Nov. 20, 2013 Obama urges to new Iran sanction 1. take a hard line (with someone): to be firm with someone; to have a firm policy for dealing with someone -In recent days some US legislators have expressed concern that the White House is moving too fast and should take a harder line with Tehran. 2. stockpile (n.) a large supply of things that is kept ready for use in the future: -It said that if there was not an initial agreement, Iran would grow its stockpiles of enriched uranium, install new centrifuges and develop a plutonium reactor in the city of Arak. 3. bulk (n.) the main or largest part of something: -He said the bulk of the sanctions regime would remain. 4. sanction (n.) an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law: -US President Barack Obama has urged US senators to hold off from proposing more sanctions against Iran to allow time for world powers to complete a deal on Irans nuclear programme. 5. The so-called P5+1 are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council- the US, UK, France, Russia and China - plus Germany.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:46:46 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015