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Politics hot words Strand: （使）搁浅 Up to 80 pilot whales and bottle nose dolphins died after a mass stranding on King Island off Tasmania, Australia.   On the understanding that: 如果，以……为条件 Annan told reporters that he had been working on the understanding that payments to his son, Kojo Annan, from the Swiss-based firm Cotecna Inspection S.A. stopped in 1998 "and I had not expected that the relationship continued."   Tug-of-war: 拔河，激烈竞争 Earlier, Kuchma called on the opposition to end its four-day blockade of government buildings, saying compromise was the only solution to the crisis that has developed into a tense political tug-of-war between the West and Moscow over Ukraine's future.   Informant: 消息提供人，告密者 Uribe told reporters late Friday that informants said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, told followers to attack Bush during his four-hour visit in the seaside city of Cartagena last Monday, where he met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.   Earmark: 拨款，指定用途 Joao Pedro Stedile, a leader of the radical leftist Landless Workers Movement, said peasants could stage more land occupations if Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva does not earmark more funds to expropriate and redistribute unused farmland, as the Brazilian constitution demands.   Abstinence: 节制，节欲 President Bush's re-election insures that more federal money will flow to abstinence education that precludes discussion of birth control, even as the administration awaits evidence that the approach gets kids to refrain from sex.   Bisexuality: 双性恋 While critics savaged Oliver Stone's long-waited epic "Alexander," novelist and social activist Gore Vidal rallied to the $160 million movie's defense saying it was "barrier-breaking" because of its frank depiction of bisexuality.   Criminal probe: 刑事调查 The Associated Press reported last month that the FBI had expanded a criminal probe into allegations Halliburton overcharged the government for fuel, adding questions about whether the Bush administration had improperly awarded business without bidding to Halliburton in Iraq and the Balkans.   Scaremonger: 扰乱民心者 Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair put terrorism at the heart of his re-election bid on Tuesday, drawing accusations of scaremongering like those leveled at his ally U.S. President George W Bush. Press on with: 加紧，决心继续 India and Pakistan agreed on Tuesday to press on with a frayed peace process as Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz began talks with leaders in New Delhi during a rare visit across the border.   收藏 分享 评分 缺乏规划的人生，没有反省的生活 适合家庭主妇、投资型男的居家小本事业,免费起步! 回复 引用 订阅 TOP bluepolish ​ 发短消息 ​ 加为好友 bluepolish 倍可亲高级会员(十六级) UID 73300  帖子 3051  精华 97  积分 2748  注册时间 2004-9-15  最后登录 2008-5-28  HYPERLINK "http://club.backchina.com/main/space-uid-73300.html" \o "查看详细资料" \t "_blank" 倍可亲高级会员(十六级) 沙发 发于 2004-12-1 09:07 | 只看该作者 we can meet some of the above words on reading newspaper. hope we can collect more and face no problem in reading any more.