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短语讲解：

1. Mr Ocalan has told his PKK fighters to lay down their arms and withdraw from Turkish soil, raising hopes for an end to an 30-year conflict that's caused tens of thousands of lives.

lay down 放下；规定
例句：Probably he would lay down his brushes and palette.
也许他会放下画笔和调色板。

2. It's not immediately clear when the retreat of thousands of PKK fighters from Turkey to the mountains of northern Iraq will take place.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Where were you? Where did it take place?
你当时在哪儿?在哪儿发生的?

3. The United Nations has, for the first time, set up a commission of inquiry to human rights abuses in North Korea which, it says, may amounts to crimes against humanity. Here's Charles Scanlon.

set up 建立；准备
例句：Let me set up the demonstration equipment.
让我把展示装置设立起来。

4. But Washington now appears to be running out of patience with North Korea.

run out of 用尽
例句：I'm afraid we've run out of petrol.
恐怕我们的汽油用完了。

5. The step could eventually lead to action of the International Criminal Court.

lead to 把…带到；领到
例句：Attacks can also lead to counter-attacks.
攻击也可能导致回击。

6. North Korea's representative at Geneva responded immediately and angrily, saying it was a political move carried out by hostile forces.

carry out 执行；进行
例句：We must carry out the party's policies.
我们要贯彻党的政策。