NPR 팟캐스트 영어공부 영어회화 Day 3

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The long history between Israel and Iran

 

*play down 경시하다. 낮게 보다

*escalation 분쟁확대(군사), 상승, 증가, 번창

Both Iran and Israel appear to be playing down the chances of any further escalation.

That attack was a response to Iran launching.

*consulate [|kɑːnsələt]  영사관

Let's take a step back.

*characterize 특징짓다, ~의 특징을 (~으로) 묘사하다[나타내다]

So how would you characterize the situation right now in Israel and Iran?

I think we're still in a very precarious moment.

The Iranian attack on April 13 was something on the order of magnitude.

*calibrate 보정하다 

*calibrated 보정되고, 제한된 방식으로

The Israelis have responded in kind but in a much more calibrated.

I don't think that's the end of the story from Israel. 

*all-out war 총력전

Can you envision an all-out war erupting between the two countries?

You lay out the U.S.'s pretty tenuous role here.

*proxy 대리, 대리인, 대용물 

*proxy strategy 분쟁국이 아닌 동맥국 등이 대신 하는 전쟁

counter Iran's corrosive war by proxy strategy and blunt the capabilities of Tehran's accomplices,

*transcend 초월하다

There are opportunities for economic growth and for political ties that transcend some of the old adversarial relationships.

 

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The long history between Israel and Iran

The long history between Israel and Iran