New S Korean leader to face probe

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petition  /ptn/  (petitions, petitioning, petitioned)
1. N-COUNT : usu with supp
A petition is a document signed by a lot of people which asks a government or other official group to do a particular thing. (청원, 탄원)
    We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.


dismiss  /dsms/  (dismisses, dismissing, dismissed)
1. VERB
If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
    Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation.
    I would certainly dismiss any allegations of impropriety by the Labour Party.
    = discount  

5. VERB
When a judge dismisses a case against someone, he or she formally states that there is no need for a trial, usually because there is not enough evidence for the case to continue.
    An American judge yesterday dismissed murder charges against Dr Jack Kevorkian.
    their attempt to have the case against them dismissed.


landslide  /lndslad/  (landslides)
1. N-COUNT
A landslide is a victory in an election in which a person or political party gets far more votes or seats than their opponents.
    He won last month's presidential election by a landslide.
    The NLD won a landslide victory in the elections five months ago.

2. N-COUNT
A landslide is a large amount of earth and rocks falling down a cliff or the side of a mountain.
    The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona.
    = landslip, avalanche


immune  /mjun/
3. ADJ : v-link ADJ, usu ADJ from n
Someone or something that is immune from a particular process or situation is able to escape it.
    Members of the Bundestag are immune from prosecution for corruption.


dog  /dg, AM dg/  (dogs, dogging, dogged)
5. VERB
If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time.
    His career has been dogged by bad luck.
    = plague