[00:02.97]assumption

[00:06.13]The former prime minister blamed "the very near failure of the Iraqi occupation" on Iranian

[00:13.82]interference, misplaced assumptions and a lack of US troops.

[00:20.33]centralization

[00:23.32]With economic growth has come centralization; fully 76 percent of Japan’s 119 million citizens

[00:32.47]live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated,

[00:41.00]two-generation households.

[00:45.58]coalition

[00:49.12]Tuesday, a coalition of dozens of advocacy groups called for CBS not to air the ad.

[00:57.75]Said Jehmu Greene … “An ad that uses sports to divide rather than to unite has no place in the

[01:05.40]biggest national sports event.”

[01:11.20]commission

[01:12.81]The court was asked to rule on whether the Federal Election Commission had the right to regulate a

[01:19.34]corporate-backed outfit called Citizens United that made the conservative film Hillary: The Movie.

[01:29.60]comparison

[01:31.77]The closest comparison from literature is the case of Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Bleak House, which goes

[01:39.71]on for years, is utterly baffling and ends with nobody – apart from the lawyers, naturally – gaining

[01:46.80]a penny.

[01:51.45]connection/connexion

[01:54.18]The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought,

[02:00.94]which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse languages could be.

[02:09.68]conservation

[02:14.84]Environmentalists say governments need to overhaul their protection of sanctuaries, involve local

[02:22.84]communities more deeply in their conservation efforts, and protect critical habitat from the

[02:30.31]encroachment of roads, bridges and dams.

[02:36.77]consideration

[02:38.88]It leads the discussion to extremes at the outset: it invites you to think that animals should be

[02:45.85]treated either with the consideration humans extend to other humans, or with no consideration at all.

[02:58.70]cripple

[03:00.81]A:You’d better finish this item as soon as possible.

[03:04.86]B:A thousand percent yes. If I don’t, it will cripple me.