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The Independent UK
It's Time for the British People to have their say
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a goal | something you want to achieve |
| commitment (to) | a thing you have promised to do |
| crucial | very important,because it will influence other things |
| (to) extend | to make something longer or larger |
| (to) refuse | to refuse a question = to deny a question |
| founding principle | it is based on a rule |
| (to) be off the table | if it's not important; it's not even a subject for discussion |
| exit vote | a vote for leaving something |
| landmark | something that marks an important thing |
| (to) turn out to have a point | in the end it's not fully wrong |
| (to) denounce | to criticize something strongly that you think is wrong |
| (to) cherry pick | to pick only the good things out |
| (to) table demands | to present what you want |
| a better deal for something/someone | to have a better benefit for something |
| opt-out | the act of choosing not to be involved in an agreement |
| it is neither right nor necessary to claim | |
| we would be more comfortable | we would feel much better |
| (to) back away from | to leave something, to go away from |
| to retreat from | to move away from something |
| to play a committed part | to be in an important position |