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Russia says 74 dead, no survivors, in crash of plane carrying Ukrainian PoWs

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evidence

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US / 'evɪdəns /

UK / ˈɛvɪdəns /

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  • noun
  • Factual proof that helps to establish the truth

update

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US / ˌʌpˈdeɪt /

UK / ʌpˈdet /

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  • noun
  • Addition of a current version of something
  • New information or data to make more current
  • verb
  • To download the latest version of software
  • To make more current or modern

take

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US / teɪk /

UK / tek /

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  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

rural

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US / ˈruərəl /

UK / ˈrʊrəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the country as opposed to the city

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

russia

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UK / 'rʌʃə /

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  • proper noun
  • A country in northern Asia and eastern Europe; population 143,500,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Mos

passenger

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  • noun
  • Person who is traveling in a vehicle

its

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  • adjecitve
  • Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
  • determiner
  • Of something; belonging or related to something
  • other
  • Possessive form of “it”

everyone

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  • pronoun
  • Every person; everybody

all

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

snowy

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  • adjecitve
  • When snow falls; marked by snow falling

they

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UK / ðe /

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  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

kiev

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US / ˈki:ev /

UK / ˈkiɛf, -ɛv, ˈkjijɪf /

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  • proper noun
  • The capital of Ukraine, an industrial city and port on the Dnieper River; population 2,765,500 (est.

defense

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  • noun
  • Argument in support of something
  • The process of protecting something from attack
  • Part of a team that prevents others from scoring

thank

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  • verb
  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

outlet

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  • noun
  • Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
  • A pipe, hole or wire through which something flows
  • Market or store that sells a product

show

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US / ʃəʊ /

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  • noun
  • False display of love, emotion or action
  • An event for displaying or promoting goods
  • Play, opera or theater production
  • Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
  • verb
  • To be easily seen or displayed
  • To display your emotions or feelings
  • To let someone see something; display
  • To explain or teach how something is done
  • To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
  • To prove something to be true, correct
  • To reveal or allow something to be seen

reportedly

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  • adverb
  • According to information heard from some sources

military

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US / 'mɪlətrɪ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the army or navy
  • noun
  • Army or armed forces

abby

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lawmaker

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  • noun
  • Politicians who make new laws

independently

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  • adverb
  • In a manner being free from the control of another

break

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  • noun
  • Time you stop an activity before continuing
  • End of a relationship
  • An escape from a place such as a jail
  • (Lucky) advantage or benefit from something
  • Find a solution or answer to a problem or crime
  • Change in the weather
  • verb
  • To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • To form a crack in something
  • To burst or become damaged
  • To end a relationship
  • To escape from a place such as a jail
  • To train a wild animal e.g. a horse
  • To separate into pieces by force, or by dropping
  • To act against a law, rule, or promise
  • To become known suddenly, as in the news
  • To not do what you promised e.g. not keep promises
  • To solve a crime, or answer a problem
  • To stop functioning properly
  • To suddenly start, open or commence
  • To change in pitch suddenly, as in a voice
  • To fall on the shore, as in waves
  • To begin or change suddenly; the dawn or weather
  • To defeat by causing the person to lose their will

with

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  • 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

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US / ˈsəuʃəl /

UK / ˈsoʃəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • Liking being with other people; friendly
  • Living together and depending on each other

quickly

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  • adverb
  • Without taking a lot of time; fast

western

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US / ˈwestən /

UK / ˈwestərn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Movies often about cowboys in the American West
  • Coming from, found in, or facing towards the west

sixty

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  • number
  • 60

six

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  • number
  • 6

have

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  • 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

before

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  • adverb
  • At a time earlier than the present; previously
  • conjunction
  • In advance of something happening
  • preposition
  • In front of someone or something

month

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  • noun
  • One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year

hundred

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US / 'hʌndrəd /

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  • number
  • 100

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

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  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

will

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US / wɪl /

UK / wɪl /

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  • 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

heather

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  • noun
  • Purple flower that grows on moors

four

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US / fɔ:(r) /

UK / fɔr, for /

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  • number
  • 4

altitude

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US / 'æltɪtju:d /

UK / ˈæltɪˌtud,-ˌtjud /

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  • noun
  • Height of something above sea level

ukrainian

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UK / ju:'kreɪnɪrn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Ukraine
  • noun
  • Person from Ukraine

too

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US / tu: /

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  • adverb
  • In addition, also; with emphasis
  • Say that something is more than you want

side

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  • 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

capture

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  • verb
  • To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
  • To record, tape, or film something
  • To catch and prevent from being free
  • To take control of a place or object by force

area

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US / 'eərɪə /

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  • noun
  • Amount of measured space
  • A specific section or space; part of a region
  • A subject or field of study

day

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US / deɪ /

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  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

lose

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  • verb
  • To be unable to keep in check or control something
  • To decrease in value or quantity (e.g. weight)
  • To stop having certain qualities or abilities
  • To stop having or being entitled to
  • To fail to win something that is being contested
  • To be unable to find something you once had
  • To be dependent on someone (used with 'not')

here

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US / hɪə(r) /

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

use

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US / ju:s /

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  • noun
  • Ability to employ something
  • Need to enable it to work
  • Permission to do something with something
  • Act of spending money
  • Operation of a machine for its function
  • verb
  • To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
  • To need to operate or work
  • To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
  • To treat a person badly
  • To do something with, for a task or purpose

story

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US / 'stɔ:rɪ /

UK / ˈstɔri, ˈstori /

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  • noun
  • One of many floors or levels in a building
  • Account or description of how something happened

verify

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  • verb
  • To prove that something is right, accurate or true

russian

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UK / ˈrʌʃn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Russia
  • noun
  • Person from Russia

the

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US / ðə /

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  • 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

accuse

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  • verb
  • To claim that someone has done something wrong

you

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  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

five

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US / faɪv /

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  • number
  • 5

regard

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  • noun
  • Admiration or respect for a person or thing
  • verb
  • To think about a person, thing in a particular way
  • To look at a person or thing in a particular way

radar

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  • noun
  • Radio device used to find the location of objects

this

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  • 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

three

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US / θri: /

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  • number
  • Number 3

transport

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  • noun
  • Very strong uncontrollable emotion, e.g. delight
  • Vehicle used to take soldiers to other places
  • verb
  • To carry things from one place to another
  • To cause to feel you are in a previous time

able

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US / 'eɪbl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

than

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US / ðən /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

prisoner

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US / 'prɪznə(r) /

UK / ˈprɪzənɚ, ˈprɪznɚ /

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  • noun
  • Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

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  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

into

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US / 'ɪntə /

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  • preposition
  • Moving or going inside something
  • In the same direction as; in the direction of
  • So as to become; taking the state of

yet

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  • adverb
  • At a later time (used after ‘not’)
  • (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
  • Eventually; at a future time
  • Until now; up to the present
  • conjunction
  • Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

want

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US / wɔnt /

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  • noun
  • Something you desire or wish for
  • State or condition of poverty
  • verb
  • To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

announcement

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  • noun
  • Act of informing people about something publicly

but

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

arab

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  • noun
  • Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation

now

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  • 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

deal

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US / di:l /

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  • verb
  • To cope with something - usually troubles
  • To give (something bad e.g. news) to
  • To buy and sell illegal drugs
  • To give out (cards, etc.) to; distribute
  • To do business with someone or to sell products

seventy

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US / ˈsevnti /

UK / ˈsɛvənti /

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  • number
  • 70

not

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US / nɒt /

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

would

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US / wʊd /

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  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

member

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US / ˈmembə(r) /

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  • noun
  • Part of the body of a human, animal
  • Person or thing belonging to a group or team

jet

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  • noun
  • Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
  • (Of liquid, gas) to shoot out of a small opening
  • A pipe that water or gas goes through
  • Hard, black, usually shiny stone
  • verb
  • (Of liquid, gas) to shoot out of a small opening
  • To travel on a jet plane

involve

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  • verb
  • To have or be included as a part of something

war

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  • noun
  • Situation where armies fight each other

shoot

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  • 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

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  • noun
  • Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
  • Information about recent events

emirate

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  • noun
  • Region controlled by an emir

begin

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  • verb
  • To do the first part of an action; to start

border

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  • noun
  • Outer part or edge of something
  • Line separating one country, state from another
  • verb
  • To be right next to another country or state
  • To form the edge of something
  • To form the edge of (road, etc.)

board

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  • noun
  • Surface for posting or showing information
  • Group of persons who direct an organization
  • Long piece of material used for riding the waves
  • Long thin piece of wood, used for building; plank
  • verb
  • To enter a ship, plane, or other vehicle
  • To cover with long wooden strips of wood
  • To pay money to live in someone's house; lodge

time

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  • 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

for

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

since

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US / sɪns /

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  • adverb
  • At a point before the present time
  • conjunction
  • For this reason; because
  • preposition
  • From the time in the past that

periodically

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  • adverb
  • Over time, often with regular spaces between

die

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US / daɪ /

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  • noun
  • Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
  • verb
  • To cease to function or work
  • (Of a thing) to stop being used or done
  • (Of a person) to stop living

report

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US / rɪ'pɔ:t /

UK / rɪˈpɔrt, ˈport /

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  • noun
  • Account of the necessary facts and information
  • The telling of news in the media
  • Official statement about something
  • verb
  • To submit a report or bill to the government
  • To write in a newspaper or speak on a news program
  • To state something officially
  • To officially present yourself to an authority
  • To describe something by telling it to others

just

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  • 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)

exchange

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  • noun
  • Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
  • Short discussion or talk
  • The place you can change money to another currency
  • Place where things or services are exchanged
  • Act of returning something to a store
  • Act of giving a thing in return for another thing
  • verb
  • To share (a look, a few words etc.)
  • To sell one currency to get another
  • To return something to a store
  • To give things of similar value to each other

far

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US / fɑ:(r) /

UK / fɑr /

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  • adjecitve
  • A long way away
  • Being a long way away
  • adverb
  • To a large degree or extent

two

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

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  • number
  • 2

only

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US / ˈəunli /

UK / ˈonli /

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  • adverb
  • Just one; just that amount or thing; not more than
  • Not very important or serious
  • Just that type of thing, person
  • Short time ago; not before a certain time
  • conjunction
  • Except; but

detect

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  • verb
  • To discover or identify the presence of something

mediate

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US / 'mi:dɪeɪt /

UK / ˈmidiˌet /

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  • verb
  • To help to reach an agreement between people

any

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US / 'enɪ /

UK / ˈɛni /

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  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

major

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US / 'meɪdʒə(r) /

UK / ˈmedʒɚ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Main league; esp. referring to American baseball
  • Important, serious, or large in scope, size
  • noun
  • High-ranking officer in the army
  • Main subject you study at university
  • verb
  • To study a particular subject at university

intelligence

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US / ɪn'telɪdʒəns /

UK / ɪnˈtɛlədʒəns /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Of the spying services; acting in secrecy
  • noun
  • Collection of secret information about something
  • Ability to learn things or to consider situations

certainly

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US / ˈsə:tnli /

UK / ˈsɚtnli /

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  • adverb
  • Sure; of course

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

out

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US / aʊt /

UK / aʊt /

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  • 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

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

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  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

region

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US / 'ri:dʒən /

UK / ˈridʒən /

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  • noun
  • Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.

footage

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US / ˈfʊtɪdʒ /

UK / ˈfʊtɪdʒ /

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  • noun
  • A certain amount of film or video of something
  • Measurement in feet

governor

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US / ˈgʌvənə(r) /

UK / ˈgʌvərnə(r) /

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  • noun
  • Person who leads a state or province

soldier

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US / 'səʊldʒə(r) /

UK / ˈsoldʒɚ /

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  • noun
  • Person working in an army to fight

ministry

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US / ˈmɪnɪstri /

UK / ˈmɪnɪstri /

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  • noun
  • Body of religious workers and leaders
  • Government department, such as Education

conflict

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US / 'kɒnflɪkt /

UK / ˈkɑnˌflɪkt /

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  • noun
  • Argument or struggle between two or more parties
  • verb
  • To have opposite ideas; to disagree; To not match

cbc

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US / /

UK / /

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  • abbreviation
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

throughout

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US / θru:ˈaʊt /

UK / θruˈaʊt /

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  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over/across an entire place/thing; in every part

large

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US / lɑ:dʒ /

UK / lɑ:rdʒ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat

most

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US / məʊst /

UK / most /

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  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

moscow

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US / 'mɒskəʊ /

UK / 'mɑskaʊ /

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  • proper noun
  • The capital of Russia, located at the center of European Russia, on the Moskva River; population 10,
  • A city in northwestern Idaho, home to the University of Idaho; population 22,798 (est. 2008).

early

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US / ˈɜ:li /

UK / ˈɜ:rli /

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  • adjecitve
  • Happening or appearing before
  • adverb
  • Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
  • Happening sooner than expected

number

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US / ˈnʌmbə(r) /

UK / ˈnʌmbɚ /

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  • noun
  • Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • Particular song or dance performed during a show
  • Total quantity or amount of things
  • verb
  • To put numbers on things
  • To assign a sequence within a group, series, set
  • To claim to be part of a larger group, series, set

claim

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US / kleɪm /

UK / klem /

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  • 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

catch

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US / kætʃ /

UK / kætʃ, kɛtʃ /

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  • noun
  • Amount of something that has been caught
  • Trick or something trying to deceive
  • verb
  • To stop something flying and hold it
  • To stop something and not let it go, e.g. animals
  • To get sick or get a disease from someone else
  • To find someone to do something, a task
  • To get stuck on or in something
  • To be trapped so you can’t escape
  • To be able to understand what someone is saying

ground

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US / graʊnd /

UK / ɡraʊnd /

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  • 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

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US / 'hæpən /

UK / ˈhæpən /

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  • verb
  • To take place or occur

each

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US / i:tʃ /

UK / itʃ /

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  • determiner
  • Every one of two or more things
  • pronoun
  • Per one person or thing

medium

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US / 'mi:dɪəm /

UK / ˈmidiəm /

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  • noun
  • Method of expressing ideas or feelings
  • Something available in a middle size or condition
  • Person who claims to communicate with the dead

place

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US / pleɪs /

UK / ples /

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  • 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

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

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  • 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’

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

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  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

again

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US / ə'ɡen /

UK / əˈɡɛn /

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  • adverb
  • One more time, once more

then

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US / ðen /

UK / ðɛn /

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  • 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

include

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US / ɪnˈklu:d /

UK / ɪnˈklud /

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  • verb
  • To make someone, something part of a group

fire

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US / 'faɪə(r) /

UK / faɪr /

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  • 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

down

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US / daʊn /

UK / daʊn /

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  • 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

mean

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US / mi:n /

UK / min /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being good at
  • Nasty; unkind
  • Not liking to spend money; cheap; stingy
  • noun
  • Average of a set of numbers
  • verb
  • To express a particular idea or thought
  • To intend to do something in particular
  • To have a particular meaning or value

ukraine

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US / ju:'kreɪn /

UK / ju:'kreɪn /

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  • other
  • A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian st
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  • Breaking news this morning from Russia's war on Ukraine.
  • Russia's foreign ministry claims Ukrainian prisoners were on board a Russian plane that crashed near Ukraine's border.
  • Abby Kugeldas is here with the reports we have thus far.
  • Abby.
  • Heather, the Russian Defense Ministry says that a military transport plane crashed near the Ukrainian border in Belgorod.
  • Social media footage showing a jet losing altitude quickly before crashing into the ground in a snowy and rural area and then catching fire.
  • Russian news and media outlets say that the Ministry of Defense confirming that seventy four people were on board this
  • aircraft, including sixty five captured Ukrainian soldiers who were being transported for a prisoner exchange.
  • The others were six crew members and three attendants.
  • And now the governor of the region in Russia says everyone on board has died.
  • I do want to say that CBC News is not able to independently verify these details at this time.
  • The cause of the crash is not yet known.
  • The Russian defense ministry is now accusing Ukraine
  • of downing the aircraft, saying that its radar detected two Ukrainian missiles, and a Russian lawmaker earlier accusing Western weapons of being used to shoot down the plane, but he didn't provide any evidence.
  • Out of Ukraine, the intelligence service has only said that a POW exchange was meant to happen today, but that it would no longer be taking place.
  • I do want to say, with regard to prisoner exchanges,
  • There was a major announcement just earlier this month by Ukraine and Russia in a deal that was mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
  • It was to involve an exchange of more than two hundred people from each side.
  • Kiev and Moscow have exchanged POWs periodically throughout this conflict, but January's announcement involved the largest number of people since the war began.
  • But again, the Russian defense ministry reportedly confirming that all the passengers, seventy four of them,
  • on board a Russian military aircraft that crashed in the Belgorod region have died.
  • And Russia says that most of the people on board, Heather, were Ukrainian prisoners of war.
  • Abby, thank you for the latest.
  • And you will certainly be updating that story, too, as the day goes on.
  • Abby Kugelhasin,