1. the recent article by Tribune's Vienna correspondent provoked a spate of angry letters which, besides calling him a fool and a liar and making other charges of what one might call a routine nature, also carried the very serious implication that he ought to have kept silent even if he knew that he was speaking the truth.
- spate: a sudden flood in a river; a large number of similar things or events
2. a routine nature: a uaual or regular method of procedure, espcially one that is unvarying
3. Whenever A and B are in opposition to one another, anyone who attacks or criticises A is accused of aiding and abetting B.
- abet: encourage, assist to do something wrong, (나쁜 일) 사주하다, 교사하다
4. it is just arguable that no fact detrimental to A ought ever to be revealed.*
5. Well, the people in this country who gave most ammunition to the Nazi propagandists during the war are exactly the ones who tell us that is "objectively" pro-Fascist to criticise the USSR.
- ammunition: projectiles with their fuses; cartridges
5. British plutocracy
- plutocracy: government by the wealthy
6. the Axis: 'axis'라는 단어 자체는 여러 뜻이 있지만 'A'를 대문자로 쓰면 2차 세계 대전에서 독일과 이태리가 주축이 되었던 추축국을 말한다.
- the Axis: The alliance of Germany and Italy formed befor and during World War II (later extended to include Japan and others)
7. About the same time the German radio broadcast shortened versions of books which they considered damaging to British prestige.
- about the same time
8. According to Blake, "A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent,"
9. Indeed, anyone who has ever written in defence of unpopular causes or been the witness of events which are likely to cause controversy, knows the fearful temptation to distort or suppress the facts, simply because any honest statement will contain revelations which can be made use of by unscrupulous opponents. But what one has to consider are the long-term effects. In the long run, can the cause of progress be served by lies, or can it not?
- unscrupulous: 부도덕한, 원칙이 없는(unprincipled)
- 주어, 동사가 도치되어 동사 are이 쓰인 구문.
10. as it is apt to do in the end
- be apt toV = tend toV
11. Here is an example of untruthful propaganda coming home to roost.
- roost: place where birds rest
12. Such people, if they are suddenly confronted with an actual, flesh-blood Indian nationalish, are liable to recoil into the attitudes of a Blimp.
- blimp: a pompous(self-important), reationary type of person.
13. In this and other ways I should say that the net effect of Communist and near-Communist propaganda has been simply to retard the cause of Socialism.
- retard: delay, hold back
14. The whole argument that one mustn't speak plainly because it "plays into the hands of" this or that sinister influence is dishonest, in the sense that people only use it when it suits them.
15. Beneath this argument there always lies the intention to do propaganda for some single sectional interest, and to browbeat critics into silence by telling them that they are "objectively" reactionary. It is a tempting manoeuvre, and I have used it myself more than once, but it is dishonest.
- manoeuvre: a movement or series of moves requiring skill or care
- browbeat: intimidate
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