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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "China’s block: on not listing Azhar as global terrorist"
- Keep up - to continue to do something
- Persuasive - good at making people agree to do or believe what you want them to
- Diplomacy - the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Reality check - an occasion that causes you to consider the facts about a situation and not your opinions, ideas, or beliefs
- Dossier - a set of documents about a person or situation
- Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
- Airbase - a military airport
- Foil - to prevent someone from doing something that they are trying to do
- Veto - to officially refuse to approve or allow something
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Summit - a meeting or series of meetings between leaders of two or more countries
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Cross-border - going across a border between two countries
- Emanate - to come from a particular place
- Regrettable - making you feel sad or sorry because something happened that you wish had not happened
- Condemn - to say publicly that you think someone or something is bad or wrong
- Consistent - not changing in behaviour, attitudes, or qualities
- Fait accompli - something that has already been done and cannot be changed
- Coercion - the use of force or threats to make someone do something
- Concerted - involving a lot of people or organizations working together in a determined way
- Counterproductive - having the opposite result to the one you intended
- Unlikely - not likely to happen
- Import - a product from another country, that is bought with money from your country
- Punitive - relating to or causing punishment or great difficulty
- Yield - to produce something useful such as information or evidence
- Bilateral - a bilateral agreement or activity is one that involves two groups or countries
- Spokesperson - someone whose job is to officially represent an organization, for example in dealing with journalists
- Dialogue - a process in which two people or groups have discussions in order to solve problems
- Bigger picture - a whole or complete situation, including all the things that it affects, not just one part of it
- Enforce - to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people
- Unencumbered - without responsibilities or problems
- Substantive - important or serious, or referring to the most important or serious issues
- Threatening - showing or saying that someone is likely to do something that will harm you
- Leverage - the power to make someone do what you want
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Horror in Pollachi: on sexual assault case"
- Horror - a very strong feeling of shock, fear or disgust caused by something extremely unpleasant
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Blackmail - to make someone give you money or do what you want by threatening to tell people embarrassing information about them
- Pursue - to follow a course of activity
- Swiftly - quickly or immediately
- Guilty - someone who is guilty has committed a crime
- Bring someone to book - to punish someone, or to make them explain their behaviour publicly when they have done something wrong
- Rightful - officially or legally accepted as right or correct
- Swiftly - quickly or immediately
- Unravel - to understand something complicated by thinking about it for a long time
- Racket - an illegal activity that makes money
- Victimise - to treat someone in a deliberately unfair way
- Sexual harassment - the offensive or threatening behaviour of a person who regularly makes sexual comments or touches someone in a sexual way
- Accused - a specific person that is accused of a crime in a court of law
- Piteous - a piteous sound, expression, or situation makes you feel sympathy for someone or something
- Abuser - someone who treats another person in a cruel, violent, or unfair way
- Uncover - to find out about something that has been hidden or kept secret
- Mere - only / just
- Tip of the iceberg - a problem or difficult situation that shows that a much more serious problem exists
- Obvious - clear to almost anyone
- Allege - to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal, even though this has not been proved
- Outrage - a strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair
- Ensue - to happen after something else, often as a result of it
- By-elections - an election in one particular area to choose a new representative in parliament or on a council, or to replace someone who has died or left the job
- Around the corner - coming very soon
- Accentuate - to emphasize something, or to make it more noticeable
- Privacy - the freedom to do things without other people watching you or knowing what you are doing
- Victim - someone who has been harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
- Confidentiality - a situation in which important information must be kept secret
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Wash your hands of - to say or show that you do not want to be involved with someone or something and that you are not responsible for them
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident, made by an official group or by a newspaper, television programme etc
- Anonymity - a situation in which the name of a person who does something such as write a book or give information is not known or is kept secret
- Morality - principles of right or wrong behaviour
- Articulate - to express thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively
- Gravity - the seriousness or importance of something
- Refrain from - to stop yourself from doing something. This word is often used in official announcements or signs
- Heinous - a heinous act or crime is extremely evil
- Confidentiality - a situation in which important information must be kept secret
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