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How did Obama and Cameron fall out? intervene / ,ɪntɚ'vin / v 干涉；调停；插入 CET6 obsess / əb'sɛs / v. 迷住，缠住TEM8 bedrock / 'bɛdrɑk / n. 基岩；根底；基本原理 calibrate / 'kælɪbret / v. 校正；调整；测定口径 sway / swe / v 影响；统治；使摇动 CET4 irony / 'aɪrəni / n. 讽刺 CET6 Barack Obama has revealed his frustration with aspects of Britain's foreign policy under David Cameron. What does it mean for US-UK relations? Last week was the 70th anniversary of the speech in which Winston Churchill coined the phrase "special relationship" . In the intervening decades, Downing Street has obsessed about its status. These are the most sacred words in British diplomacy. Maintaining an intimate friendship with Washington has been the bedrock of post-war British foreign policy. So the special relationship antennae, those delicately calibrated instruments tuned to pick up even the slightest of ructions, would have been swaying violently from side to side following Barack Obama's criticism of David Cameron. In an interview with The Atlantic the US president lamented the chaotic state of Libya, and laid part of the blame at the door of European leaders. ---BBC