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Ukraine war critic Vladimir Kara-Murza jailed for 25 years in Russia – BBC News

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ambassador

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US / æm'bæsədə(r) /

UK / æmˈbæsədɚ, -ˌdɔr /

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  • noun
  • Official representing a country in another country

full

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US / fʊl /

UK / fʊl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Containing all the parts; complete
  • Containing or holding as much as possible
  • Having had enough food
  • adverb
  • In a direct manner; completely

hear

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US / hɪə(r) /

UK / hɪr /

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  • verb
  • To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • To be told or find out information or facts
  • To consider or listen to a court case

increase

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US / ɪn'kri:s /

UK / ɪnˈkris /

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  • noun
  • Fact of increasing; amount something grows by
  • verb
  • To make or become larger in size or amount

organize

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US / ˈɔ:gənaɪz /

UK / ˈɔ:rgənaɪz /

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  • verb
  • To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party

widespread

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US / ˈwaɪdspred /

UK / ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Happening or existing in many places

alive

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US / ə'laɪv /

UK / əˈlaɪv /

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  • adjecitve
  • Living; not dead

before

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US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /

UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /

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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

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

last

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US / lɑ:st /

UK / læst /

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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

information

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US / ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn /

UK / ˌɪnfɚˈmeʃən /

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  • noun
  • Collection of facts and details about something

miracle

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US / 'mɪrəkl /

UK / ˈmɪrəkəl /

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  • noun
  • Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened

part

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US / pɑ:t /

UK / pɑ:rt /

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  • adjecitve
  • To some degree; half; not fully
  • noun
  • Division of a book
  • Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
  • A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
  • Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
  • Some, but not all of a specific thing
  • Role in causing something to happen
  • verb
  • To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
  • To move two things apart creating a space
  • To leave someone, or to break off a relationship

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

father

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US / ˈfɑ:ðə(r) /

UK / ˈfɑðɚ /

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  • noun
  • A male parent
  • Man who is the first to do or invent something
  • verb
  • To create a child by making a woman pregnant

government

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US / ˈgʌvənmənt /

UK / ˈɡʌvənmənt /

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  • noun
  • Group of people and system that rule a nation

his

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US / hɪz /

UK / hɪz /

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  • pronoun
  • Something belonging to a male person

percent

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US / pə'sent /

UK / pɚˈsɛnt /

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  • adverb
  • One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %

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

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

era

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US / 'ɪərə /

UK / 'ɪrə /

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  • noun
  • Period characterized by particular events, people

world

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US / wɜ:ld /

UK / wɜrld /

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  • noun
  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity

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

often

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US / ˈɔfən /

UK / ˈɔfən,ˈɑfən,ˈɔftən,ˈɑf- /

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  • adverb
  • Many times; frequently; on many occasions

unconscious

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US / ʌnˈkɒnʃəs /

UK / ʌnˈkɑnʃəs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not aware of what is going on around you
  • Not being deliberate or on purpose

optimistic

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US / ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk /

UK / ˌɑːptɪˈmɪstɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Tending to believe the future will be good

strictly

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US / ˈstrɪktli /

UK / ˈstrɪktli /

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  • adverb
  • In compliance with the rules

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)

twitter

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US / ˈtwɪtə(r) /

UK / ˈtwɪtɚ /

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  • noun
  • An online messaging system
  • verb
  • To make small chattering sounds, like some birds

end

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US / end /

UK / ɛnd /

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  • noun
  • The point where a process or activity stops
  • A point that marks the limit of something; finish
  • Goal or desired result
  • The tip, edge or limit of something
  • verb
  • To be the last part of something

remember

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US / rɪ'membə(r) /

UK / rɪˈmɛmbɚ /

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  • verb
  • To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • To hold a thought in your mind to not forget it
  • To bring a previous image or idea to your mind

tweet

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US / twi:t /

UK / twit /

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  • noun
  • Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
  • Message sent to Twitter
  • verb
  • To make a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
  • To write a message on Twitter

hand

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US / hænd /

UK / hænd /

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  • noun
  • Cards given to a player in a card game
  • Piece of a clock that points to the time
  • Someone who performs physical tasks or work
  • Body part at the end of a person's arm
  • Help for someone performing a particular action
  • Condition of having power or influence
  • Member of the crew of a ship
  • verb
  • To give something to someone personally

relentless

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US / rɪ'lentləs /

UK / rɪˈlɛntlɪs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Continuing without slowing or losing strength

summon

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US / 'sʌmən /

UK / ˈsʌmən /

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  • verb
  • To order someone to come, e.g. to a court of law

charge

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US / tʃɑ:dʒ /

UK / tʃɑrdʒ /

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  • noun
  • An attack by running quickly toward someone
  • A price for a service or goods
  • When a battery has a certain amount of electricity
  • Amount of money you pay for a service
  • verb
  • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
  • To put electricity in a battery
  • To give responsibility to take care of or manage
  • To state that someone has committed a crime

consequence

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US / ˈkɔnsikwəns /

UK / ˈkɑnsɪˌkwɛns,-kwəns /

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  • noun
  • Importance of a person or thing
  • Outcome of an event; result

kill

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US / kɪl /

UK / kɪl /

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  • noun
  • Animal killed by a person or other animal
  • verb
  • To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
  • To end the life of a person or other living thing
  • To be very funny
  • To prevent something from continuing or operating
  • To do something unimportant to pass time quickly

soon

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US / su:n /

UK / sun /

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  • adverb
  • At a time not long from now

subject

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US / 'sʌbdʒɪkt /

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  • noun
  • Citizen of an area or country
  • The person or thing that does the action of a verb
  • People who take part in experiments or tests
  • An area of study at school, e.g. math, history
  • What a book, article etc. is about; theme
  • verb
  • To cause to suffer or experience something

arrest

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US / əˈrest /

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  • noun
  • Act of catching people who committed crimes
  • verb
  • To attract someone's attention and hold interest
  • (Police) to catch and keep criminals
  • To stop or slow something that is happening

die

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US / daɪ /

UK / 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

crime

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US / kraɪm /

UK / kraɪm /

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  • noun
  • Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
  • Act that is against the law; murder, theft etc.

everybody

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US / ˈevribɒdi /

UK / ˈɛvriˌbɑdi, -ˌbʌdi /

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  • pronoun
  • Every person; everyone

specifically

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US / spəˈsɪfɪkli /

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  • adverb
  • As regards a particular thing; closely related to
  • In particular

start

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US / stɑ:t /

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  • 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

well

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US / wel /

UK / wɛl /

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  • 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

vocally

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US / ˈvəʊkəli /

UK / ˈvoʊkəli /

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  • adverb
  • By using the voice

corrupt

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US / kə'rʌpt /

UK / kəˈrʌpt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being damaged or spoiled
  • Misusing power, as by taking bribes, to get rich
  • verb
  • To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
  • To cause to become damaged or spoiled
  • To lack integrity or be dishonest

diagnosis

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US / ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsɪs /

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  • other
  • Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness

extremely

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US / ɪkˈstri:mli /

UK / ɪk'strimlɪ /

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  • adverb
  • In a way that is much more than usual or expected

few

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US / fju: /

UK / fju /

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  • pronoun
  • Not many, a small number

liberty

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US / 'lɪbətɪ /

UK / ˈlɪbəti /

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  • noun
  • Doing as one wants without asking
  • Power to do what you choose

much

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US / mʌtʃ /

UK / mʌtʃ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

adoption

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US / ə'dɒpʃn /

UK / ə'dɑ:pʃn /

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  • noun
  • Act of accepting and starting a new practice

opposition

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US / ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn /

UK / ˌɑ:pəˈzɪʃn /

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  • noun
  • Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
  • Group that you are fighting or competing against

personal

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US / ˈpɜ:sənl /

UK / ˈpɚsənəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Done by or to a particular person; individual
  • Concerning a person's private life or feelings

convict

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US / kənˈvɪkt /

UK / kənˈvɪkt /

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  • noun
  • Person in prison
  • verb
  • To say someone is guilty of a crime in a law court

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)

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

request

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US / rɪ'kwest /

UK / rɪˈkwɛst /

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  • noun
  • Thing that has been asked for
  • verb
  • To ask for, usually politely and formally

anastasia

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US / ˌænəˈsteɪʒə /

UK / ænəˈsteɪʒə /

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news

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

shoot

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US / ʃu:t /

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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

erode

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US / ɪ'rəʊd /

UK / ɪˈrod /

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  • verb
  • To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
  • To wear away gradually by water, ice or wind

face

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US / feɪs /

UK / fes /

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  • noun
  • Side or outer surface of something
  • An expression using mouth, nose, eyes etc.
  • Front part of the head where eyes, mouth etc. are
  • Characteristics you show in public
  • verb
  • To cover a surface with something like paint
  • To deal with a problem or responsibilities
  • To look toward; point in a certain direction

hour

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US / 'aʊə(r) /

UK / aʊr /

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  • noun
  • 60 minutes
  • Particular time of the day
  • Fixed, regularly occurring time

imprison

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US / ɪm'prɪzn /

UK / ɪmˈprɪzən /

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  • verb
  • To put someone (e.g. a criminal) in prison

poisoning

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US / ˈpɔɪəznɪŋ , ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ /

UK / ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ /

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  • verb
  • To affect something in a very negative way
  • To hurt or kill with a dangerous substance

those

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US / ðəʊz /

UK / ðoz /

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  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

for

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US / fə(r) /

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

immediate

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US / ɪˈmi:diət /

UK / ɪˈmidiɪt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being the very next to or just after
  • Done without delay; straight away

spend

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US / spend /

UK / spɛnd /

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  • verb
  • To use money to pay for something
  • To use time in order to do something
  • To use up something completely

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

himself

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US / hɪmˈself /

UK / hɪmˈsɛlf /

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  • pronoun
  • The same (male) person who did the action

reason

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US / 'ri:zn /

UK / ˈrizən /

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  • noun
  • Ability to think about facts and form a judgment
  • Explanation for why something occurred or was done
  • verb
  • To think and make conclusions in a logical manner

union

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US / 'ju:nɪən /

UK / ˈjunjən /

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  • noun
  • Act of joining two or more things into one
  • Marriage
  • Organization of workers to look after their needs

here

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US / hɪə(r) /

UK / hɪr /

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

quick

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US / kwɪk /

UK / kwɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Using very little time; moving far in little time
  • Learning and understanding rapidly and easily

revenge

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US / rɪ'vendʒ /

UK / rɪˈvɛndʒ /

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  • noun
  • Getting back at someone by hurting them back

soviet

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US / ˈsəuviət,ˈsɔviət /

UK / ˈsoviˌɛt, -ɪt, ˈsɑvi-, ˌsoviˈɛt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people
  • noun
  • Elected government council in a communist country

try

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US / traɪ /

UK / traɪ /

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  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

apathetic

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US / ˌæpəˈθetɪk /

UK / ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Showing little or no emotion or animation

deny

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US / dɪ'naɪ /

UK / dɪˈnaɪ /

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  • verb
  • To refuse to allow or accept something

persuade

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US / pəˈsweɪd /

UK / pərˈsweɪd /

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  • verb
  • To try to make someone to do, believe something

resemble

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US / rɪˈzembl /

UK / rɪˈzɛmbəl /

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  • verb
  • To be similar to in looks or manner

stalin

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US / ˈstɑ:lin /

UK / ˈstɑlɪn, ˈstælɪn /

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  • other
  • Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state b

immediately

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US / ɪˈmi:diətli /

UK / ɪˈmidiɪtli /

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  • adverb
  • Without any delay; straight away

speak

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US / spi:k /

UK / spik /

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  • verb
  • To be able to use a certain language
  • To use words to tell information, express thoughts

walk

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US / wɔ:k /

UK / wɔk /

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  • noun
  • Journey on foot done for pleasure or exercise
  • verb
  • To move with your legs at a slowish pace

widely

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US / ˈwaɪdli /

UK / ˈwaɪdlɪ /

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  • adverb
  • To a large degree; over a large range
  • By or among a large number of people

true

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US / tru: /

UK / tru: /

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

unacceptable

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US / ˌʌnəkˈseptəbl /

UK / ˌʌnɪkˈsɛptəbəl, -æk- /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not being or behaving in the correct or right way

after

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US / 'ɑ:ftə(r) /

UK / ˈæftɚ /

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  • adverb
  • Later than another time, or behind something
  • conjunction
  • Following something before
  • preposition
  • When an event happened or time has passed

appear

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US / ə'pɪə(r) /

UK / əˈpɪr /

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  • verb
  • To be seen, become visible; come into sight
  • To seem to be
  • To act in a play, movie, or be mentioned in media

already

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US / ɔ:lˈredi /

UK / ɔlˈrɛdi /

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  • adverb
  • Having happened or been done before this time

cambridge

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US / 'kæmbrɪdʒ /

UK / 'kæmbrɪdʒ /

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  • proper noun
  • A city in eastern England; population 116,900 (est. 2009). Cambridge University is located here.
  • A city in eastern Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston; population 105,596 (est. 2008

many

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US / 'menɪ /

UK / ˈmɛni /

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer a large number of things

indeed

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US / ɪnˈdi:d /

UK / ɪnˈdid /

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  • adverb
  • Actually; in fact; in reality

team

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US / ti:m /

UK / tim /

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  • noun
  • Group of people working on a task together
  • Group of people playing a sport together

cane

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US / keɪn /

UK / ken /

B2
  • noun
  • Stick used to beat someone as punishment
  • Long, woody plant stem producing sugar
  • Stick someone who has trouble walking uses to walk
  • verb
  • To beat someone with a stick as punishment

corruption

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US / kəˈrʌpʃn /

UK / kəˈrʌpʃən /

B1
  • noun
  • State of being damaged or spoiled
  • Illegal, immoral dishonesty

exactly

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US / ɪgˈzæktli /

UK / ɪɡˈzæktli /

A1
  • adverb
  • No more and no less than; precisely

worried

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US / ˈwʌrid /

UK / ˈwɜ:rid /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Feeling troubled or concerned
  • verb
  • To cause concern or trouble over something
  • To feel concerned or troubled about something

lead

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US / li:d /

UK / lid /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being the main part in movies or plays
  • noun
  • Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • Information that could help to solve a crime
  • Main part in a play or movie
  • Heavy, gray metal element
  • Rope used to tie something to stop it escaping
  • Act of being at the front in a race or game
  • verb
  • To show the way or guide others
  • To be at the front of a race or game
  • To travel in front of; go in advance of others

mention

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US / 'menʃn /

UK / ˈmɛnʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of referring to or talking about something
  • verb
  • To refer to or talk or write about something

let

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US / let /

UK / lɛt /

A1
  • verb
  • To allow someone to do something
  • Introducing a suggestion to do something together
  • To rent a house, etc. to others

person

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US / 'pɜ:sn /

UK / 'pɜ:rsn /

A1
  • noun
  • Man, woman or child

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • 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

across

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US / əˈkrɔs /

UK / əˈkrɔs,əˈkrɑs /

A1
  • adverb
  • Distance from one side to another
  • (Go) from one side to the other of something

abuser

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US / /

UK / /

B1
  • noun
  • Person who treats something or someone cruelly
  • Someone using something in an inappropriate way

play

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US / pleɪ /

UK / pleɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Loose, free movement between two objects
  • Single action in a sports game
  • Performance in which people act in a theater
  • verb
  • To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
  • To perform music on an instrument
  • To use a device, e.g. a video game
  • To do something for enjoyment and fun
  • To do or perform a game or sport

shortly

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US / ˈʃɔ:tli /

UK / ˈʃɔrtli /

B1
  • adverb
  • Quickly; soon; in a moment
  • In an unfriendly or rude way

trend

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US / trend /

UK / trɛnd /

A2
  • noun
  • Current style or fashion
  • Direction things are moving in; current style
  • General direction that is taken
  • verb
  • To be current and popular
  • To move up or down

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

A1
  • 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

also

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US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /

UK / ˈɔlso /

A1
  • adverb
  • In addition; too; in a similar way

attempt

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US / ə'tempt /

UK / əˈtɛmpt /

A2
  • noun
  • Effort made to try to do or accomplish something
  • verb
  • To try to do something challenging or difficult

critical

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US / ˈkrɪtɪkl /

UK / ˈkrɪtɪkəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Making a negative judgment of something
  • Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
  • Most important part

how

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US / haʊ /

UK / haʊ /

A1
  • 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)

five

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US / faɪv /

UK / faɪv /

A1
  • number
  • 5

live

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US / lɪv /

UK / liv /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

A1
  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

you

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US / jʊ /

UK / ju /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

bad

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US / bæd /

UK / bæd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not good; wrong
  • Lacking in good morals; evil
  • No longer fresh; spoiled

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈʌðər /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

one

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US / wʌn /

UK / wʌn /

A1
  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

open

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US / 'əʊpən /

UK / ˈopən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Available for use; accessible
  • Not being hidden; available for others to see
  • Being available for customers to enter or use
  • Allowing everyone to use or take part in
  • Not secret anymore
  • Not closed or shut
  • Willing to accept new ideas and thoughts
  • noun
  • Name for a tennis or golf competition
  • verb
  • To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
  • To start the activities or services of a business
  • To make a space or hole appear in something
  • To move or change so that it is no longer closed
  • To start something, e.g. a new business

power

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US / 'paʊə(r) /

UK / ˈpaʊɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Legal or official right to perform certain actions
  • Ability to move forcefully and quickly
  • Energy of something (e.g. electricity or fuel)
  • Mathematical way to multiply a number
  • Condition of being in political control
  • Physical force, energy, and strength
  • verb
  • To give energy to something, e.g. by electricity
  • To move something forcefully and quickly

prisoner

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US / 'prɪznə(r) /

UK / ˈprɪzənɚ, ˈprɪznɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime

citizen

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US / 'sɪtɪzn /

UK / ˈsɪtɪzən /

B1
  • noun
  • Person who belongs to and has rights in a country

state

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US / steɪt /

UK / stet /

A1
  • 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

demand

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US / dɪ'mɑ:nd /

UK / dɪˈmænd /

A2
  • noun
  • Desire customers have to buy product, service
  • A strong request for someone to do something
  • verb
  • To strongly request someone to do something

outside

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US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /

UK / aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtˌsaɪd /

A2
  • adverb
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
  • noun
  • Area around or near something, such as a building
  • preposition
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing

russian

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US / ˈrʌʃn /

UK / ˈrʌʃn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Russia
  • noun
  • Person from Russia

instrumental

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US / ˌɪnstrəˈmentl /

UK / ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Having a strong influence to get a desired result
  • Including musical instruments without singing

repression

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US / rɪˈpreʃn /

UK / rɪˈprɛʃən /

B2
  • noun
  • Psych act of restricting or holding back emotions

shocked

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US / ʃɒkt /

UK / ʃɑːkt /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Very upset by some unexpected event
  • verb
  • To affect someone with an electrical current
  • To cause great surprise, horror, or anger

come

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US / kʌm /

UK / kʌm /

A1
  • verb
  • To arrive at a place
  • (Of mail) to be delivered
  • To move toward someone; go with someone
  • To reach a certain point or state

discourage

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US / dɪs'kʌrɪdʒ /

UK / dɪˈskɚrɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr- /

B1
  • verb
  • To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
  • To try to prevent something from happening

critic

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US / 'krɪtɪk /

UK / ˈkrɪtɪk /

A2
  • noun
  • Person who judges (e.g. art) and gives opinions

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

back

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US / bæk /

UK / bæk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • adverb
  • Have returned to a place you were before
  • noun
  • The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
  • Location at the rear of something
  • The reverse of side something
  • Area on the rear of your body
  • verb
  • To bet money on something
  • To go backwards in a car
  • To support and encourage someone or some cause

harsh

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US / hɑ:ʃ /

UK / hɑrʃ /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
  • Being severe and unkind

lawyer

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US / ˈlɔ:jə(r) /

UK / ˈlɔjɚ /

B1
  • noun
  • Professional who helps people with the law

lot

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US / lɒt /

UK / lɑt /

A1
  • 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

steve

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US / ˈstɜ:nəm /

UK / ˈstɜ:rnəm /

A1

monitor

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US / ˈmɒnɪtə(r) /

UK / ˈmɑ:nɪtə(r) /

A2
  • noun
  • A senior student at school
  • Electronic screen on which you can see images
  • verb
  • To observe and keep a record of something

investigative

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US / ɪnˈvestɪgətɪv /

UK / ɪnˈvestɪgeɪtɪv /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Searching for information or truth

most

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US / məʊst /

UK / most /

A1
  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

office

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US / ˈɒfɪs /

UK / ˈɔ:fɪs /

A1
  • noun
  • Room or building used for business
  • Important job position, often in a government

nemtsov

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US / /

UK / /

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call

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US / kɔ:l /

UK / kɔl /

A1
  • noun
  • A order or request for action
  • The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
  • A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
  • A short visit to a place or person
  • A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
  • verb
  • To make a request or order for action
  • (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
  • To announce the date of an election
  • To make a judgment about something
  • To give someone or something a name
  • To guess in advance the result or outcome
  • To visit a place or person for a short time
  • To phone someone
  • To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

hide

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US / haɪd /

UK / haɪd /

A1
  • noun
  • The skin of an animal used for making leather
  • verb
  • To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found

patriot

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US / 'peɪtrɪət /

UK / ˈpetriət, -ˌɑt /

B2
  • noun
  • Person who loves and defends their own country

reporter

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US / rɪˈpɔ:tə(r) /

UK / rɪˈpɔrtɚ, -ˈpor- /

A1
  • noun
  • Someone whose job is to report news

where

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US / hwɛə /

UK / hwɛr, wɛr /

A1
  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
  • pronoun
  • Word you use to ask the location of something

cooperation

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US / kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃn /

UK / koˌɑpəˈreʃən /

B1
  • noun
  • Working together to get something done

join

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US / dʒɔɪn /

UK / dʒɔɪn /

A1
  • verb
  • To bring something close to another, to become one
  • To become a member of
  • To participate in an activity with others

normally

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US / ˈnɔ:məli /

UK / ˈnɔːrməli /

B1
  • adverb
  • In the manner that is usual or ordinary

only

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US / ˈəunli /

UK / ˈonli /

A1
  • 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

put

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US / pʊt /

UK / pʊt /

A1
  • 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

release

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US / rɪ'li:s /

UK / rɪ'li:s /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
  • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
  • Relief from sadness, suffering or trouble
  • Act of freeing from a jail, cage, prison, etc.
  • verb
  • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
  • To allow to leave a jail, cage, etc.; let out
  • To let go of something you are holding

sentence

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US / 'sentəns /

UK / ˈsɛntəns /

A1
  • noun
  • Official punishment given by a court of law
  • Set of words that make a whole statement
  • verb
  • (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of

two

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

A1
  • number
  • 2

anything

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US / ˈeniθɪŋ /

UK / ˈɛniˌθɪŋ /

A1
  • pronoun
  • A thing of any kind

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

A1
  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

false

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US / fɔ:ls /

UK / fɔ:ls /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Not real or genuine

over

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US / 'əʊvə(r) /

UK / ˈovɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Finished; no longer happening
  • Towards the ground/away from a standing position
  • noun
  • A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
  • other
  • Finished
  • preposition
  • Showing the relation when a thing is above another
  • On or covering something
  • Above or across something
  • More than you need
  • From one side to the other
  • In the direction of; toward

dead

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US / ded /

UK / dɛd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not alive
  • Being bored or not interested
  • Unable to operate because electricity etc. ran out
  • Being unable to feel, physically or emotionally
  • adverb
  • Completely; absolutely

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

A1
  • 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

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

mafia

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US / ˈmɑ:fɪɑ: /

UK / ˈmɑfɪˌɑ /

B2
  • noun
  • Secret criminal organization

medium

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US / 'mi:dɪəm /

UK / ˈmidiəm /

A2
  • noun
  • Method of expressing ideas or feelings
  • Something available in a middle size or condition
  • Person who claims to communicate with the dead

mikhail

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US / ˈfɔ:mən /

UK / ˈfɔ:rmən /

A1

president

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US / ˈprezɪdənt /

UK / ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt /

A2
  • noun
  • Person in charge of a country, or organization

physician

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US / fɪˈzɪʃn /

UK / fɪˈzɪʃən /

B2
  • noun
  • A medical doctor

prison

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US / 'prɪzn /

UK / ˈprɪzən /

A2
  • noun
  • Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail

force

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US / fɔ:s /

UK / fɔrs, fors /

A1
  • noun
  • Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • Pressure; attraction
  • The use of physical strength/violence to persuade
  • verb
  • To use physical strength or violence to persuade

impose

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US / ɪmˈpəʊz /

UK / ɪmˈpoʊz /

A2
  • verb
  • To make someone to do or endure something

suppose

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US / sə'pəʊz /

UK / səˈpoʊz /

A2
  • conjunction
  • What if
  • verb
  • To imagine or guess what might happen

then

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US / ðen /

UK / ðɛn /

A1
  • 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

sanction

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US / 'sæŋkʃn /

UK / ˈsæŋkʃən /

B2
  • noun
  • Official support or approval
  • Action taken to force a country to obey laws
  • verb
  • To allow or approve something

sanitary

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US / ˈsænətri /

UK / ˈsænɪˌtɛri /

C1
  • adjecitve
  • Designed to keep things clean to prevent disease

corridor

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US / ˈkɒrɪdɔ:(r) /

UK / ˈkɔrɪdɚ, -ˌdɔr, ˈkɑr- /

B1
  • noun
  • Passageway between rooms in a buildings

kremlin

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US / 'kremlɪn /

UK / 'kremlɪn /

A1
  • other
  • Citadel of a Russian town
  • Citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government

own

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US / əʊn /

UK / on /

A1
  • 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

treason

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US / ˈtri:zn /

UK / ˈtrizən /

B2
  • noun
  • Crime of trying to overthrow your own government

case

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US / keɪs /

UK / kes /

A1
  • noun
  • Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • Set of facts about a crime
  • Set of facts about an event
  • Example or instance of something
  • verb
  • To find out about a place, as in planning to steal

evacuate

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US / ɪ'vækjʊeɪt /

UK / ɪˈvækjuˌet /

B2
  • verb
  • To move people from dangerous to a safe places

great

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US / ɡreɪt /

UK / ɡret /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Very large in size
  • Very important
  • Very good; fantastic; wonderful
  • adverb
  • Very good; better than before
  • noun
  • Successful and well-admired person

sensitive

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US / 'sensətɪv /

UK / ˈsɛnsɪtɪv /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
  • (Private information) needing careful treatment
  • Concerning awareness of small differences
  • Able to recognize the feelings of others
  • Responsive to physical touch
  • Becoming unstable

dynamic

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US / daɪˈnæmɪk /

UK / daiˈnæmik /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Always active or energetic; getting things done

everywhere

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US / ˈevriweə(r) /

UK / ˈevriwer /

A1
  • adverb
  • Every place

least

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US / li:st /

UK / list /

A1
  • adverb
  • In the smallest or lowest way
  • noun
  • Something that is of the lowest or smallest degree

motivated

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US / 'məʊtɪveɪtɪd /

UK / ˈmotɪvetɪd /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being enthusiastic to do something
  • verb
  • To give someone a reason, the will to do something

right

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US / raɪt /

UK / raɪt /

A1
  • 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

ukraine

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US / ju:'kreɪn /

UK / ju:'kreɪn /

A1
  • other
  • A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian st

bill

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US / bɪl /

UK / bɪl /

A2
  • noun
  • Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
  • Sign or poster advertising something
  • Paper money; a bank note
  • Piece of paper showing what you have to pay
  • Hard, often pointed part of a bird's mouth
  • Person's name
  • verb
  • To request payment by handing over an invoice

number

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US / ˈnʌmbə(r) /

UK / ˈnʌmbɚ /

A1
  • 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

political

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  • Being active or interested in government matters
  • Diplomatic
  • Of the system of elections and government
  • Concerning government or public affairs
  • Involved in getting of power/influence in a group

tell

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  • 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

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  • Without demands being made before agreeing

criticize

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  • To assess the work of others
  • To say that someone or something is bad

example

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  • noun
  • Thing, person which represents a category

happen

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  • To take place or occur

prominent

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  • Being important or well known
  • Being easily noticeable
  • Sticking out beyond something

yeah

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  • Another way of saying 'yes'

again

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  • adverb
  • One more time, once more

about

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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)

even

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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

health

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  • (Person, company) being in a good condition; well

independent

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  • Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
  • noun
  • A person not connected to a political party

people

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

poison

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  • noun
  • Substance that can kill when eaten/drunk
  • verb
  • To affect something in a very negative way
  • To hurt or kill with a dangerous substance

reaction

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  • noun
  • Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
  • Feeling or action in response to something

that

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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’

what

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  • 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

all

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

chance

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  • Happening by luck; not planned
  • Taking a risk to try something
  • noun
  • The way something happens without planning
  • An opportunity; favorable circumstances, situation
  • The possibility that something will happen
  • verb
  • To occur just through luck; happen
  • To take a risk to try something

editor

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  • Person deciding the contents of a book or magazine
  • Person making final version of a movie, text, book

officer

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  • Person of high position in an organization
  • Person of high position in the military

return

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  • adjecitve
  • Do again; repeated
  • noun
  • Faulty or unwanted product sent back to a company
  • Enter key; the main key on the computer keyboard
  • Profit made as a result of a business activity
  • Process of going back to a previous way or state
  • verb
  • To hit something back to the other player or team
  • To come back after being away from somewhere
  • To repay someone's actions, kindness etc.
  • To put, bring, take, give, or send something back
  • To occur again

russia

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

who

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  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

undesirable

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  • adjecitve
  • Being unwanted or harmful

violation

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  • Abuse, damage or total disregard
  • Act of failing to obey a rule or law

abuse

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  • noun
  • Improper/dishonest/excessive use of something
  • Insulting someone, e.g. by swearing at them
  • verb
  • To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
  • To use in an inappropriate or excessive way
  • To use something wrongly or dishonestly
  • To insult someone or swear at them

british

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of British

work

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  • adjecitve
  • Activity completed in order to make money
  • noun
  • The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • Everything created by an author, artist, musician
  • Activity you do in order to make money
  • Place of employment
  • Final product or result of a some labor or effort
  • verb
  • To bring into a specific state of success
  • To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
  • To do your job in your company or workplace
  • To make an effort to do something
  • To operate a machine or device

ago

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  • adverb
  • At a specified length of time in the past

condemn

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  • verb
  • To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
  • To state strongly that person, thing is bad, wrong

direction

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  • When someone tells people what to do
  • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North

figure

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  • noun
  • Your body shape
  • Numbers in a calculation
  • Doll-like thing meant to represent a person
  • Picture or diagram giving information in a text
  • Person who is very important or famous
  • Shape of a person seen indistinctly or in outline
  • Amount that is expressed in numbers
  • verb
  • To appear in a game, play or event
  • To calculate how much something will cost
  • To understand after thinking; work out

organization

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  • noun
  • Group of people with a particular purpose

verdict

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  • noun
  • Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt

activist

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  • noun
  • A person who tries to change a government, society

human

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning or characteristic of people
  • noun
  • A person; a man, woman or child

look

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  • 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

proceed

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  • verb
  • To continue to do something; carry on
  • To go forward in a certain direction

speaker

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  • noun
  • Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
  • Person who makes a speech before a group

thank

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  • verb
  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

both

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time
  • pronoun
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time

hold

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  • noun
  • Section of a ship or plane used for storing things
  • Influence or power held over someone
  • Place of support for hands or feet when climbing
  • verb
  • To agree to keep something for someone
  • To have the capacity to support/contain something
  • To control an area and protect it from attack
  • To not allow someone to leave a place
  • To cause an event to happen at a place or time
  • To use hands or arms to carry or keep something
  • To have a specific quality or property
  • To keep an image, belief or feeling in your mind
  • To have or own something
  • To wait before being able to talk on the phone
  • To limit the movement of someone in a sport

persecute

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  • To ill-treat, oppress or harass, as for religion

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

educate

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  • verb
  • To teach someone in a school or college

possible

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  • adjecitve
  • Being able or appropriate for a task or purpose
  • Having a chance of happening, or being true

spark

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  • noun
  • Small piece of burning material produced by fire
  • Tiny, brief bit of light caused by electric energy
  • First small part of an idea or feeling
  • verb
  • To make tiny, brief bits of light
  • To start something new; To set in motion, activate

bring

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  • verb
  • To take or go with someone to a place

slam

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  • noun
  • Act or sound of closing a door, etc. violently
  • verb
  • To criticize sharply
  • To shut with a lot of force, making a loud noise

take

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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

anger

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  • 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

they

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

very

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

armed

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  • adjecitve
  • Having weapons ready to use against others
  • verb
  • To activate a weapon or bomb for use
  • To give a gun or other weapon to a person or group

not

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

our

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to us

radio

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the broadcasting of sound
  • noun
  • System of sending/receiving signals through air
  • Device to listen to broadcast programs, messages
  • verb
  • To broadcast a message to be heard by radio

survive

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  • verb
  • To continue to live despite illness or trouble

against

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  • preposition
  • In physical contact with, as for support; next to
  • In opposition to; disagreeing with

condemnation

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  • noun
  • Expression of strong disapproval

criticism

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  • noun
  • Article or essay that judges quality
  • Negative judgment of something
  • Something negative that you say about something
  • School of thought

friend

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  • noun
  • Person who you like and enjoy being with

law

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  • noun
  • Field of study that relates to the legal profession
  • A rule made and enforced by a government
  • System or rules made by the government

leader

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  • noun
  • Person who is in charge of a group or task
  • Person or group who is currently winning

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

trial

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US / ˈtraɪəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being made or done as a test or experiment
  • noun
  • Hearing and judgment of a case in court
  • Act or process of testing or experimenting
  • verb
  • To be made or done as a test or experiment

compare

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  • verb
  • To consider how similar and different things are

really

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  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

understand

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  • verb
  • To know the meaning of language, what someone says

would

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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

decision

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  • noun
  • Choice made after thinking; final judgment
  • Ability to make quick and confident choices

nearly

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  • adverb
  • Not completely; almost

towards

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  • preposition
  • In the direction of someone or something

war

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  • noun
  • Situation where armies fight each other

putin

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  • noun
  • An act or the right of putting the ball into a scrum.

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

but

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

especially

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  • adverb
  • More than usual; extremely

give

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  • 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

good

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

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

role

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  • noun
  • Character played by an actor
  • Part you play in an activity; job; responsibility
  • Introduction to Video Content
  • Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of President Putin's most prominent critics, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason and spreading false information about the Russian armed forces. He played a key role in convincing Western governments to impose sanctions on Russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. Despite denying the charges, Kara-Murza has been vocal in his criticism of the trial, viewing himself as a political prisoner. The sentencing has received condemnation from the US and the EU, who have called for the release of all politically motivated prisoners. The UK has even summoned a Russian ambassador to discuss the matter. Kara-Murza, who holds Russian and British passports, continues to be a significant figure in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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  • One of President Putin's most prominent critics has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason in Russia.
  • Vladimir Karamazov was also convicted of spreading false information about the Russian armed forces in cooperation with an undesirable organisation.
  • He played a key role in persuading Western governments to sanction Russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption.
  • He has denied the charges and he has been vocally critical of this trial.
  • Let's bring you the latest with our Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg.
  • Vladimir Karamazov, who is one of the most prominent Kremlin critics, he was arrested just over a year ago.
  • Mr Karamazov was instrumental in persuading Western governments to impose targeted sanctions on Russian officials for corruption and human rights violations and that sparked a lot of anger in the corridors of power here.
  • Towards the end of his trial, Vladimir Karamazov said that he has been tried for political reasons.
  • He sees himself as a political prisoner and the case is widely viewed and condemned as politically motivated.
  • He compared the proceedings to a Stalin era show trial of the 1930s.
  • There's been lots of condemnation of the sentencing from the US and the EU as well.
  • They have called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally release all of those imprisoned for politically motivated charges.
  • We've also heard from the UK summoning a Russian ambassador to the Foreign Office in London.
  • Vladimir Karamazov holds Russian and British passports.
  • Let's speak now to Russian journalist Anastasia Karalenko, who joins me live in Paris.
  • Anastasia is an independent investigative reporter and the co-producer of Putin and the Mafia, which is a great documentary.
  • Anastasia, very good to see you.
  • Thank you for joining us.
  • What is your reaction to the sentencing, which we understand is the harshest yet for a Putin critic?
  • Hi, thank you for having me.
  • Well, I'm of course shocked.
  • Vladimir Karamazov himself, he tries to be optimistic.
  • He said that his self-esteem increased because of this Stalin era resembling sentence.
  • To me, I'm apathetic because I knew Vladimir Karamazov in person.
  • I first saw him in 2007.
  • He already was a prominent opposition leader.
  • He was organizing opposition rallies before even Navalny appeared.
  • And he started indeed persuading the Western government to sanction Russia, at least in 2010.
  • It was around Magnitsky law adoption.
  • Most people know what is it.
  • It is a bill which allows to sentence a corrupt official, and not only in Russia.
  • So, Vladimir Karamazov started to work with decision makers.
  • He was a very dynamic speaker, and he didn't hide anything.
  • So, he was very open about it.
  • He was relentless.
  • He was saying on social media everywhere what he was doing around sanctions.
  • So, everybody knew it.
  • And now it appears it was a crime.
  • Anastasia, you mentioned Alexei Navalny there, the jailed Russian opposition activist.
  • He has a team who often put things on social media.
  • We've just had some reaction from them on Twitter, saying that Mr. Navalny says Vladimir is being persecuted for political reasons.
  • I'm very worried about his health, says the tweet.
  • This is revenge, exactly, because he did not die after two poisoning attempts by FSB officers.
  • Do you know how Vladimir's health is?
  • How is he?
  • Yeah.
  • In 2015, when he was poisoned, he had to learn to walk again.
  • And his wife, I suppose, said that as soon as he started to walk with a cane, he immediately walked in the direction of a true patriot of Russia.
  • He wanted to be in Russia.
  • So, in 2017, he was poisoned again.
  • Back to 2015, he was evacuated from Russia on a sanitary plane.
  • Physicians were saying that he had only five percent chances to survive.
  • So, he survived.
  • It was a miracle.
  • I remember very well that we were taking his news, his family's news, because he was unconscious.
  • We were taking the news every hour.
  • And his father was still alive.
  • We were together with his father at Radio Liberty.
  • He was very upset because Vladimir was dying.
  • So, he survived.
  • As I said, it's already a miracle.
  • And, you know, many of his friends, I don't know, from the Navalny team, but also from other opposition figures, for example, he worked with Mikhail Khodorkovsky's team.
  • Many of them were discouraging him from going to Moscow again.
  • And now his lawyers say that his health condition is getting worse.
  • And normally, with his diagnosis, it's not even possible to be in jail.
  • So, every prisoner who would not be a political prisoner would have been released, but not him.
  • Razia, thank you so much for joining us from Paris.
  • Let's bring you more now with the Russia editor of BBC Monitoring, Vitaly Shevchenko, who has told me that none of this is being reported on state media in Russia.
  • If you look at state TV, it's not being reported at all because it's a very sensitive subject for Russia, especially for those in charge of the government in Russia.
  • And the verdict is extremely important because it's the harshest sentence handed to an opposition figure in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
  • This is what prosecutors requested.
  • This is what they got.
  • Now, Vladimir Karamurza is one of the most prominent and most important critics of the government.
  • He survived two poisonings.
  • It was really bad.
  • He nearly died both times.
  • And then he led this campaign to impose sanctions on rights abusers in Russia.
  • And he also had a few of his friends jailed or killed.
  • For example, Boris Nemtsov, his personal friend, was shot dead outside the Kremlin in 2015.
  • So this is part of a trend of human rights being eroded in Russia, where critics of the Kremlin are being jailed or worse.
  • Vitaly, Western governments have been very quick to criticise this verdict.
  • But Mr Karamurza is a Russian and British citizen.
  • He has both passports.
  • More specifically, then, what has the reaction been from London?
  • Well, this has been criticised harshly from officials in London who have demanded his immediate release.
  • Vladimir Karamurza is a UK citizen.
  • He was educated in Cambridge.
  • He spent a number of years living in the United States.
  • And strictly speaking, he didn't have to come back to Russia.
  • But he did last year, knowing full well what's likely to happen to him.
  • Because shortly before returning to Russia, he gave a speech in the United States where he harshly criticised Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine.
  • And before the verdict, Karamurza compared his own trial to what was happening in Stalin's Soviet Union.
  • So he knew what was going to happen to him, and he returned to Russia to face the consequences.
  • Vitaly mentioned some of this, but there has been widespread criticism from across the Western world of the verdict.
  • We've condemned the sentencing of Vladimir Karamurza.
  • And they have also specifically said that Russia's campaign of repression is unacceptable.
  • So the US slamming Russia's campaign of repression after he was sentenced and jailed.