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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Pawar games — defending Modi on Rafale"
- Defend - to say things to support someone or something that is being criticized
- Cusp - the dividing line between two very different things
- Realignment - to change the position of something
- Posture - to do things only because you want people to notice you, admire you, or be afraid of you
- Shadow boxing - the act of pretending to argue about or deal with a problem, often to avoid dealing with the most important problem
- Warhorse - someone who has a lot of experience of dealing with difficult problems, for example an experienced politician or soldier
- Intention - a plan in your mind to do something
- Insist - to say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
- Remark - a few words that give the facts or your opinion about someone or something
- Construe - to understand the meaning of something in a particular way
- Principal - main, or most important
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Single-minded - with your attention fixed on only one thing
- Paint - to describe someone or something in a particular way
- Murky - involving activities that are not clearly known and that people think are dishonest or morally wrong
- Discordant - not matching other things and therefore strange or unpleasant
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Tainted - something that is tainted is spoilt by an unpleasant feature or quality that often makes people not want to be involved with it
- Crony - a friend or supporter, especially of someone powerful
- Capitalism - an economic system in which property, businesses, and industry are owned by individual people and not by the government
- Revolt - to refuse to accept something such as a law or a decision
- Retraction - a statement in which you say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true
- Make the most of something - to use something so that it gives the greatest benefit
- Unsettled - something such as a problem or argument that is unsettled has not been dealt with successfully
- Irrevocable - impossible to change or stop
- Drive a hard bargain - to argue in a very determined way in order to reach an agreement that benefits you
- Contest - a situation in which two or more people or groups are competing to gain power or an advantage
- Taunt - to intentionally annoy and upset someone by making unkind remarks to them, laughing unkindly, etc
- Inconceivable - impossible to think about or imagine
- Mantle - the authority or responsibility connected with someone’s position, duties, or beliefs
- Alter - to make something or someone different
- Interpret - to understand an action, situation etc in a particular way
- Miss the point - to fail to understand something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The new deals — on U.S.-Mexico-Canada pact"
- Pact - an agreement between two or more people or organizations in which they promise to do something
- Intense - involving or done with a lot of effort, energy, attention etc
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Revise - to change your opinion or judgment of someone or something
- Quarter-century - a date 400 years after a particular event
- Free trade - a system of international trade in which companies do not have to pay high taxes on the goods bought from or sold in other countries
- Avert - to prevent something bad or harmful from happening
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Prominent - important and well known
- Tweak - to make small changes in order to improve something
- Quota - an amount of something that someone is officially allowed to have or do
- Dairy - a company that sells milk and makes and sells foods that are made from milk, for example butter and cheese
- Consumer - someone who buys and uses goods and services
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Protectionism - the actions of a government to help its country's trade or industry by taxing goods bought from other countries
- Duty - a tax that you must pay on something that you buy, or on something that you bring into one country from another country
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Lobby - an action such as a protest or meeting which is intended to influence politicians
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Congenial - friendly and pleasant
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen, especially something good
- Defuse - to make a situation more relaxed by making people feel less angry or less worried
- Micromanage - to control every part of a business or system in a way that is not necessary or useful
- Uncompetitive - unable to compete successfully with other businesses or products
- Mandate - an official order to do something
- Investor - a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage
- Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
- Do away with - to get rid of something
- Resolution - a formal proposal that is considered by an organization and is usually voted on at a meeting
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- End up - to be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it
- Double-edged sword - a situation or decision that has both positive and negative aspects
- Instructive - giving useful information about something
- All or nothing - involving either the whole of something or none of it
- Tariff - a tax that a government charges on goods that enter or leave their country
- Wield - to have and be able to use power or influence
- Embolden - to give someone more confidence to do something
- Cut out - to remove something
- Exporter - a person, business, or country that sells goods to another country
- Merchandise - goods that people buy and sell
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