Obama, Silent on Dissident, Urges Freedom in China
OBy STEVEN LEE MYERS and ANDREW JACOBS
President Obama pressed China on Monday to improve its human rights record, while declining to discuss Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer who escaped house arrest.
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urge
[ɜ:dʒ]noun
forte envie f, désir m
I felt or I had a sudden urge to tell her j'avais tout à coup très envie de lui dire
the sexual urge les pulsions fpl sexuelles
urge
[ɜ:dʒ]transitive verb
1. | [person - incite] exhorter, presser I urge you to reconsider je vous conseille vivement de reconsidérer votre position she urged us not to sell the house elle nous a vivement déconseillé de vendre la maison he urged them to revolt il les a incités à la révolte or à se révolter |
2. | [course of action] conseiller vivement, préconiser [need, point] insister sur |
urge on
transitive verb separable
talonner, presser
[person, troops] faire avancer
to urge somebody on to do something inciter quelqu'un à faire quelque chose
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improve [ɪmˈpru:v]
transitive verb
transitive verb
1. | [make better - work, facilities, result] améliorer to improve one's chances augmenter ses chances |
2. | [increase - knowledge, productivity] accroître, augmenter |
3. | [cultivate] to improve one's mind se cultiver l'esprit reading improves the mind on se cultive en lisant **************************************************** decline [dɪˈklaɪn] noun [decrease - in prices, standards, crime, profits] baisse f (figurative) [of civilization] déclin m to be in decline être en déclin to be on the decline a. [prices, sales] être en baisse b. [civilization, influence] être sur le déclin to fall into a decline (dated) [person] dépérir
decline[dɪˈklaɪn]transitive verb
decline[dɪˈklaɪn]intransitive verb
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