Justin Trudeau addresses incident at Concordia University | 'That's not who we are'
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then
US / ðen /
•UK / ðɛn /
- adverb
- A time that is not now
- Following another thing in time or arrangement
- Following on reasonably from what was just stated
- At that time, not now
respect
US / rɪ'spekt /
•UK / rɪˈspɛkt /
- noun
- Behavior that follows the established rules
- Admiration for someone
- Regard or admiration for someone or something
- verb
- To follow the established rules
- To think very highly of another person
include
US / ɪnˈklu:d /
•UK / ɪnˈklud /
- verb
- To make someone, something part of a group
fire
US / 'faɪə(r) /
•UK / faɪr /
- noun
- Heat and the flame produced when burning
- Intense energy for or about something
- verb
- To apply heat to something to make it hard
- To make a person leave their job; dismiss
- To shoot a gun or weapon
- To launch something into the sky, e.g. a rocket
- To start working on something e.g. a project
family
US / 'fæməlɪ /
•UK / ˈfæmli /
- noun
- Close group of people or organizations
- A group of people who are related through blood
- Group of related plants or animals
particularly
US / pəˈtikjuləli /
•UK / pɚˈtɪkjələli, pəˈtɪk- /
- adverb
- Specially; more than others
medium
US / 'mi:dɪəm /
•UK / ˈmidiəm /
- noun
- Method of expressing ideas or feelings
- Something available in a middle size or condition
- Person who claims to communicate with the dead
understanding
US / ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ /
•UK / ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ /
- adjecitve
- Being sympathetic
- noun
- When you get the meaning correctly; comprehension
- Knowledge about something or someone
- verb
- To know the meaning of language, what someone says
tears
US / tɪəs /
•UK / tɪrs /
- other
- Drops of salty water from the eye
- Holes or rips in something after it has been damaged
- verb
- To move very quickly, often with carelessness
- To remove something forcibly or roughly
- To damage by pulling, resulting in a rough edge
place
US / pleɪs /
•UK / ples /
- noun
- Particular location, area or region
- verb
- To put someone in a particular type of situation
- To put something in a certain location or position
value
US / 'vælju: /
•UK / ˈvælju /
- noun
- Importance you attach to something
- Some information expressed as a number
- Stated price of something; worth
- verb
- To place a high importance on something
- To say how much money something is worth
right
US / raɪt /
•UK / raɪt /
- adjecitve
- Correct or true
- The south side of you looking at the rising sun
- adverb
- Exactly in a place or time
- Being appropriate for a particular event
- In a straight or direct manner
- noun
- Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
- Ideal of what is just and good
- Political view based on conservatism
- verb
- To fix something previously wrong or unjust
- To make upright, as a boat that has turned over
perspective
US / pə'spektɪv /
•UK / pɚˈspɛktɪv /
- noun
- Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- Ability to understand what is important in life
happen
US / 'hæpən /
•UK / ˈhæpən /
- verb
- To take place or occur
each
US / i:tʃ /
•UK / itʃ /
- determiner
- Every one of two or more things
- pronoun
- Per one person or thing
diversity
US / daɪ'vɜ:sətɪ /
•UK / dɪˈvə:sɪti, daɪ- /
- noun
- Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
watch
US / wɒtʃ /
•UK / wɑtʃ /
- noun
- Period of time someone is responsible for guarding
- Device you wear on your wrist that shows the time
- Official warning statement, e.g. of bad weather
- verb
- To keep in check, manage, or control something
- To look at something for entertainment, e.g. TV
- To guard a place or people; protect child, etc.
- To look at carefully to work out what is happening
- To protect and care for someone or something
terrible
US / ˈterəbl /
•UK / ˈtɛrəbəl /
- adjecitve
- Very bad; horrible
montreal
US / ˌmɒntrɪ'ɔ:l /
•UK / ˌmɑ:ntrɪ'ɔ:l /
- proper noun
- A port on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, southeastern Canada; population 1,162,693 (2006). Founde
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
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’
threat
US / θret /
•UK / θrɛt /
- noun
- Warning of probable trouble
- A warning that you may be harmed
people
US / 'pi:pl /
•UK / ˈpipəl /
- noun
- Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- Men, Women, Children
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
eventually
US / ɪˈventʃuəli /
•UK / ɪˈvɛntʃuəli /
- adverb
- After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
different
US / ˈdɪfrənt /
•UK / ˈdɪfrənt /
- adjecitve
- Not of the same kind; unlike other things
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)
state
US / steɪt /
•UK / stet /
- adjecitve
- Concerning region within a country
- noun
- Region within a country, with its own government
- Situation or condition something is in
- verb
- To say; declare as fact
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
school
US / sku:l /
•UK / skul /
- adjecitve
- Being to do with schools and education
- noun
- Large group of fish that swim together
- Education of a child
- Building where you learn in classes with a teacher
- A particular belief or idea about something
- verb
- To teach or train someone to know or do something
unfortunately
US / ʌnˈfɔ:tʃənətli /
•UK / ʌnˈfɔːrtʃənətli /
- adverb
- In a way that is to be regretted; unluckily
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
you
US / jʊ /
•UK / ju /
- pronoun
- Person someone is speaking or writing to
- Person or people in general
therefore
US / ˈðeəfɔ:(r) /
•UK / ˈðerfɔ:(r) /
- adverb
- And so; for that reason
kind
US / kaɪnd /
•UK / kaɪnd /
- adjecitve
- In a caring and helpful manner
- friendly and considerate
- noun
- One type of thing
how
US / haʊ /
•UK / haʊ /
- adjecitve
- To what degree? in what amount?
- adverb
- (Used to explain the way to do something)
- exclamation
- For what purpose or reason?
- (Used to ask someone or something's condition)
than
US / ðən /
•UK / ðən /
- conjunction
- Used to compare two things that are not equal
other
US / 'ʌðə(r) /
•UK / ˈʌðər /
- adjecitve
- A thing different from that mentioned
- determiner
- (Something) else; not the first (one)
- pronoun
- Being the one and only thing of that category
love
US / lʌv /
•UK / lʌv /
- noun
- Person's name
- A very strong feeling of affection
- The person you care very deeply about
- Strong, deep emotional and sexual attraction
- verb
- To care for and like someone very strongly, deeply
- To like doing very much; enjoy greatly
- To feel a strong emotional and romantic attraction
run
US / rʌn /
•UK / rʌn /
- noun
- Journey between two places made by ship or car
- Series of similar things or successes and failures
- Act of running; exercise of running
- verb
- To depart or travel according to a schedule
- To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
- (Of an engine) to be operating
- To start or use a computer program
- To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
- To manage or operate a business
- To operate or drive something
- (Of a road) to go from one place to another
- To move your legs faster than walking
ones
US / wʌnz /
•UK / wʌnz /
- number
- Number 1, a single person or thing
image
US / 'ɪmɪdʒ /
•UK / ˈɪmɪdʒ /
- noun
- Picture, sculpture or painting of something
- General idea or opinion of something
- verb
- To obtain pictures by scanning them with a machine
resolution
US / ˌrezə'lu:ʃn /
•UK / ˌrɛzəˈluʃən /
- noun
- End part of a story resolving the conflict
- Ability of a screen or camera to display pixels
- Statement of the decisions of a group
- Answer to a problem or conflict
- Promise made to accomplish something
rage
US / reɪdʒ /
•UK / reɪdʒ /
- noun
- Strong or violent anger
- Sudden display of strong or violent anger
- verb
- To act or speak with strong or violent anger
- To move violently, like a storm
building
US / ˈbɪldɪŋ /
•UK / ˈbɪldɪŋ /
- noun
- A structure with a roof and walls, e.g. a house
- verb
- To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
- To construct a house, office, factory
who
US / hu: /
•UK / hu /
- pronoun
- Which person
- Used to introduce information about people
responsibility
US / rɪˌspɒnsə'bɪlətɪ /
•UK / rɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪlɪti /
- noun
- Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- A thing to be done because it is morally correct
- State of being dependable or reliable
their
US / ðɛː /
•UK / ðer /
- determiner
- Belonging to them
agree
US / əˈgri: /
•UK / əˈɡri /
- verb
- To have the same opinion as someone else
yesterday
US / ˈjestədeɪ /
•UK / ˈjestərdeɪ /
- adverb
- Day before today
- noun
- Day before today
neighbour
US / 'neɪbə(r) /
•UK / ˈnebɚ /
- noun
- Person who lives, or is near, you
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
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
very
US / 'verɪ /
•UK / ˈvɛri /
- adjecitve
- Concerning a large degree or amount
- adverb
- A lot; much; many
- Used to stress or emphasize a noun
fear
US / fɪə(r) /
•UK / fɪr /
- noun
- Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- verb
- To be afraid of or nervous about something
anger
US / ˈæŋgə(r) /
•UK / ˈæŋɡɚ /
- noun
- Feelings of being upset, mad or annoyed
- A strong feeling we can get if we think we're being treated badly
- verb
- To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
themselves
US / ðəmˈselvz /
•UK / ðɛmˈsɛlvz, ðəm- /
- pronoun
- Reflexive form of 'they'
our
US / 'aʊə(r) /
•UK / aʊr /
- determiner
- Belonging to us
not
US / nɒt /
•UK / nɑt /
- adverb
- Word indicating the negative
- (Used to form the negative of verbs)
jewish
US / ˈdʒu:ɪʃ /
•UK / ˈdʒuɪʃ /
- adjecitve
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
alongside
US / əˌlɒŋˈsaɪd /
•UK / əˌlɔ:ŋˈsaɪd /
- preposition
- Side by side with something
against
US / əˈgenst /
•UK / əˈɡenst /
- preposition
- In physical contact with, as for support; next to
- In opposition to; disagreeing with
peaceful
US / ˈpi:sfl /
•UK / ˈpisfəl /
- adjecitve
- In a calm and quiet state
- Being unlikely or unwilling to act violently
canadian
US / kəˈneɪdiən /
•UK / kəˈnediən /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Canada
- noun
- Person from Canada
give
US / ɡɪv /
•UK / ɡɪv /
- noun
- Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- verb
- To hand over or present something to someone
- To cause someone to have or experience something
but
US / bət /
•UK / bʌt,bət /
- conjunction
- Used before you say something different, opposite
necessary
US / 'nesəsərɪ /
•UK / ˈnɛsɪˌsɛri /
- adjecitve
- Needed or required; unavoidable
member
US / ˈmembə(r) /
•UK / ˈmɛmbɚ /
- noun
- Part of the body of a human, animal
- Person or thing belonging to a group or team
conviction
US / kən'vɪkʃn /
•UK / kənˈvɪkʃən /
- noun
- Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
- Strong belief in something, e.g. not needing proof
opportunity
US / ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ /
•UK / ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju- /
- noun
- Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
feeling
US / ˈfi:lɪŋ /
•UK / ˈfilɪŋ /
- noun
- Sensation or emotion you experience
- verb
- To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- To sense through direct contact; touch
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
news
US / nju:z /
•UK / nu:z /
- noun
- Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
- Information about recent events
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
stream
US / stri:m /
•UK / strim /
- noun
- Classes split into ability levels
- A small river
- verb
- To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- To split classes or students into ability levels
start
US / stɑ:t /
•UK / stɑrt /
- noun
- First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
- Sudden action or movement because you are scared
- other
- Beginning of something in place or time
- verb
- To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
- To turn something on
opinion
US / əˈpɪnjən /
•UK / əˈpɪnjən /
- noun
- Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- A person's thoughts on a topic
hatred
US / ˈheɪtrɪd /
•UK / ˈhetrɪd /
- noun
- Very strong feeling of dislike; hate
anguish
US / 'æŋɡwɪʃ /
•UK / ˈæŋɡwɪʃ /
- noun
- Great suffering caused by pain, worry, unhappiness
just
US / dʒʌst /
•UK / dʒʌst /
- adjecitve
- Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
- Doing or being what is right or fair
- Legally correct; having enough evidence
- adverb
- Almost; nearly
- Exactly at the time of
- Exactly (the same as, like)
disagree
US / ˌdɪsə'ɡri: /
•UK / ˌdɪsəˈɡri /
- verb
- To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
middle
US / 'mɪdl /
•UK / ˈmidl /
- adjecitve
- Equal distance from extremes
- noun
- Place that is halfway between two things
crisis
US / 'kraɪsɪs /
•UK / ˈkraɪsɪs /
- noun
- Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
anywhere
US / ˈeniweə(r) /
•UK / ˈeniwer /
- adverb
- To any extent or degree (often used with not)
- In, at or to any place
- other
- Use to indicate limits or variation
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
necessarily
US / ˌnesəˈserəli /
•UK / ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrəli, -ˈsɛr- /
- adverb
- In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
for
US / fə(r) /
•UK / fɔr,fə /
- preposition
- Used to show the purpose, or need of something
grief
US / ɡri:f /
•UK / ɡrif /
- noun
- Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
- Things that are troublesome or annoying
any
US / 'enɪ /
•UK / ˈɛni /
- adjecitve
- One, or some, no matter which
- pronoun
- One (thing) of many; some
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
most
US / məʊst /
•UK / most /
- adverb
- Very; extremely
- Greatest possible degree
- pronoun
- Nearly all of something
east
US / i:st /
•UK / i:st /
- noun
- Direction where the sun rises
- Geographic area including India, China, Japan etc.
conflict
US / 'kɒnflɪkt /
•UK / ˈkɑnˌflɪkt /
- noun
- Argument or struggle between two or more parties
- verb
- To have opposite ideas; to disagree; To not match
share
US / ʃeə(r) /
•UK / ʃɛr /
- noun
- Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- Part of a company you own, shown by a certificate
- verb
- To divide something between two or more people
- To allow others to use your things equally
- To give information, etc. to someone
out
US / aʊt /
•UK / aʊt /
- adverb
- No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
- Away from home, business, or the usual place
- In a direction/movement away from inside or center
- noun
- Act when a batter cannot continue playing
- verb
- To tell people a secret
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)
comprehend
US / ˌkɒmprɪ'hend /
•UK / ˌkɑmprɪˈhɛnd /
- verb
- To understand the meaning of
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
strongly
US / strɒŋlɪ /
•UK / ˈstrɔŋlɪ /
- adverb
- With strength or in a strong manner
increase
US / ɪn'kri:s /
•UK / ɪnˈkris /
- noun
- Fact of increasing; amount something grows by
- verb
- To make or become larger in size or amount
emotion
US / iˈməuʃən /
•UK / ɪˈmoʃən /
- noun
- A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
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
social
US / ˈsəuʃəl /
•UK / ˈsoʃəl /
- adjecitve
- Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- Liking being with other people; friendly
- Living together and depending on each other
canada
US / 'kænədə /
•UK / ˈkænədə /
- proper noun
- A country in northern North America, the second largest country in the world; population 35,900,000
world
US / wɜ:ld /
•UK / wɜrld /
- noun
- All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- Political division due to some kind of similarity
innocent
US / 'ɪnəsnt /
•UK / ˈɪnəsənt /
- adjecitve
- Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- (Accidentally being harmed) without deserving it
- Lacking experience of the world; naive
- noun
- Person with little experience of the world
side
US / saɪd /
•UK / saɪd /
- adjecitve
- In addition to the central or most important thing
- Next to, or very close to, the right or left of
- noun
- Position or opinion that is opposite to another
- Right or left part of a person's body
- Feature of someone's personality
- Straight edge of an object
- One of two or more groups fighting each other
- verb
- To decide to agree with one point, not the other
feel
US / fi:l /
•UK / fil /
- verb
- To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- To sense through direct contact; touch
viable
US / ˈvaɪəbl /
•UK / ˈvaɪəbəl /
- adjecitve
- Being capable of living, growing, and developing
day
US / deɪ /
•UK / de /
- noun
- A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- The period of time when it is light outside
- Person's name
someone
US / ˈsʌmwʌn /
•UK / ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən /
- pronoun
- Person who is not known or named
violence
US / ˈvaɪələns /
•UK / ˈvaɪələns /
- noun
- Strong physical force of nature
- Use of physical force to harm someone
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
safe
US / seɪf /
•UK / sef /
- noun
- Metal box with a lock to keep valuable things in
- adjecitve
- Highly likely
- Being out of danger
matter
US / 'mætə(r) /
•UK / ˈmætɚ /
- noun
- Material all things are made of that fills space
- Problem or reason for concern
- verb
- To be of great importance; to count
palestinian
US / ˌpælɪˈstɪnɪən /
•UK / ˌpælɪˈstɪniən /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Palestine
- noun
- Person from Palestine
lash
US / læʃ /
•UK / læʃ /
- noun
- Small hairs that grow above and below your eyes
- A quick hit with a narrow stick or whip
- A knot or tie to keep something in place tightly
- verb
- To hit something violently or forcefully
- To move suddenly and swiftly
- To tie something in place tightly
- To attack someone with strong language