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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Taking care to, could do with a person

There was shock and dismay in Congress circles in Delhi. Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh and CWC member Keshava Rao expressed disgust at the scandal and sought Tiwari's resignation as governor. There could be more demands for Tiwari's ouster as other partymen take a cue from the senior AICC functionary.
Taking care to preface his comments with "if the pictures are true", Rao said, "I am shocked at these unseeable pictures of our respectable governor. I myself feel ashamed at such shameful incidents. I hope they are not genuine. But if they are, then any responsible person in such a post would quit before he is asked to."
While serious enough, the scandal complicates the situation for Congress owing to its timing. The allegation that Tiwari was having sex romps in Raj Bhawan comes even as life in the state has come to a standstill owing to paralysis in governance over the Telangana agitation. Political circles here have been abuzz that the Hyderabad Raj Bhawan could do with a person more engaged with governance issues than Tiwari has been.

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tiwari-may-be-on-way-out/articleshow/5379239.cms

Could you please explain to me what the emboldened parts mean here?
  

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Taking care to be polite = being sure/careful to be polite. I could do with a glass of water = I really need a glass of water.

  • Taking care to be polite = being sure/careful to be polite.
  • I could do with a glass of water = I really need a glass of water.
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Taking care to be polite = being sure/careful to be polite.

I could do with a glass of water = I really need a glass of water.

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