Kim in Beijing – The Hindu Mar 30 2018

The timing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to China, his first foreign trip after assuming power in 2011, is not lost on anyone. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To improve Vocabulary)

1. be lost on (phrase) – fail to be noticed; fail to be understood by someone.
2. armoured (adjective) – protected by armour (protective metal covering).
3. denuclearisation (noun) – the act of removing nuclear weapons from a place.
4. peninsula (noun) – an area of land almost surrounded by water (on three sides) and one side attached to the mainland.
5. strain (noun) – pressure, stress, demand/burden.
6. stringent (adjective) – strict, severe, tough/rigorous.
7. sanctions (noun) – action taken, or an order given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
8. overture (noun) – move, approach, signal/proposal.
9. set aside (phrasal verb) – nullify, dismiss, reject.
10. predecessor (noun) – forerunner, precursor, antecedent.
11. summit (noun) – consultation, meeting, convention, conference.
12. reinstate (verb) – bring back, reinstitute, put back.
13. convergence (noun) – junction/ meeting point, intersection, interchange.
14. induct into (verb) – introduce to, give information about, inform of (a difficult subject).
15. hawkish (adjective) – aggressive, combative, belligerent.
16. as of now (phrase) – from this time on, in future, henceforth/from now on.
17. anybody’s guess (phrase) – very difficult to determine/decide.
18. breakthrough (noun) – development; progress; success/improvement.
19. volatile (adjective) – tense, turbulent; unpredictable/unstable.
20. stay the course (phrase) – work hard till the end to accomplish the task.

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