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  1. aide
    someone who acts as an assistant
    "They are trying to trip him up because he's seen as the next in line," one aide whispered sotto-voce.
  2. alumnus
    a person who has received a degree from a school
    Chidambaram, 66, a Harvard alumnus, is not here, but he has camp followers in the bureaucracy who see the current campaign against him as a move to cut him down to size because of his growing profile.
  3. ascension
    a movement upward
    Mukherjee, 75, is such an old hand in international affairs that when asked about his ascension as President of the G-24 group of finance ministers, he chuckled this was the second time he had the honor; the first time was in 1983, when half of today's Indian population was not born.
  4. clamp
    a device that holds things firmly together
    On Thursday and Friday all three principals clamped down on public utterances to forestall the impression of dissonance in government and provide an opening to the baying Opposition.
  5. clamp down
    repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
    On Thursday and Friday all three principals clamped down on public utterances to forestall the impression of dissonance in government and provide an opening to the baying Opposition.
  6. confer
    present
    The two ministers also conferred over telephone and agreed to clam up in public.
  7. dissension
    disagreement among those expected to cooperate
    After Prime Minister Singh publicly expressed confidence in Chidambaram and denied any dissension in government, to both him and Mukherjee not to speak through the media.
  8. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
    On Thursday and Friday all three principals clamped down on public utterances to forestall the impression of dissonance in government and provide an opening to the baying Opposition.
  9. factotum
    a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
    Factotums whisper darkly on agendas, motives, moves of the two camps representing two of the most experienced ministers, both held in high regard in U.S circles.
  10. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
    On Thursday and Friday all three principals clamped down on public utterances to forestall the impression of dissonance in government and provide an opening to the baying Opposition.
  11. posterity
    all future generations
    U.S diplomatic cables will doubtless record their relative merits for posterity.
  12. scribe
    someone employed to make written copies of documents
    That was invitation enough for scribes to tread exactly there -- the shadowy scrap between finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and his predecessor and current home minister P.Chidambaram.
  13. shadowy
    filled with shade
    That was invitation enough for scribes to tread exactly there -- the shadowy scrap between finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and his predecessor and current home minister P.Chidambaram.
  14. terrain
    a piece of ground having specific characteristics
    WASHINGTON: Some half-dozen times journalists were asked by the babus to restrict their questions to the US visit; not to venture into domestic terrain.
  15. whisper
    speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
    Factotums whisper darkly on agendas, motives, moves of the two camps representing two of the most experienced ministers, both held in high regard in U.S circles.
  16. mull
    reflect deeply on a subject
Created on 九月 25, 2011 (updated 九月 25, 2011)

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