A New Post and a New Tone: Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lesson Brief
DW (Deutsche Welle)
Germany's new foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel, is a different guy than the country's previous foreign minister. The German press compared him to Steinmeier saying that while Steinmeier used a technique they called "tactical impatience," Gabriel is far more blunt and speaks what is on his mind. This weekend in the press conference with Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, Gabriel ended his comments with a small shot at the lack of free press in Russia.
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- impatience (n.)
- нетерпение
- surprise, wonder, astonishment
- удивление
- to sum up
- подытоживать, подытожить
- clarification, specifying (adj.)
- уточняющий
- distinctly (adv.)
- явственно
- reasoning, discourse (n.)
- рассуждение
- annoyed, vexed, dissatisfied (adj.O
- раздосадованный
- unusualness
- необычность
- ended, completed (adj.)
- завершившийся
- anxiety, alarm, alert
- тревога