阿尔尼克

diplomacy 外交手腕，外交策略 skill at dealing with people and difficult
conservative 保守党的
ironic  using words in a humorous way to mean the opposite of what they usually mean 讥讽的，冷嘲的


documentary evidence 书面证据
presi'dential 
House of Commons (英）下院
cabinet (政府的）内阁 the most important ministers of the government, who meet as a group to make decisions or to advise the head of the government  2. 柜子
corruption 腐败的行为
nomination 1. 提名(奖，候选人） 2. 任命，指定 =someone's official appointment to a position