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pole
US / pəʊl /
•UK / pol /
- noun
- One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
- Most northern or most southern point on a planet
- A long, narrow piece of metal or wood
- One of two opposite magnetic forces
- An upright long thin structure to support things
- verb
- To move a boat with a stick or pole
war
US / wɔ:(r) /
•UK / wɔr /
- noun
- Situation where armies fight each other
same
US / seɪm /
•UK / sem /
- adjecitve
- Being equal in quality and amount
- Identical; not different
- Not changing; constant
intentional
US / ɪnˈtenʃənl /
•UK / ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl /
- adjecitve
- Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
wide
US / waɪd /
•UK / waɪd /
- adjecitve
- Having a great distance from one side to the other
- adverb
- Fully; completely
but
US / bət /
•UK / bʌt,bət /
- conjunction
- Used before you say something different, opposite
vladimir
US / ˈvlædɪˌmɪə /
•UK / ˈvlædəmɪr /
- proper noun
- A city in western Russia, east of Moscow; population 339,500 (est. 2008).
astray
US / əˈstreɪ /
•UK / əˈstre /
- adverb
- Away from the right direction or path
pick
US / pɪk /
•UK / pɪk /
- noun
- Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- Item selected from a group of choices
- verb
- To take fruit or vegetables from a plant or tree
- To decide on a thing from various choices; select
- To remove (flower, etc.) with your fingers
poland
US / 'pəʊlənd /
•UK / 'poʊlənd /
- other
- A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in started World War II
against
US / əˈgenst /
•UK / əˈɡenst /
- preposition
- In physical contact with, as for support; next to
- In opposition to; disagreeing with
deliberate
US / dɪ'lɪbərət /
•UK / dɪˈlɪbərɪt /
- adjecitve
- Carefully thought out in advance
- Done purposely
- verb
- To consider a problem or decision carefully
now
US / naʊ /
•UK / naʊ /
- adverb
- At the present time or moment
- Right away or in the next possible moment
- Used to refer to something that just happened
- Time between the present and a moment in the past
- conjunction
- Resulting from or because of something
not
US / nɒt /
•UK / nɑt /
- adverb
- Word indicating the negative
- (Used to form the negative of verbs)
opening
US / ˈəʊpnɪŋ /
•UK / ˈoʊpnɪŋ /
- noun
- Free job; job you can apply for
- Action of starting something, e.g. a new business
- verb
- To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- To start the activities or services of a business
- To make a space or hole appear in something
- To move or change so that it is no longer closed
- To start something, e.g. a new business
putin
US / /
•UK / /
- noun
- An act or the right of putting the ball into a scrum.
ukraine
US / ju:'kreɪn /
•UK / ju:'kreɪn /
- other
- A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian st
about
US / ə'baʊt /
•UK / əˈbaʊt /
- adverb
- To be ready to; going to
- Nearly; approximately; roughly
- Near; next to; close to
- In every direction; in the area of
- preposition
- Concerning or of (a topic)
like
US / laɪk /
•UK / laɪk /
- adjecitve
- Being equal in status or kind to something else
- Similar; the same
- adverb
- For example
- preposition
- Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
- In a way similar to the way something is done
- Such as; for example
- verb
- To want to
- To find something pleasing; to prefer something
that
US / ðæt /
•UK / ðæt, ðət /
- adjecitve
- The person or thing being talked about
- Used to identify something both the speakers know
- adverb
- Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
- To such a degree
- conjunction
- Used to connect a noun clause
- Used to introduce an adverbial clause
- Used to introduce a noun clause
- determiner
- Used as a noun to refer to something
- pronoun
- Referring an object far away
- Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’
what
US / wɒt /
•UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /
- pronoun
- Thing or things that; the same kind as
- Used to emphasize something you are about to say
- adjecitve
- Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
- Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
- adverb
- To a certain degree
- determiner
- Question words used for asking for information
- exclamation
- Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
- Used to ask people to repeat something they said
action
US / 'ækʃn /
•UK / ˈækʃən /
- noun
- Something that a person or thing does
- verb
- To act to do something
first
US / fɜ:st /
•UK / fɚst /
- adjecitve
- 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
- noun
- Something that has not happened before
- Position of the winner of a competition
president
US / ˈprezɪdənt /
•UK / ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt /
- noun
- Person in charge of a country, or organization
argue
US / ˈɑ:gju: /
•UK / ˈɑ:rgju: /
- verb
- To fight or disagree over something
- To state your reasons for or against an idea
fight
US / faɪt /
•UK / faɪt /
- noun
- An argument or quarrel
- Act of trying to hurt someone by hitting them
- A struggle to do a difficult task
- verb
- To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- To try to hurt someone by hitting them
- To struggle to do a difficult task
ground
US / graʊnd /
•UK / ɡraʊnd /
- noun
- Connection of electrical equipment to earth
- Place where people play particular sports
- Solid surface of the earth that we stand on
- verb
- To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- To make loud jarring noise by pressing hard
- To make sharp or smooth through friction
- To press together with force making a sound
- To punish someone by not allowing them to go out
- To hit the bottom
- (Of boat) to hit the bottom so it cannot move
- To prevent a plane from taking off
- To place the ball over the goal line in rugby
happen
US / 'hæpən /
•UK / ˈhæpən /
- verb
- To take place or occur
absolutely
US / ˈæbsəlu:tli /
•UK / ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli /
- adverb
- Completely; totally; very
type
US / taɪp /
•UK / taɪp /
- noun
- Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- Group of things or people sharing common features
- verb
- To identify something belonging to a group
- To write by touching keys on a keyboard
cause
US / kɔ:z /
•UK / kɔz /
- noun
- Belief, goal or organization that people support
- Reason for
- verb
- To make something happen; create effect or result
indication
US / ˌɪndɪˈkeɪʃn /
•UK / ˌɪndɪˈkeʃən /
- noun
- Something showing something exists or will happen
mainly
US / ˈmeɪnli /
•UK / ˈmenli /
- adverb
- Mostly; usually; being the largest part
ultimately
US / ˈʌltɪmətli /
•UK / ˈʌltəmɪtli /
- adverb
- Done or considered as the final and most important
comment
US / 'kɒment /
•UK / ˈkɑmɛnt /
- noun
- Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- verb
- To say something that gives your opinion
down
US / daʊn /
•UK / daʊn /
- adjecitve
- Being sad, sick, or unhappy
- Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
- adverb
- In a sitting or lying position
- Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
- Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
- noun
- A period of play in American Football
- The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
- preposition
- Along something's path, course, or direction
- Going from a higher position to a lower position
- verb
- To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping
search
US / sɜ:tʃ /
•UK / sɜ:rtʃ /
- noun
- Examination of person to find something
- Action to find an answer to a problem
- Action of trying to find someone or something
- verb
- To examine a person's clothing to find something
- To look for an answer or explanation to a problem
- To look carefully for someone or something
claim
US / kleɪm /
•UK / klem /
- noun
- Demand for something that is believed to be due
- Something said to be true when others don't agree
- verb
- To demand something that is believed to be due
- To cause someone's life to come to an end
- To say something is true when others may not agree
nothing
US / 'nʌθɪŋ /
•UK / ˈnʌθɪŋ /
- noun
- Item of little or no value, importance, interest
- Number or value of zero
- pronoun
- Not anything, not a single thing
aim
US / eɪm /
•UK / em /
- noun
- Act of pointing something at a target
- Purpose or goal
- verb
- To point something at a target
- To intend to get a thing or for a thing to happen
offensive
US / əˈfensɪv /
•UK / əˈfɛnsɪv /
- adjecitve
- Causing displeasure or anger
- Being physically unpleasant
- Attacking or intended to attack
- noun
- A military attack
worryingly
US / 'wʌrɪɪŋlɪ /
•UK / 'wʌrɪɪŋlɪ /
- adverb
- In a manner to cause worry
ten
US / ten /
•UK / tɛn /
- number
- 10
two
US / tu: /
•UK / tu /
- number
- 2
back
US / bæk /
•UK / bæk /
- adjecitve
- Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- adverb
- Have returned to a place you were before
- noun
- The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
- Location at the rear of something
- The reverse of side something
- Area on the rear of your body
- verb
- To bet money on something
- To go backwards in a car
- To support and encourage someone or some cause
and
US / ənd /
•UK / ənd, ən,ænd /
- conjunction
- Used to refer to two or more things
- Plus; in addition; on top of that
- Used to introduce an action that follows another
prepare
US / prɪˈpeə(r) /
•UK / prɪˈper /
- verb
- To make something ready for use
await
US / əˈweɪt /
•UK / əˈwet /
- verb
- To keep ready for future needs
- To be ready to happen, or about to happen
far
US / fɑ:(r) /
•UK / fɑr /
- adjecitve
- A long way away
- Being a long way away
- adverb
- To a large degree or extent
publicly
US / 'pʌblɪklɪ /
•UK / ˈpʌblɪkli /
- adverb
- In a way that anyone can see, hear, use or know
both
US / bəuθ /
•UK / boθ /
- determiner
- Used to refer to two things at the same time
- pronoun
- Used to refer to two things at the same time
military
US / 'mɪlətrɪ /
•UK / ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the army or navy
- noun
- Army or armed forces
police
US / pəˈli:s /
•UK / pəˈlis /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the police and its business
- noun
- People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
- verb
- To control an area, or group with a police force
ongoing
US / ˈɒngəʊɪŋ /
•UK / ˈɑ:ngoʊɪŋ /
- adjecitve
- Continuing to exist or be in progress
result
US / rɪ'zʌlt /
•UK / rɪˈzʌlt /
- noun
- Something produced through tests or experiments
- Final score of a competition, election or game
- verb
- To be the outcome of other causes and effects
they
US / ðeɪ /
•UK / ðe /
- pronoun
- Two or more people, animals, or things
deliberately
US / dɪˈlɪbərətli /
•UK / dɪˈlɪbərɪtlɪ /
- adverb
- In a careful, considered manner; on purpose
- Purposely; on purpose
its
US / ɪts /
•UK / ɪts /
- adjecitve
- Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
- determiner
- Of something; belonging or related to something
- other
- Possessive form of “it”
officer
US / ˈɒfɪsə(r) /
•UK / ˈɔ:fɪsə(r) /
- noun
- Person of high position in an organization
- Person of high position in the military
outcome
US / ˈaʊtkʌm /
•UK / ˈaʊtˌkʌm /
- noun
- Something that happens as a result, consequence
russia
US / 'rʌʃə /
•UK / 'rʌʃə /
- proper noun
- A country in northern Asia and eastern Europe; population 143,500,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Mos
cruel
US / 'kru:əl /
•UK / ˈkruəl /
- adjecitve
- Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
country
US / ˈkʌntri /
•UK / ˈkʌntri /
- noun
- An area of land that is controlled by a government
- Open land that is away from towns and cities
look
US / lʊk /
•UK / lʊk /
- noun
- Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
- Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
- The way someone, something appears to be
- Act of searching for or examining something
- verb
- To appear to be; seem
heavy
US / 'hevɪ /
•UK / ˈhɛvi /
- adjecitve
- Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
- Involving serious or strong emotions
- Having a lot of weight
nato
US / ˈneɪtəʊ /
•UK / ˈneɪtoʊ /
- abbreviation
- NATO is an acronym
evidence
US / 'evɪdəns /
•UK / ˈɛvɪdəns /
- noun
- Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
blame
US / bleɪm /
•UK / blem /
- noun
- Act of saying someone did something bad
- verb
- To say someone is responsible for something bad
for
US / fə(r) /
•UK / fɔr,fə /
- preposition
- Used to show the purpose, or need of something
salvo
US / ˈsælvəʊ /
•UK / ˈsælvoʊ /
- noun
- Firing of several guns at the same time
time
US / taɪm /
•UK / taɪm /
- noun
- Speed at which music is played; tempo
- Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
- Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
- Occasion when something happens
- Period or occasion that something occurred
- Period in history or the past
- Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
- How long an event takes; duration
- verb
- To check speed at which music is performed
- To choose a specific moment to do something
- To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
- To schedule something to occur at a specific moment
kill
US / kɪl /
•UK / kɪl /
- noun
- Animal killed by a person or other animal
- verb
- To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
- To end the life of a person or other living thing
- To be very funny
- To prevent something from continuing or operating
- To do something unimportant to pass time quickly
urge
US / ɜ:dʒ /
•UK / ɚdʒ /
- noun
- A strong desire for something
- Strong pressure on someone to do something
- verb
- To drive something forward
- To ask or encourage someone to do something
system
US / 'sɪstəm /
•UK / ˈsɪstəm /
- adjecitve
- Working in an organized, logical way
- noun
- Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
well
US / wel /
•UK / wɛl /
- adjecitve
- Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
- Healthy and in good condition
- adverb
- In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
- In a complete, total, or full manner
- A great and considerable degree
- In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
- exclamation
- Used to begin or continue a particular statement
- Used to show you want to start saying something
- Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
- You say this to change the topic of a conversation
- Used to indicate you are making a final remark
- noun
- Long deep hole in the ground to get water
- verb
- To cause your eyes to fill with tears
news
US / nju:z /
•UK / nu:z /
- noun
- Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
- Information about recent events
shoot
US / ʃu:t /
•UK / ʃut /
- noun
- Emerging new part of a plant
- verb
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- To (cause to) fly away forcefully
- To use a camera to record a film/take a photograph
ukrainian
US / ju:'kreɪnɪən /
•UK / ju:'kreɪnɪrn /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Ukraine
- noun
- Person from Ukraine
while
US / waɪl /
•UK / hwaɪl, waɪl /
- conjunction
- In spite of the fact that; although
- During the time that; at the same time
- noun
- Short amount of time
attack
US / ə'tæk /
•UK / əˈtæk /
- noun
- Act intended to hurt someone physically, mentally
- verb
- To try to destroy, beat, or injure
barrage
US / 'bærɑ:ʒ /
•UK / ˈbɑrɪdʒ /
- noun
- Continued fire of weapons or verbal utterances
pile
US / paɪl /
•UK / paɪl /
- adjecitve
- (Surface) consisting of usually short threads
- noun
- Large amount of something
- Group of things one on top of another
- Long post used to support something
- Carpet, rug consisting of usually short threads
- verb
- (E.g. of problems) to increase; get more or worse
strike
US / straɪk /
•UK / straɪk /
- noun
- A punch or hit
- Fact of not hitting the ball when playing baseball
- Refusal to work to get more pay, protest something
- verb
- To hit something
- To suddenly become (e.g. rich)
- To have an idea occur to you
here
US / hɪə(r) /
•UK / hɪr /
- adverb
- In this place; at this location, position or time
after
US / 'ɑ:ftə(r) /
•UK / ˈæftɚ /
- adverb
- Later than another time, or behind something
- conjunction
- Following something before
- preposition
- When an event happened or time has passed
appear
US / ə'pɪə(r) /
•UK / əˈpɪr /
- verb
- To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- To seem to be
- To act in a play, movie, or be mentioned in media
accident
US / ˈæksɪdənt /
•UK / ˈæksɪdənt, -ˌdɛnt /
- noun
- Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
will
US / wɪl /
•UK / wɪl /
- noun
- Desire or choice of someone
- Document saying who gets your money when you die
- Strong desire to do something; determination
- Desire to do something; strong wish to do
- other
- Used with verbs to express the future
- verb
- To leave property to someone after your death
- To use mental effort to make something happen
- Am (is, are) likely to do
- To influence someone to do something
- To make something happen by strongly wanting it
into
US / 'ɪntə /
•UK / ˈɪntu /
- preposition
- Moving or going inside something
- In the same direction as; in the direction of
- So as to become; taking the state of
john
US / dʒɔn /
•UK / dʒɑn /
- noun
- A toilet.
- A prostitute's client.
- proper noun
- (1165–1216), son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine; king of England 1199–1216; known as John Lack
- The name of six kings of Portugal.
the
US / ðə /
•UK / ðə /
- article
- Used to refer to something already mentioned
- Used to show there is only one of something
- determiner
- Used to describe all of a family
russian
US / ˈrʌʃn /
•UK / ˈrʌʃn /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Russia
- noun
- Person from Russia
suggest
US / səˈdʒest /
•UK / səɡˈdʒɛst, səˈdʒɛst /
- verb
- To mention something that could be done; propose
three
US / θri: /
•UK / θri /
- number
- Number 3
irvine
US / ˈɜːvaɪn /
•UK / ˈɜrvaɪn /
- proper noun
- A planned city in southwestern California; population 207,500 (est. 2008).
interception
US / ˌɪntə'sepʃn /
•UK / ˌɪntɚˈsɛpʃən /
- noun
- Preventing something from proceeding or arriving
this
US / ðɪs /
•UK / ðɪs /
- adjecitve
- Used to indicate something already been discussed
- Used to indicate something happening around now
- adverb
- An indication by a physical motion or gesture
- A specific amount of
- determiner
- Person, thing, or idea near you
- pronoun
- Person, thing that has already been discussed
defence
US / dɪˈfens /
•UK / dɪˈfɛns /
- noun
- The process of protecting something from attack
incident
US / ˈɪnsɪdənt /
•UK / ˈɪnsɪdənt /
- noun
- Event, usually unusual or important; accident
indicate
US / ˈɪndɪkeɪt /
•UK / ˈɪndɪˌket /
- verb
- To show something; direct attention to; point out
- To represent something using a symbol or sign
problem
US / ˈprɒbləm /
•UK / ˈprɑbləm /
- adjecitve
- Causing trouble
- noun
- Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- Question to show understanding of a math concept
polish
US / 'pɒlɪʃ /
•UK / ˈpɑlɪʃ /
- noun
- A cream used to make shoes etc. shiny
- Quality or style showing great skill or refinement
- A shine on a surface
- other
- To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
- verb
- To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
- To improve by practicing or working on it
air
US / eə(r) /
•UK / er /
- noun
- Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- A person's manner intended to impress others
- verb
- To expose to the outside, to dry or freshen
- To broadcast a TV or radio show
- To open a subject to discussion and debate
awry
US / əˈraɪ /
•UK / əˈraɪ /
- adjecitve
- Go awry to go wrong; not go as planned
unlikely
US / ʌnˈlaɪkli /
•UK / ʌnˈlaɪkli /
- adjecitve
- Not seeming suitable for a particular purpose
- adverb
- Not likely to happen; not likely to be the truth
hundred
US / 'hʌndrəd /
•UK / ˈhʌndrɪd /
- number
- 100
his
US / hɪz /
•UK / hɪz /
- pronoun
- Something belonging to a male person
with
US / wɪð /
•UK / wɪð, wɪθ /
- preposition
- As an employee of a certain company
- Against something or someone
- By using something as a means
- Due to; because of
- Including
- Possessing as a feature
- Related to
- (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
- Used to express that people or things are together
have
US / həv /
•UK / hæv /
- verb
- To drink, smoke, eat or use something
- To experience the effects of something
- To organize an event, or join in an activity
- To own, possess, or hold something
- To cause to happen or produce a particular effect
investigation
US / ɪnˌvestɪ'ɡeɪʃn /
•UK / ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeʃən /
- noun
- Search for information about something
tonight
US / təˈnaɪt /
•UK / təˈnaɪt /
- adverb
- Night following this day
- noun
- This evening; the night of today
tragic
US / ˈtrædʒɪk /
•UK / ˈtrædʒɪk /
- adjecitve
- (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
- Causing great sadness, e.g. due to untimely death
western
US / ˈwestən /
•UK / ˈwestərn /
- adjecitve
- Movies often about cowboys in the American West
- Coming from, found in, or facing towards the west
see
US / si: /
•UK / si /
- verb
- To go on a date with someone
- To predict whether something is, or will be true
- To understand what someone says
- To use your eyes to look at something
- To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
- To visit or meet with someone
- To find out by waiting or looking
- To watch (a game, movie or TV show)