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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Bigger picture, trying hard to keep in mind
Putting the Bangladesh relationship beyond insurgents and illegal migration, India may finally be walking the extra mile with its smaller neighbour. At stake is not merely the stabilization of India's northeast in a more stable periphery, but something much greater: by helping to pull Bangladesh out of poverty. India could also be lending a hand to a nation striving to pull itself back from the brink of fundamentalist chaos.
This is the bigger picture India is trying hard to keep in mind, as the government prepares to welcome Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on her maiden visit this weekend. "We are committed to putting this relationship on a higher trajectory," said senior government sources.
Hasina's visit will yield three treaties and one MoU. As their foreign minister Dipu Moni announced, "Three treaties will be signed...on mutual legal assistance on criminal offences, agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons and agreement on combating international terrorism, organised crime and illegal drug trafficking." The MoU the two countries will sign is on power swapping.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-willing-to-walk-the-extra-mile-with-Bangladesh/articleshow/5425038.cms
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
I guess "trying hard to keep in mind" means "finding difficult to keep in mind" though.
This is the bigger picture India is trying hard to keep in mind, as the government prepares to welcome Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on her maiden visit this weekend. "We are committed to putting this relationship on a higher trajectory," said senior government sources.
Hasina's visit will yield three treaties and one MoU. As their foreign minister Dipu Moni announced, "Three treaties will be signed...on mutual legal assistance on criminal offences, agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons and agreement on combating international terrorism, organised crime and illegal drug trafficking." The MoU the two countries will sign is on power swapping.
Source :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-willing-to-walk-the-extra-mile-with-Bangladesh/articleshow/5425038.cms
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
I guess "trying hard to keep in mind" means "finding difficult to keep in mind" though.
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The first part means "... "; in other words, "bigger picture India" is not one unit, as you may be thinking. The "bigger picture" means the overall situation (rather than the small detail of some particular aspect of the situation).
- The first part means "...
- "; in other words, "bigger picture India" is not one unit, as you may be thinking.
- The "bigger picture" means the overall situation (rather than the small detail of some particular aspect of the situation).
- "trying hard" means "trying a lot", "making a big effort".
- Its primary meaning is not that of "finding something difficult" (though the thing that one is trying hard at may well be difficult, of course).
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The first part means "... the bigger picture that India is trying to ..."; in other words, "bigger picture India" is not one unit, as you may be thinking. The "bigger picture" means the overall situation (rather than the small detail of some particular aspect of the situation).
"trying hard" means "trying a lot", "making a big effort". Its primary meaning is not that of "finding s
"trying hard" means "trying a lot", "making a big effort". Its primary meaning is not that of "finding s
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