle: On independent payments regulator"
- Turf battle / turf war - arguments between people or groups who each want to control a particular area
- Regulator - a person or organization whose job is to be certain that companies, systems etc act fairly and follow rules
- At loggerheads - disagreeing very strongly with someone
- Legitimate - allowed by the law, or correct according to the law
- Gesture - a movement that communicates a feeling or instruction
- Reservation - a feeling of doubt about whether something is good or right
- Potentially - possibly true in the future, but not true now
- Set the stage for something - to create the conditions in which something is likely to happen
- Dissent - strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Observe - to make a written or spoken comment about someone or something
- Purview - the area of responsibility or influence that a person or organization has
- Stance - an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
- Oversee - to watch something in order to check that it works or happens in the way that it should
- Overarching - affecting or including everything, and therefore very important
- Synergy - the extra energy or effectiveness that people or businesses create when they combine their efforts
- Perspective - a way of thinking about something
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Definite - fixed, certain, or clear
- Unified - a unified system or policy is the same everywhere it is used
- Seamless - happening without any sudden changes, interruption, or difficulty
- Expertise - special skill or knowledge that you get from experience, training, or study
- Rapid - happening, moving, or acting quickly
- Can ill afford (to do) something - used for saying that someone should definitely not do something because it will cause problems
- Dissent - strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think
- Dilution - the action of making something weaker
- Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
- Domestic - relating to the country being talked about, and not other countries
- Tackle - to make an organized and determined attempt to deal with a problem, often a social problem such as crime or unemployment
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