Brumby spotting in the Snowy Mountains

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New words:

The trek begins
trek - trek - a long, hard walk lasting several days or weeks, especially in the mountains

handed the reins
rein - reɪn - a long narrow leather band that is fastened around a horse's neck and is held by the rider in order to control the horse.

issues a few quick rules before we head out

the rowdy card games
rowdy - ˈraʊdi - (of people) making a lot of noise or likely to cause trouble

unsaddle - ʌnˈsædl - to take the saddle off a horse

breeding horses and tending to the land
tend - tend - to be likely to do sth or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens

Good tucker
tucker - [tʌ̱kə(r)] - food

One of my greatest fears was sleeping through breakfast
sleeping through - If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.

Lunches consist of lavish spreads of sandwiches, cakes, fruit.
lavish - ˈlævɪʃ - large in amount, or impressive, and usually costing a lot of money

brumby - ['brʌmbɪ] - необъезженная лошадь

The final day is tinged with sadness
tinge - tɪndʒ - to add a small amount of colour to sth

US says 80% of al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq removed

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New words:

he cautioned against complacency
complacency - [kəm'pleɪs(ə)n(t)sɪ] - a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

temporary setback in the peace process
setback - ˈsetbæk - a difficulty or problem that delays or prevents sth, or makes a situation worse

made some significant inroads
inroad - ˈɪnrəʊd - inroad (into sth) something that is achieved, especially by reducing the power or success of sth else

a military crackdown on student protesters
crackdown - ˈkrækdaʊn - crackdown (on sb/sth) severe action taken to restrict the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or sb in authority