Hillary Clinton intervewed

Learning English - Words in the News

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divisive
here, someone who arouses different opinions of her ------------1- memecahbelahkan - - dasar ekonomi yg memecahbelahkan -

divisive Show phoneticsadjective
describes something that causes great and sometimes unfriendly disagreement within a group of people:

..............The Vietnam war was an extremely divisive issue in the US.
.............The campaign for the mayor's office was racially divisive.


wring Show phoneticsverb [T] wrung, wrung
If you say you will wring someone's neck, you are very angry with them: -------------------1- memulas - pulas - - kalau kamu tak diam saya akan pulas leher kamu [ sangat marah ]

................I could wring her neck for getting me in such a state.


unprecedented
something that has never happened before



unprecedented Show phoneticsadjective
never having happened or existed in the past:----------1- tidak pernah berlaku dahulu - pengangguran tidak penah capai tingkat yg tidak penah berlaku dahulu - -----------------2- banjir yg tidak penah berlaku dahulu yg menenggelamkan sebahagian besar negeri itu -

.................This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale.


the campus years
the years spent as a student


swept away
overcome

sweep away sb or sweep sb away
if an emotion sweeps someone away, they experience it so strongly that they are unable to think clearly or behave calmly -------------1- dihanyutkan - dilanda- tali tambatan putus dan bot itu hanyut - feysen baru sedang menlanda eropah -

.............He was swept away by an overwhelming feeling of optimism.
...........[usually passive]It was the first time that she had been in love and she was swept away on a tide of passion.

label
call

label Show phoneticsverb [T] -ll- or US USUALLY -l- [+ adjective]
............The parcel was clearly labelled 'Fragile'.
.............If you spend any time in prison, you're labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life.
..............She labeled all the packages and sent them out the same afternoon.
.............To label (something or someone) is also to characterize them with a name: ...............He didn't want to be labeled a complainer, so he didn't raise any objection to the extra work.


pig-headed
stubborn ------------1- kepala batu - keras kepala -

If someone is pigheaded, they refuse to change their opinion or behavior:

...............Not even somebody as pigheaded as Ira could argue about it.
..........pigheadedness


left politics largely aside
didn't talk much about politics


leave sth aside phrasal verb [M]
to not discuss one subject so that you can discuss a different subject:----------1- mengenepikan sesuatu - - walaupun mengenepikan kekurangan pengalamanya - kelayakannya pun tidak mencukupi utk mendapat pekerjaan -

..............Leaving aside the question of cost, how many people do we need on the job?
..............Let's leave aside the matter of who's to blame for the moment.
..............Leaving aside the question of cost, how many people do we need on the job


cope Show phoneticsverb [I]
to deal successfully with a difficult situation:------------1- melayan - - dia dapat melayan tetamu yg ramai - - ----------2- mengawal - - pihak polis tidak mengawal perusuh kerana bilangannya terlau ramai ------------3- menghadapi - mengatasi - - mereka tidak dapat mengatasai dan menghadapi krisis demi krisis - ----------4- mengendalikan - memenuhi -

.............It must be difficult to cope with three small children and a job.
.................The tyres on my car don't cope very well on wet roads.
..................He had so much pressure on him in his job that eventually he just couldn't cope.

beset
happened to

beset Show phoneticsadjective [after verb]
troubled (by); full (of):-----------1- melanda - kebimbangan melanda dirinya ------------2- menyerang dari segenap penjuru -

............With the amount of traffic nowadays, even a trip across town is beset by/with dangers.
................These were neighborhoods beset by drug-related violence.

Hillary Clinton intervewed

(TV Trailer): One of the most divisive people in American public life finally has her say on some of the most dramatic moments in recent political history.

(Clinton): I wasn't talking to my husband. I didn't have anything to say to him. I was so disappointed and angry. I could have wrung his neck for a million reasons.

( TV trailer): ...an unprecedented journey from her childhood days where her values and dreams were shaped to the campus years when she was swept away by politics and passion.

(Buchanan): And the man she remains married to today, despite the hurt.

(Clinton): All I know is that no-one understands me better and no-one can make me laugh the way Bill does. He is still the most interesting, energising and fully alive person I have ever met.


[Buchanan): Hillary Clinton's supporters say she's caring and committed. Her opponents label her pig-headed and dangerous. But the New York Senator left politics largely aside as she discussed how she coped with the series of personal scandals that have beset the couple.