Babiš and a new Civic Forum

Glossary of difficult words

scorched earth (policy) - a military strategy that calls for destroying anything that might be useful to an invading enemy force;

readily - without hesitance or reluctance;

front - a person or organization serving as a cover for subversive or illegal activities;

on the ground - in a place where real, practical work is done;

change of heart - a change in one’s mood or feeling;

upstanding - honest; respectable;

belated - coming or happening later than should have been the case.