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1.Now the American Attorney General says there’s proof of Pakistani Taliban involvement, it will ratchet up the pressure on Islamabad.

ratchet up（一步步地）增加；渐进

例句：electricity prices will ratchet up this year
      今年的电价将会逐步增加

2.As our economics editor Stephanie Flanders reports, the financial markets in Asia and in Europe will be paying close attention to the Brussels Talks.

pay close attention to密切关注

例句：These scientists pay close attention to the changes in the atmosphere.
      这几位科学家密切关注着大气圈的变化。

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watch for守候,注意

例句：She was watching for the postman.
      她正留意着等邮差送信来。

3.Now the states have been raised once again and officials today have just a few hours to rewrite the rules of the eurozone and show investors they have both the cash and the will to stand by their members.

stand by支持, 支援

例句：We'll stand by you through thick and thin.
      不管多么艰难困苦, 我们都要支持你们。

信守诺言

例句：My teacher is a man who stands by his promises.
      我的老师是一位信守诺言的人。

4.It's only one regional election, but it matters, because defeat here deprived the Chancellor of a majority in the Upper House of the German Parliament.

deprive of剥夺某人的…

例句：They deprived the criminal of political rights for all his life.
      他们剥夺那罪犯的终身政治权利。

      These misfortunes almost deprived him of his reason.
      这些不幸的事几乎使他丧失了理智。

5.And without that, she’ll find it much harder to push through the national legislation she's planned by tax cuts and health service reform.

push through努力完成

例句：We must push the matter through.
       我们必须把这事办妥。