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The adventure that follows from his efforts to unblock himself — which also entails some emotional and erotic unblocking, with two women who, he thinks, resemble each other — becomes the basis for his new film.
But overall there has been no sense of urgency or priorities.Mr Abe's advisers say that a second term will be different: he will unblock trade talks with America over farm protection; he will reform labour; he will change the tax system to spur job creation and stimulate spending.
By capping the market-share of retail banks in current accounts, business current accounts and small business lending and committing to creating at least two new challenger banks—it seeks to make retail banking more competitive and unblock lending to SMEs.
Fresh efforts will soon be made to unblock financial aid held up by Greece and the European Parliament.Yet, though Mr Yilmaz is considered a big improvement on his Islamist predecessor, Necmettin Erbakan, Turkey's human-rights record and its treatment of its Kurdish minority still seem likely to put off entry talks for years.
ON JANUARY 28th Europe's air-traffic control bosses met some 38 transport ministers to unblock the continent's gridlocked skies.
Pakistan blamed India for the delay, caused by the need to unblock roads closed by landslides after the quake, to clear landmines, and to process the papers of those who had applied to cross.
Some donors, particularly Arab ones, have been holding back the money they promised the PA in December because they do not want it to go to waste.Tony Blair, Britain's former prime minister, who has been mediating between Israel and the PA to unblock particular projects, such as industrial parks, has largely run into a brick wall too.
See articleNéstor Kirchner, the husband and predecessor of Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández, and possible successor to her in 2011, underwent successful emergency surgery to unblock an artery.Failed bid for powerThe Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia indicted four senior leaders of the former regime, three years after they were put behind bars.
Now for votes Having it both ways, à la française ReprintsSo far, the government's main practical feat has been to create 1 billion roubles ($70m) of new money as a first step to try to unblock a banking system paralysed by mistrust and insolvency.
And as tourism expands, farmers will sell more crops and fishermen more fish to be served in hotels and restaurants, and plumbers will unblock more hotel drains.
But Brussels will in turn expect Serbia to unblock its opposition to the deployment of the EU police and justice mission in Kosovo, which should have been up and running by now.Sooner rather than later a deal needs to be struck over Kosovo.
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Unblock primarily functions as a verb. It denotes the action of removing an obstruction or clearing a path, either literally or figuratively. Ludwig confirms this through its examples, showing the diverse application of the word.
Expression frequency: Very common
