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Black swan events/theory |
Events difficult to predict having several repurcussions |
Generally considered as outlier there is no post data which can point towards it occurrence in future |
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Hegemonic power |
Dominant power |
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Wolf warrior diplomacy |
Block Busters in China boosting National pride and patriotism among Chinese viewers Combating words and agressive actions |
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Shoo in Go down the wire |
Easy and sure to win Doubtful and unsettled till end |
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Arguably |
Most possibly true even if not certainly true I.e what seems to be true on basis of argument |
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Rudimentary |
Basic |
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Enunciate |
To clearly speak |
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Off you go |
Go away, to start something |
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Taking someone eye out |
May harm someone due to aggressive movement |
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Besides |
In addition |
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Beside |
Next to |
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Go on |
To encourage someone to do something |
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Splendid |
Fantastic, very impressive |
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Gather around |
Command To bring all together |
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Petrified |
To become of stone, feel frightened or terrified so unable to move |
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Knock you out |
Make someone unconscious or sleep |
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Put them on |
To wear something |
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Right away/ straight away |
Immediately |
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To watch closely |
To pay attention |
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Dunk in |
Immerse in |
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New |
In the sea full of sharks, the players’ box was his island of solace |
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New |
So why didn’t the Cult of Djokovic grow? Among the Big 3, why is he a distant third on the ‘Twitter followers per Grand Slam achievement’ metric? Flipping back the pages gives some answers |
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Continue |
took the lead in doodling devil horns on the newcomer who had the face of a village simpleton |
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He’s got two personalities. There’s the one on the court – the machine-like, Zen-like, businesslike competitor that wants to win no matter what. And then you’ve got Novak off the court, who is a sweetheart – loves his family, loves his charity, loves his country – and he would give you his last shirt if you needed one |
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It gives an idea about the two different worlds that the tennis superstar keeps toggling between. Once in a while the scripts get mixed up |
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A journey through Egypt, ponderous with history, yet weightless like a dream |
Pharaonic Egypt covered in the sands of the Sahara was on our bucket list, which had caught rust during COVID-19 monuments that dazzle and frazzle Sadly, we didn’t chance upon Nile crocs or the Egyptian Vulture. Don’t ask me how. The land is full of bizarre tales and profound mystical wisdom. dizzyingly dazzling treasure now lies in Cairo Museum After the heady history lessons, we reanimated ourselves at Red Sea Marsa Alam, with its remote outpost ambience, is a kaleidoscopic underworld, a diver’s dream. It was cleaner than the rest of Egypt, which has pyramids of garbage people are astonishingly heedless of Khan-al-Khalili, the centuries old souk where touts stand cheek by jowl hawking their wares. |
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How floods can be a valuable resource |
A study completed in the US evaluated the performance of 383 flood control reservoirs and 8,500 miles of levees. They found that for every dollar spent on flood control, potential flood damages equivalent to $6 were averted in the past six decades up to the year 2000. Similar benefits can be harnessed if India implements a comprehensive flood management programme. |
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