8 April 2014
• Musharraf is accused of the subversion of the Constitution.
subversion: trying to destroy or damage
• Musharraf’s best hope lies in decamping from the country on one pretext or the other.
decamping from: leave suddenly
10 April 2014
• He was accepted to a top-notch university in the UK.
top-notch: excellent
• The school tries to hammer home the importance of homework.
hammer home: emphasize
11 April 2014
• Violence and instability are blighting the nuclear-armed state
blight: ruin; damage
12 April 2014
• The propensity to try the former strongman in the media as well as the courts should be resisted.
propensity: tendency
• John Kerry's determined concentration on peace talks has ended not in a bang but a whimper
bang: a sudden loud noise.
whimper: a low weak cry
15 April 2014
• Intemperate statements of the ministers have antagonized the army.
intemperate: too extreme; immoderate
antagonize: make hostile; provoke
• Khawaja Asif pilloried the army in 2006.
pilloried: criticize strongly in public
• Every Afghan poll since 2001 has been tainted (=damage; spoil) by fraud.
taint: damage; spoil
16 April 2014
• Gen Raheel Sharif is neither laidback like Kayani nor reckless like Musharraf.
laidback: calm and relaxed
reckless: disregarding the consequences
• South Africa under Mandela could work together with erstwhile white supremacists.
supremacist: an advocate of the supremacy of a particular group
• Musharraf is accused of the subversion of the Constitution.
subversion: trying to destroy or damage
• Musharraf’s best hope lies in decamping from the country on one pretext or the other.
decamping from: leave suddenly
10 April 2014
• He was accepted to a top-notch university in the UK.
top-notch: excellent
• The school tries to hammer home the importance of homework.
hammer home: emphasize
11 April 2014
• Violence and instability are blighting the nuclear-armed state
blight: ruin; damage
12 April 2014
• The propensity to try the former strongman in the media as well as the courts should be resisted.
propensity: tendency
• John Kerry's determined concentration on peace talks has ended not in a bang but a whimper
bang: a sudden loud noise.
whimper: a low weak cry
15 April 2014
• Intemperate statements of the ministers have antagonized the army.
intemperate: too extreme; immoderate
antagonize: make hostile; provoke
• Khawaja Asif pilloried the army in 2006.
pilloried: criticize strongly in public
• Every Afghan poll since 2001 has been tainted (=damage; spoil) by fraud.
taint: damage; spoil
16 April 2014
• Gen Raheel Sharif is neither laidback like Kayani nor reckless like Musharraf.
laidback: calm and relaxed
reckless: disregarding the consequences
• South Africa under Mandela could work together with erstwhile white supremacists.
supremacist: an advocate of the supremacy of a particular group
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