KEY WORDS IN THE MEDIA
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ballot-rigging (or vote-rigging)
(noun)
getting the election result you want by an illegal method
landslide
(noun)
the winning of an election with an extremely large number of votes
margin
(noun)
the amout by which one thing is different from another
hung
(adjective)
having an equal or nearly equal number of members with opposing opinions, so that no decisions can be made
fringe
(noun)
the outer or less important part of an area, group or activity
splinter group
(noun)
a group of people who have left a political party or other organization and formed a new separate organization
faction
(noun)
a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group (mainly disapproving)
rainbow coalition
(noun)
a political alliance of differing groups, especially one compromising minorities and other disadvantaged groups
horse-trading
(noun)
negotiation characterzied by hard bargaining and shrewd exchange
reshuffle
(noun)
when the positions of people or things within a particular group are changed
lame duck
(noun)
in American politics, an elected official whose power is reduced because the person who will replace them has already been elected
the grassroots
(plural noun)
the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party
by-election
(noun)
in the UK, an election wich happens at a different time from a main election, to choose a member of parliament or representative to replace one who has dies or left their job
go to the country
to have an election
caretaker government
(noun)
a government that has power for a short period of time until a new one is chosen
overthrow, overthrew, overthrown
(verb)
to remove someone from power, using force; to defeat
crush
(verb)
to defeat someone completely
negotiation
(noun)
the process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement with them, or the discussions themselves
summit
(noun)
an important formal meeting between leaders of governments from two or more countries
stumbling block
(noun)
something which prevents action or agreement
deadlock
(noun)
a situation in which agreement in an arguement cannot be reached because neither side will change its demands or accept any of the demands of the other side; statement
deadlocked
(adjective)
festgefahren
impasse
(noun)
a situation in which further development is impossible
loggerheads; be at loggerheads (with somebody oder something)
(plural noun)
strongly disagree (with someone)
brinkmanship
(noun)
the activity, especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous
scupper/torpedo (spoil)
(verb)
to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail
ratify
(verb)
-->fromal
(especially of governments and organizations) to make an agreement official
teeter on the brink / edge of something
if something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation will happen soon.
avert
(verb)
to prevent something bad from happening; avoid
standoff
(noun)
a situation in which agreement in an arguement does not seem possible; stalemate
wage
(verb)
to fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something
wage
(verb)
to fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something
wage
(verb)
to fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something
casualty
(noun)
(collocations: heavy / inflict / civilian)
a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war
inflict
(verb)
to force someone to experience something very unpleasant
wound
(verb)
injure
friendly fire
(noun)
during a war, shooting that is hitting you from your own side, not from the enemy
collateral damage
(noun)
during a war, the unintentional deaths and injuries of people who are not soldiers, and damage that is caused to their homes, hospitals, schools, etc.
war-torn
(adjective)
severly damaged by a long war, especially between different groups from the same country
atrocity
(noun)
when someone does something extremely violent and shocking
