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Kremlin drone strike: 'A national humiliation for Putin, true or not'

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the

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US / ðə /

UK / 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

be

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US / bɪ /

UK / bi /

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  • verb
  • Being

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

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’

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

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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

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

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

for

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US / fə(r) /

UK / fɔr,fə /

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

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

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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

with

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US / wɪð /

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

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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

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

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  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

they

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US / ðeɪ /

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

what

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UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /

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  • 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
  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say

can

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US / kæn /

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

just

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US / dʒʌst /

UK / dʒʌst /

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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)

all

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US / ɔ:l /

UK / ɔl /

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

like

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US / laɪk /

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  • 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

do

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US / du: /

UK / du /

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  • other
  • Question words for 'do' verbs
  • verb
  • To act; to perform actions
  • To be enough; to be acceptable
  • To have a certain effect on something or someone

there

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US / ðɛə /

UK / ðɛr /

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  • adverb
  • Used to illustrate the existence of something
  • In a particular respect
  • In that place or position, at that location

one

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US / wʌn /

UK / wʌn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1
  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to

will

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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

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

see

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US / si: /

UK / si /

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  • 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)

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

UK / əˈbaʊt /

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  • 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)

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

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

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

think

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US / θɪŋk /

UK / θɪŋk /

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  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

want

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US / wɔnt /

UK / wɑnt, 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

say

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US / seɪ /

UK / se /

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  • noun
  • Power to decide or greatly influence something
  • verb
  • To indicate or give information using language
  • To use words to tell your message
  • To ask someone to give information to others

because

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US / bɪ'kɒz /

UK / bɪˈkɔz, -ˈkʌz /

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  • conjunction
  • For a reason

would

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US / wʊd /

UK / 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

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

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

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  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

even

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US / 'i:vn /

UK / ˈivən /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

could

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US / kəd /

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  • other
  • Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
  • Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈʌðər /

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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

very

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US / 'verɪ /

UK / ˈvɛri /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

two

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

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  • number
  • 2

lot

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US / lɒt /

UK / lɑt /

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  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

something

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US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

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  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

their

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US / ðɛː /

UK / ðer /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

put

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US / pʊt /

UK / pʊt /

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  • phrasal verb
  • to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch
  • verb
  • To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • To rate something in importance or value
  • To write or say something in a certain manner

why

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US / waɪ /

UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /

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  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

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

tell

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US / tel /

UK / tɛl /

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  • verb
  • To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • To be able to guess
  • To say or communicate information to someone
  • To inform, but without speaking; indicate
  • To have a negative effect on someone
  • To order someone to do something; command
  • To recognize something based on certain signs
  • To report something to an authority
  • To explain something or teach someone something

around

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  • adjecitve
  • Close to someone or something
  • adverb
  • Located on every side, or along something
  • With a motion that moves in a circle or a curve
  • Going here and there within (a place)
  • Turned or turning in the opposite direction
  • preposition
  • Roughly; approximately

show

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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

watch

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US / wɒtʃ /

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  • 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

last

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  • adjecitve
  • Most recent; the latest
  • The one before
  • adverb
  • Final; with nothing following; after all others
  • Most recent; the latest
  • determiner
  • The one at the end
  • verb
  • To remain or continue for a certain period of time

happen

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UK / ˈhæpən /

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  • verb
  • To take place or occur

through

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US / θru: /

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  • adjecitve
  • having finished using or doing something
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over, in, across an entire thing or place
  • Allowing you to pass between, or to
  • By a particular way or process; by the use of

already

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US / ɔ:lˈredi /

UK / ɔlˈrɛdi /

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  • adverb
  • Having happened or been done before this time

own

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US / əʊn /

UK / on /

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  • adjecitve
  • Belong to oneself
  • determiner
  • Yours, his, hers, etc.; not belonging to another
  • pronoun
  • (Something) belong to myself
  • verb
  • To have something as your property

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

top

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US / tɒp /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being good or great; excellent
  • Being the most in degree or quality
  • noun
  • Item of clothing covering shoulders to waist, hips
  • A cover or lid
  • Part (e.g. road) that is the furthest away
  • Highest or upper part or point of something
  • Best or highest status or position
  • Flat upper surface or edge of an object
  • Child's toy that spins on its point
  • Upper section or leaves of fruits and vegetables
  • Winning in a sport or contest
  • verb
  • To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • To arrive at the highest point of something
  • To put a cover or layer or over something
  • To kill; murder
  • To hold the highest position on a list
  • To be more important, successful or better than
  • To beat someone or win at a game

ask

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US / ɑ:sk /

UK / æsk /

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  • verb
  • To say to someone that you want something

hit

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  • noun
  • A planned killing, usually for money
  • Song, movie etc. that is successful
  • When someone strikes someone or something
  • Time when a player makes contact with the ball
  • Time when a website is accessed
  • verb
  • To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • To press something, such as a button or switch
  • To suddenly realize the importance of something
  • To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
  • To fight, attack or damage something or someone
  • To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
  • To make contact with the ball in a game or sport

believe

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  • verb
  • To think or accept that something is true
  • To have a particular opinion about something

nothing

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  • noun
  • Item of little or no value, importance, interest
  • Number or value of zero
  • pronoun
  • Not anything, not a single thing

without

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  • preposition
  • Not with; not having

almost

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  • adverb
  • Only a little less than, nearly, not quite

such

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  • adverb
  • (Used to emphasize the quality of an adjective)
  • determiner
  • Being similar to
  • (Thing) as previously stated or referred to

line

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  • noun
  • Border that divides two places or regions
  • Long crease in the skin, often from age
  • Mark that is long, straight and very thin
  • Row of words, letters or numbers that are written
  • Telephone connection
  • People waiting one behind the other; queue
  • Long thin wire, e.g. for electrical signal
  • verb
  • To put material along the inside of something

inside

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US / ˌɪn'saɪd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in something
  • Being in a building
  • adverb
  • Into a house; indoors
  • noun
  • Inner part or surface of something

night

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  • adjecitve
  • Working during the very early morning
  • noun
  • Time when sun does not shine

house

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  • noun
  • Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • Building in which a family, person lives
  • verb
  • To give someone a place to live
  • To contain or store something

front

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  • adjecitve
  • Opposite of back; the forward part of an object
  • noun
  • Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • Area where fighting in a war is happening
  • Place where air of different temperatures meets
  • verb
  • To have the forward part facing something
  • To lead a group of people, usually a band

include

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US / ɪnˈklu:d /

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

matter

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  • noun
  • Material all things are made of that fills space
  • Problem or reason for concern
  • verb
  • To be of great importance; to count

allow

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US / əˈlaʊ /

UK / əˈlaʊ /

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  • verb
  • To admit the validity or truth of something
  • To let or permit someone do something

absolutely

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US / ˈæbsəlu:tli /

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally; very

huge

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US / hju:dʒ /

UK / hjudʒ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very very large

true

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US / tru: /

UK / tru: /

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  • adjecitve
  • Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual

whether

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US / ˈweðə(r) /

UK / ˈhwɛðɚ, ˈwɛð- /

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  • conjunction
  • If something will happen or not

state

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  • 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

ahead

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US / əˈhed /

UK / əˈhɛd /

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  • adverb
  • In or toward the front
  • In the future
  • In the lead; winning

system

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US / 'sɪstəm /

UK / ˈsɪstəm /

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  • adjecitve
  • Working in an organized, logical way
  • noun
  • Set of organized, planned ideas that work together

fire

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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

black

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  • adjecitve
  • Color of the sky on a dark night
  • noun
  • A person with dark skin, often of African origin
  • Person's name
  • verb
  • To fill in something to make it a very dark color

white

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US / waɪt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Belonging to a race of people with light skin
  • Of the color of fresh snow and milk
  • noun
  • Person's name
  • Lightest color; The color of fresh snow.

air

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UK / er /

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  • 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

heart

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US / hɑ:t /

UK / hɑrt /

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  • noun
  • A feeling of care for others; compassion
  • Courage, confidence, and emotional strength
  • Be cheerfully encouraging
  • Most essential, important, or central part
  • Referring to a promise or something important
  • State or feelings of affection or deep love
  • Core part of a vegetable, e.g. a lettuce
  • The part of the body that pumps blood
  • Place where emotions are believed to be felt
  • A shape that represents love

land

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US / lænd /

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  • noun
  • Region or country
  • Earth; the ground
  • verb
  • To arrive or cause a boat to arrive at the shore
  • To obtain or get something that you wanted
  • To (cause to) come down to the ground safely
  • To cause to arrive in a specific place or state

action

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US / 'ækʃn /

UK / ˈækʃən /

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  • noun
  • Something that a person or thing does
  • verb
  • To act to do something

attack

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US / ə'tæk /

UK / əˈtæk /

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  • noun
  • Act intended to hurt someone physically, mentally
  • verb
  • To try to destroy, beat, or injure

war

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US / wɔ:(r) /

UK / wɔr /

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  • noun
  • Situation where armies fight each other

present

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US / 'preznt /

UK / ˈprɛznt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • noun
  • Gift
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  • Current time; now
  • verb
  • To introduce someone to others
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value

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  • To place a high importance on something
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  • Having or involving more than one of something
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  • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
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  • Demand for something that is believed to be due
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  • Having had your attention taken; curious
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  • To make someone want to know about something
  • To persuade to do, become involved with something

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  • Joined or combined together
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  • To try to do something challenging or difficult

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  • Refusal to work to get more pay, protest something
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  • An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
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  • To obtain pictures by scanning them with a machine

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  • Concerning a nation as a whole
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  • A person of a particular country

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  • To be all the way around something
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  • Very large group of people, similar-looking things
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  • One of several sheets of a material or object
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  • To put things one on top of another

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  • An ordinary man.

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  • Concerning the army or navy
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  • Number of people who live in a country, area etc.

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  • Very bad; horrible; terrible

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  • Without being affected or concerned by something

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  • Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
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  • Cover or top of a building or car
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  • To place a cover or top onto a building, vehicle

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  • Piece of cloth representing a team, country etc.
  • verb
  • To indicate something should get special attention
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  • When things go wrong; lack of function
  • Act or result of not achieving your goals

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  • 1st month of the year

capital

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  • Main, or major
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  • Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
  • Official main city of a country, province or state
  • Collective name for money, shares, and assets
  • Money that is used for a business

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  • Being aware and able to respond quickly
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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Russia
  • noun
  • Person from Russia

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  • (Food) requiring very little preparation
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  • A very short period of time

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  • Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
  • Someone who pampers by excessive indulgence
  • Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

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  • Not real or genuine

russia

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

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  • Someone whose job is in politics

mod

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  • noun
  • Person who wears modern clothes

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  • Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
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  • Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable

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  • A continually dull or monotonous voice
  • Male bee
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  • A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian st

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  • A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched

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  • Chief one of a related group

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  • 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).

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  • Causing amazement; unbelievable
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  • To greatly surprise someone

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  • A city in western Russia, east of Moscow; population 339,500 (est. 2008).

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  • Act of allowing someone to enter
  • Taking responsibility for an error or mistake

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  • Causing horror; awful; very bad

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  • Shame you feel when you did something wrong

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  • Citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government

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  • Loss of self-respect or status

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  • Introduction to Video Content
  • The Kremlin drone strike: A national humiliation for Putin or a false flag attack? The Kremlin has claimed that Ukraine has attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin. However, there is not much information available to support this claim. Russia alleges that two drones hit the Kremlin, with one of them striking the flagpole at the top of the dome. Whether this attack is true or if it was orchestrated by Russia as a false flag operation, the fact remains that it would be a significant breach of the multiple layers of air defense surrounding the Russian capital. In January, air defense systems like Pantsir and S-400 were installed to protect important government buildings. If a drone managed to penetrate these defenses, it would be a major embarrassment for the Kremlin and a sign of their failure to protect their own territory. The United States, which has been cautious about Ukraine attacking Russian soil, will undoubtedly be observing the situation closely. President Zelensky of Ukraine, a shrewd politician, is unlikely to have authorized such an attack without consulting the White House. It is also doubtful that Joe Biden's administration would have permitted such an action. Ultimately, regardless of the truth behind this incident, it will be telling to see how the US responds. Ukraine has repeatedly expressed their desire to focus on reclaiming their own land and not escalating the conflict further. This article explores the possible implications of the drone strike and the international reactions it may provoke.
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  • The Kremlin has claimed that Ukraine has attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin.
  • So what do we know so far?
  • Spoiler alert, not an awful lot.
  • Russia claim two drones hit the Kremlin last night.
  • We've been presented imagery that shows one striking the flagpole at the top of the dome on the Kremlin.
  • Whether it's true or if it was a false flag attack by Russia almost doesn't matter.
  • Now why is that?
  • We are being asked to believe that something got through the multiple layers of air defence surrounding the Russian capital.
  • Now, if it's true, that is absolutely staggering.
  • We saw in January that Pantsir and S-400 air defence systems were being put around the roof of the Russian MoD and other departments of state inside the Russian capital.
  • So for something to have got through all that is a huge embarrassment to the Kremlin.
  • Even if it didn't happen and this is a false flag attack by Russia, they want us to believe and they want the Russian population to believe that something got through.
  • It is a huge admission of failure.
  • But regardless of what happened, it will be illustrative, I think, to watch the reaction from the United States.
  • The US has been very nervous about Ukraine firing missiles or other weapons inside Russia.
  • And Ukraine has said they don't want to take the war any further.
  • They're just interested in liberating their own land.
  • Would President Zelensky have authorised an attack like this without telling the White House?
  • He's a canny politician.
  • I can't believe he would have done that.
  • And I am sceptical as to whether or not Joe Biden's administration would have allowed such an attack to go ahead.
  • First of all, Ukraine has nothing to do with this.
  • Because there is no military value in such actions.
  • They've seen horrendous images from the front line.
  • They've seen the Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea fleet, sunk.
  • So they're nervous already.
  • If this was a false flag attack and Putin now wants them to believe that anybody in the heart of the capital, the heart of the Russian capital, could be vaporised in an instant by a drone attack, including the president,
  • That is an extraordinary admission.
  • What we're being asked to believe is that something got through the air defences around Moscow.
  • And that is a national humiliation for Putin.