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短语讲解：

1. Rapidly escalating violence link to rivalries between the Nuer and Dinka majority has raised fears that the world's newest country could slide into civil war.

link to 与…连接， 联系
例句：It's a tough link to break.
这是种难以割裂的联系。

2. He fell out with President Putin and ended up in prison convicted of fraud, theft and money laundering.

fall out with 与…争吵；与…发生纠纷；吵架
例句：I fall out with a lot of photographers over this.
就这一点，我和许多摄影家都闹翻了。

3. The whole country united in condemnation of what happened and I'm sure everyone will welcome these verdicts today.

be sure [法]确信; 诚然
例句：We cannot be sure who is right.
我们不能确定谁对谁错。

4. And make sure that we do everything to beat it in our country.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：How do you make sure this is clear?
你怎么能确定这足够明确呢？

5. Police say there are a number of casualties.

a number of 许多的; 一些
例句：There are a number of techniques.
有一些技术是可以做到的。

6. The state will maintain its monopoly on retail sales and vehicle prices are expected to be high out of reach for many of the Cubans.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

7. The government says the money raised will be used to develop public transport on the Island which just currently very limited and poorly maintains.

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：A set of synthetic data is used to illustrate these methods. 
一组模拟数据被用来说明这些方法。