WATCH: Rep. Judy Chu says Asian Americans cannot be “used as scapegoats in times of crisis”
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four
US / fɔ:(r) /
•UK / fɔr, for /
- number
- 4
walk
US / wɔ:k /
•UK / wɔk /
- noun
- Journey on foot done for pleasure or exercise
- verb
- To move with your legs at a slowish pace
use
US / ju:s /
•UK / ju:s /
- noun
- Ability to employ something
- Need to enable it to work
- Permission to do something with something
- Act of spending money
- Operation of a machine for its function
- verb
- To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
- To need to operate or work
- To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
- To treat a person badly
- To do something with, for a task or purpose
speak
US / spi:k /
•UK / spik /
- verb
- To be able to use a certain language
- To use words to tell information, express thoughts
scapegoat
US / 'skeɪpɡəʊt /
•UK / ˈskepˌɡot /
- noun
- Person or thing carrying the blame for others
immediately
US / ɪˈmi:diətli /
•UK / ɪˈmidiɪtli /
- adverb
- Without any delay; straight away
ensure
US / ɪn'ʃʊə(r) /
•UK / ɛnˈʃʊr /
- verb
- To make something sure, certain, or safe
attack
US / ə'tæk /
•UK / əˈtæk /
- noun
- Act intended to hurt someone physically, mentally
- verb
- To try to destroy, beat, or injure
assault
US / əˈsɔ:lt /
•UK / əˈsɔlt /
- noun
- An attack on someone physically or emotionally
- verb
- To attack someone physically or emotionally
flu
US / flu: /
•UK / flu /
- noun
- Illness causing headache, fever etc.
asian
US / ˈeɪʃn /
•UK / ˈeɪʃn /
- noun
- A native or inhabitant of Asia
- other
- Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
unprovoked
US / ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt /
•UK / ˌʌnprəˈvokt /
- adjecitve
- Without cause; not caused deliberately
point
US / pɔɪnt /
•UK / pɔɪnt /
- noun
- An item to be discussed
- Small spot or dot
- Fact or detail
- Feature of something
- The size of the text on a page or screen
- A certain time or stage in a process
- Certain position in time or space
- Idea or fact you try to convince people about
- Measurement of scores in a game, sport
- Sharp end of something, e.g. a pen or pin
- verb
- To face a certain direction, e.g. north
- To indicate something with your finger to others
grateful
US / ˈgreɪtfl /
•UK / ˈɡretfəl /
- adjecitve
- Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
day
US / deɪ /
•UK / de /
- noun
- A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- The period of time when it is light outside
- Person's name
bus
US / bʌs /
•UK / bʌs /
- noun
- A large road vehicle used for carrying many people
- verb
- To move people by coach or bus
associate
US / ə'səʊʃɪeɪt /
•UK / əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt /
- adjecitve
- Part of a job title indicating a junior position
- noun
- Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
- verb
- To spend time with other people; mix with
- To form a connection in your mind between things
wuhan
US / ˈwu:ˈhɑ:n /
•UK / ˈwuˈhɑn /
- proper noun
- A port in east central China, the capital of Hubei province; population 8,001,500 (est. 2006). Situa
terminology
US / ˌtɜ:mɪˈnɒlədʒi /
•UK / ˌtɜ:rməˈnɑ:lədʒi /
- noun
- Specific words and expressions used in a field
shift
US / ʃɪft /
•UK / ʃɪft /
- adjecitve
- (Of work) starting at a certain time, as at night
- noun
- A change in a persons plans, opinions or beliefs
- Period of work starting at a certain time
- verb
- To change in position or direction
- To move something from one place to another
respond
US / rɪ'spɒnd /
•UK / rɪˈspɑnd /
- verb
- To answer something or someone
- To have a good reaction to e.g. medical treatment
cane
US / keɪn /
•UK / ken /
- 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
continue
US / kən'tɪnju: /
•UK / kənˈtɪnju /
- verb
- To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- To start doing again after a break, pause, or stop
subway
US / ˈsʌbweɪ /
•UK / ˈsʌbˌwe /
- noun
- Train system running under the ground in a city
past
US / pɑ:st /
•UK / pæst /
- adjecitve
- No longer current or new
- adverb
- So as to go beyond, or further than something
- noun
- Time that existed before now, e.g. long ago
- preposition
- After a particular time
- At a later point in distance; beyond
capture
US / 'kæptʃə(r) /
•UK / ˈkæptʃɚ /
- verb
- To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- To record, tape, or film something
- To catch and prevent from being free
- To take control of a place or object by force
lose
US / lu:z /
•UK / luz /
- verb
- To be unable to keep in check or control something
- To decrease in value or quantity (e.g. weight)
- To stop having certain qualities or abilities
- To stop having or being entitled to
- To fail to win something that is being contested
- To be unable to find something you once had
- To be dependent on someone (used with 'not')
new
US / nju: /
•UK / nu, nju /
- adjecitve
- Not old, recently born, built or made
- Being or doing something for the first time
- Not felt, seen or known previously
- Having been recently bought or obtained
here
US / hɪə(r) /
•UK / hɪr /
- adverb
- In this place; at this location, position or time
US / ˈtwɪtə(r) /
•UK / ˈtwɪtɚ /
- noun
- An online messaging system
- verb
- To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
see
US / si: /
•UK / si /
- verb
- To go on a date with someone
- To predict whether something is, or will be true
- To understand what someone says
- To use your eyes to look at something
- To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
- To visit or meet with someone
- To find out by waiting or looking
- To watch (a game, movie or TV show)
community
US / kə'mju:nətɪ /
•UK / kəˈmjunɪti /
- noun
- Group of people who share a common idea or area
expert
US / 'ekspɜ:t /
•UK / ˈɛkˌspɚt /
- adjecitve
- Having special knowledge or skill
- noun
- Skillful person with special knowledge
chill
US / tʃɪl /
•UK / tʃɪl /
- noun
- State of being a little cold
- Feeling of fear or being frightened
- Slight cold or illness that makes you shake
- verb
- To make something cold, e.g. a drink
- To become less tense about something
massage
US / ˈmæsɑ:ʒ /
•UK / məˈsɑ:ʒ /
- noun
- Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax
- verb
- To rub back, neck etc. to relieve pain or relax
- To make facts, etc. look better for your benefit
fall
US / fɔ:l /
•UK / fɔl /
- noun
- Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- A drop in amount; decrease
- Dropping from a standing position to the ground
- verb
- To drop in amount; to decrease
- To come down from a higher position suddenly
- To go from standing to the ground, by accident
world
US / wɜ:ld /
•UK / wɜrld /
- noun
- All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- Political division due to some kind of similarity
month
US / mʌnθ /
•UK / mʌnθ /
- noun
- One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
away
US / ə'weɪ /
•UK / əˈwe /
- adjecitve
- Not present
- adverb
- Disappear completely
- Doing something with a lot of energy
- Not here; far from here; in a different direction
- To a different area, location
terrify
US / ˈterɪfaɪ /
•UK / ˈtɛrəˌfaɪ /
- verb
- To scare or greatly frighten
know
US / nəʊ /
•UK / noʊ /
- 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
incident
US / ˈɪnsɪdənt /
•UK / ˈɪnsɪdənt /
- noun
- Event, usually unusual or important; accident
georgia
US / ˈdʒɔ:dʒə /
•UK / ˈdʒɔrdʒə /
- noun
- A republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly
- other
- A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
wrongly
US / ˈrɒŋli /
•UK / ˈrɔ:ŋli /
- adverb
- In error; unfairly; unjustly
- In a way that is untrue, unfair or incorrect
with
US / wɪð /
•UK / wɪð, wɪθ /
- preposition
- As an employee of a certain company
- Against something or someone
- By using something as a means
- Due to; because of
- Including
- Possessing as a feature
- Related to
- (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
- Used to express that people or things are together
percent
US / pə'sent /
•UK / pɚˈsɛnt /
- adverb
- One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
his
US / hɪz /
•UK / hɪz /
- pronoun
- Something belonging to a male person
innocent
US / 'ɪnəsnt /
•UK / ˈɪnəsənt /
- adjecitve
- Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- (Accidentally being harmed) without deserving it
- Lacking experience of the world; naive
- noun
- Person with little experience of the world
hear
US / hɪə(r) /
•UK / hɪr /
- 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
lunar
US / ˈlu:nə(r) /
•UK / ˈlunɚ /
- adjecitve
- Concerning, about, or from the moon
increase
US / ɪn'kri:s /
•UK / ɪnˈkris /
- noun
- Fact of increasing; amount something grows by
- verb
- To make or become larger in size or amount
donald
US / dəˈmɪnɪkən /
•UK / dəˈmɪnɪkən /
part
US / pɑ:t /
•UK / pɑ:rt /
- 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
have
US / həv /
•UK / hæv /
- verb
- To drink, smoke, eat or use something
- To experience the effects of something
- To organize an event, or join in an activity
- To own, possess, or hold something
- To cause to happen or produce a particular effect
six
US / sɪks /
•UK / sɪks /
- number
- 6
last
US / lɑ:st /
•UK / læst /
- 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
almost
US / 'ɔ:lməʊst /
•UK / ˈɔlˌmost, ɔlˈmost /
- adverb
- Only a little less than, nearly, not quite
before
US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /
•UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /
- adverb
- At a time earlier than the present; previously
- conjunction
- In advance of something happening
- preposition
- In front of someone or something
kung
US / kʌŋ /
•UK / kʌŋ /
- verb
call
US / kɔ:l /
•UK / kɔl /
- 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
double
US / 'dʌbl /
•UK / ˈdʌbəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning or intended for use by two people
- Two times the amount or degree; twice
- Made of two parts that are the same, similar
- noun
- Person that is exactly like someone else
- verb
- To be used for two functions at the same time
- To make or become twice as much
adler
US / ˈædʒʊtənt /
•UK / ˈædʒətənt /
two
US / tu: /
•UK / tu /
- number
- 2
legislation
US / ˌledʒɪsˈleɪʃn /
•UK / ˌlɛdʒɪˈsleʃən /
- noun
- Act or process of writing and passing laws
chairman
US / 'tʃeəmən /
•UK / ˈtʃɛrmən /
- noun
- A man in charge of a meeting
- The person who leads a company or organization
bigotry
US / ˈbɪgətri /
•UK / ˈbɪɡətri /
- noun
- Intolerant and prejudiced acts
slash
US / slæʃ /
•UK / slæʃ /
- noun
- Line ( / ) used in writing
- Long, deep cut, caused by a sharp object
- verb
- To cut violently with a sharp object
- To decrease something by a large amount
gunman
US / ˈgʌnmən /
•UK / ˈɡʌnmən /
- noun
- Person who shoots a gun (as specified)
chair
US / tʃeə(r) /
•UK / tʃer /
- noun
- A person in charge of an official meeting
- A piece of furniture you sit on
- verb
- To be in charge of a meeting or department
direct
US / də'rekt /
•UK / dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ- /
- adverb
- Coming straight from something
- verb
- To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- To show the way by conducting or leading
- To control the acting in a movie or play
most
US / məʊst /
•UK / most /
- adverb
- Very; extremely
- Greatest possible degree
- pronoun
- Nearly all of something
xenophobia
US / ˌzenəˈfəʊbiə /
•UK / ˌzenəˈfoʊbiə /
- noun
- Fear or hatred of foreigners
major
US / 'meɪdʒə(r) /
•UK / ˈmedʒɚ /
- adjecitve
- Main league; esp. referring to American baseball
- Important, serious, or large in scope, size
- noun
- High-ranking officer in the army
- Main subject you study at university
- verb
- To study a particular subject at university
increasingly
US / ɪnˈkri:sɪŋli /
•UK / ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli /
- adverb
- More and more; in greater degree or amount
ignore
US / ɪɡ'nɔ:(r) /
•UK / ɪɡˈnɔr, -ˈnor /
- verb
- To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
back
US / bæk /
•UK / bæk /
- adjecitve
- Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- adverb
- Have returned to a place you were before
- noun
- The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
- Location at the rear of something
- The reverse of side something
- Area on the rear of your body
- verb
- To bet money on something
- To go backwards in a car
- To support and encourage someone or some cause
aftermath
US / ˈɑ:ftəmæθ /
•UK / ˈæftərmæθ /
- noun
- The bad result/situation after an event
and
US / ənd /
•UK / ənd, ən,ænd /
- conjunction
- Used to refer to two or more things
- Plus; in addition; on top of that
- Used to introduce an action that follows another
hate
US / heɪt /
•UK / het /
- noun
- Severe, deep sense of dislike or anger
- An object that you hate
- verb
- To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
sentiment
US / ˈsentɪmənt /
•UK / ˈsɛntəmənt /
- noun
- Feeling or attitude you have about something
- Feeling of love, sympathy and friendly emotions
over
US / 'əʊvə(r) /
•UK / ˈovɚ /
- 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
out
US / aʊt /
•UK / aʊt /
- adverb
- No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
- Away from home, business, or the usual place
- In a direction/movement away from inside or center
- noun
- Act when a batter cannot continue playing
- verb
- To tell people a secret
national
US / 'næʃnəl /
•UK / ˈnæʃənəl, ˈnæʃnəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning a nation as a whole
- noun
- A person of a particular country
press
US / pres /
•UK / prɛs /
- noun
- Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- General term for TV, radio, newspapers
- A machine that prints books and newspapers
- verb
- To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
- To repeatedly ask someone to do something
- To print something such as a book or newspaper
- To push something against something else
- To squeeze the liquid out of grapes, etc.
from
US / frəm /
•UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /
- preposition
- Starting at a particular place, time or level
racist
US / 'reɪsɪst /
•UK / 'reɪsɪst /
- adjecitve
- Believing that people of other races are inferior
- noun
- Person who judges others negatively based on race
johnson
US / ˈdʒɔnsn /
•UK / ˈdʒɑnsən /
- noun
- A man's penis.
help
US / help /
•UK / hɛlp /
- noun
- Something given to enable a person to do something
- Assistance given to someone in need
- Someone who makes something easier or possible
- verb
- To act to enable a person to do something; assist
- To make something better or less difficult
come
US / kʌm /
•UK / kʌm /
- 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
region
US / 'ri:dʒən /
•UK / ˈridʒən /
- noun
- Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
presidential
US / ˌprezɪ'denʃl /
•UK / ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the president
prepare
US / prɪˈpeə(r) /
•UK / prɪˈper /
- verb
- To make something ready for use
issue
US / 'ɪʃu: /
•UK / ˈɪʃu /
- noun
- Important topic discussed, debated or argued over
- Single edition of a magazine
- verb
- To make something available to be used or sold
- To deliver a statement, etc. in an official manner
jordan
US / ˈdʒɔ:dn /
•UK / ˈdʒɔrdn /
- noun
- An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
stitch
US / stɪtʃ /
•UK / stɪtʃ /
- noun
- Pain in your side after running or exercising
- Result of sewing thread going in and out of cloth
- verb
- To sew cloth or material together
york
US / jɔ:k /
•UK / jɔrk /
- proper noun
- A city in northern England, on the Ouse River; population 136,900 (est. 2009).
- A commercial and industrial city in southeastern Pennsylvania; population 40,097 (est. 2008).
- The southwestern tip of Hayes Peninsula, on Baffin Bay in Greenland. It served as a base for US expl
thai
US / taɪ /
•UK / taɪ /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Thailand
- noun
- Person from Thailand
track
US / træk /
•UK / træk /
- noun
- A circular course for running
- Course or way someone takes, e.g. in education
- Path in a field or a forest made by walkers
- Often circular course laid out for car racing
- One of multiple musical recordings on an album
- Band surrounding the wheels of a tank
- Metal lines that trains ride on
- verb
- To use marks to follow a wild animal
- To move a certain way/follow a particular course
- To record and examine the progress of something
ground
US / graʊnd /
•UK / ɡraʊnd /
- noun
- Connection of electrical equipment to earth
- Place where people play particular sports
- Solid surface of the earth that we stand on
- verb
- To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- To make loud jarring noise by pressing hard
- To make sharp or smooth through friction
- To press together with force making a sound
- To punish someone by not allowing them to go out
- To hit the bottom
- (Of boat) to hit the bottom so it cannot move
- To prevent a plane from taking off
- To place the ball over the goal line in rugby
city
US / 'sɪtɪ /
•UK / ˈsɪti /
- noun
- Area with many buildings, roads and people
require
US / rɪ'kwaɪə(r) /
•UK / rɪˈkwaɪr /
- verb
- To demand that someone does something
- To need to do something, to make it necessary
hostile
US / ˈhɔstail /
•UK / ˈhɑstəl, -ˌtaɪl /
- adjecitve
- Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
- Very difficult to live due to harsh conditions
find
US / faɪnd /
•UK / faɪnd /
- noun
- Object discovered by chance
- Things that have been discovered from searching
- verb
- To become aware of something that is happening
- To discover or meet by chance
- To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
- To learn through study, research, or effort
- To discover something by looking for it
plague
US / pleɪɡ /
•UK / pleɡ /
- noun
- (Deadly) disease passing rapidly between people
- verb
- To cause to have continual problems with something
house
US / haʊs /
•UK / haʊs /
- 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
despite
US / dɪˈspaɪt /
•UK / dɪˈspaɪt /
- preposition
- Without being affected by something; in spite of
own
US / əʊn /
•UK / on /
- 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
cause
US / kɔ:z /
•UK / kɔz /
- noun
- Belief, goal or organization that people support
- Reason for
- verb
- To make something happen; create effect or result
biden
US / baɪd /
•UK / baɪd /
week
US / wi:k /
•UK / wik /
- noun
- Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
witness
US / 'wɪtnəs /
•UK / ˈwɪtnɪs /
- noun
- Person who was present to see an event take place
- Evidence or proof of something
- verb
- To see the signing of an official document
- To see an event take place (usually a crime)
- To serve as an example or evidence of something
health
US / helθ /
•UK / hɛlθ /
- noun
- (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
what
US / wɒt /
•UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /
- pronoun
- Thing or things that; the same kind as
- Used to emphasize something you are about to say
- adjecitve
- Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
- Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
- adverb
- To a certain degree
- determiner
- Question words used for asking for information
- exclamation
- Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
- Used to ask people to repeat something they said
that
US / ðæt /
•UK / ðæt, ðət /
- adjecitve
- The person or thing being talked about
- Used to identify something both the speakers know
- adverb
- Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
- To such a degree
- conjunction
- Used to connect a noun clause
- Used to introduce an adverbial clause
- Used to introduce a noun clause
- determiner
- Used as a noun to refer to something
- pronoun
- Referring an object far away
- Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’
people
US / 'pi:pl /
•UK / ˈpipəl /
- noun
- Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- Men, Women, Children
like
US / laɪk /
•UK / laɪk /
- adjecitve
- Being equal in status or kind to something else
- Similar; the same
- adverb
- For example
- preposition
- Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
- In a way similar to the way something is done
- Such as; for example
- verb
- To want to
- To find something pleasing; to prefer something
even
US / 'i:vn /
•UK / ˈivən /
- 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
about
US / ə'baʊt /
•UK / əˈbaʊt /
- adverb
- To be ready to; going to
- Nearly; approximately; roughly
- Near; next to; close to
- In every direction; in the area of
- preposition
- Concerning or of (a topic)
president
US / ˈprezɪdənt /
•UK / ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt /
- noun
- Person in charge of a country, or organization
memorandum
US / ˌmeməˈrændəm /
•UK / ˌmɛməˈrændəm /
- noun
- Brief note or message left for another person
first
US / fɜ:st /
•UK / fɚst /
- adjecitve
- 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
- noun
- Something that has not happened before
- Position of the winner of a competition
district
US / 'dɪstrɪkt /
•UK / ˈdɪstrɪkt /
- noun
- Area of a country, city, or town
action
US / 'ækʃn /
•UK / ˈækʃən /
- noun
- Something that a person or thing does
- verb
- To act to do something
then
US / ðen /
•UK / ðɛn /
- adverb
- A time that is not now
- Following another thing in time or arrangement
- Following on reasonably from what was just stated
- At that time, not now
must
US / məst /
•UK / mʌst /
- noun
- Something that is necessary or required
- other
- (Used to state that something ought to be true)
- Used to say something is required or necessary
include
US / ɪnˈklu:d /
•UK / ɪnˈklud /
- verb
- To make someone, something part of a group
comment
US / 'kɒment /
•UK / ˈkɑmɛnt /
- noun
- Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- verb
- To say something that gives your opinion
down
US / daʊn /
•UK / daʊn /
- adjecitve
- Being sad, sick, or unhappy
- Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
- adverb
- In a sitting or lying position
- Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
- Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
- noun
- A period of play in American Football
- The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
- preposition
- Along something's path, course, or direction
- Going from a higher position to a lower position
- verb
- To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping
cutter
US / 'kʌtə(r) /
•UK / ˈkʌtɚ /
- noun
- A special tool used for cutting things
stoke
US / stəʊk /
•UK / stok /
- verb
- To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
immigrant
US / ˈɪmɪgrənt /
•UK / ˈɪmɪɡrənt /
- noun
- Person moving to another country to live there
vulnerable
US / ˈvʌlnərəbl /
•UK / ˈvʌlnərəbəl /
- adjecitve
- Being open to attack or damage
- Being easily harmed, hurt, or wounded
testify
US / 'testɪfaɪ /
•UK / 'testɪfaɪ /
- verb
- To tell what you know (in court)
guidance
US / ˈgaɪdns /
•UK / ˈɡaɪdns /
- noun
- Advice on what to do in school, job, future
- Process of controlling weapons to hit a target
- Act of guiding a person or thing
but
US / bət /
•UK / bʌt,bət /
- conjunction
- Used before you say something different, opposite
member
US / ˈmembə(r) /
•UK / ˈmɛmbɚ /
- noun
- Part of the body of a human, animal
- Person or thing belonging to a group or team
dirty
US / ˈdɜ:ti /
•UK / ˈdɜ:rti /
- adjecitve
- Not clean
- Not fair; dishonest or dishonorable
- verb
- To make something not clean; soil
box
US / bɒks /
•UK / bɑ:ks /
- noun
- A marked area of a baseball field
- A container with four straight sides and a lid
- Area of seating in a theater separated from others
- A 4 sided container or shape printed on a page
- Entire amount of something inside a container
- verb
- To strike someone on the side of the head
- To pack an object in a six-sided container
- To fight with gloved hands as a sport
pandemic
US / pæn'demɪk /
•UK / pænˈdɛmɪk /
- adjecitve
- (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or
- noun
- a pandemic disease
recent
US / 'ri:snt /
•UK / ˈrisənt /
- adjecitve
- Happening or beginning not long ago
nearly
US / ˈniəli /
•UK / ˈnɪrli /
- adverb
- Not completely; almost
can
US / kæn /
•UK / kən,kæn /
- 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
march
US / mɑ:tʃ /
•UK / mɑ:rtʃ /
- noun
- Walk by a group of soldiers who walk in time
- 3rd month of the year
- Music played for soldiers to walk in time to
- Progress towards a future time or place
- Public walk by a group to demand change
- verb
- To force someone to walk somewhere
- (Soldiers) to walk in time with others
- To walk as a group to demand some kind of change
- To walk somewhere quickly often in an angry manner
against
US / əˈgenst /
•UK / əˈɡenst /
- preposition
- In physical contact with, as for support; next to
- In opposition to; disagreeing with
plea
US / pli: /
•UK / pli /
- noun
- Response given by a person charged with a crime
- Urgent request
opportunity
US / ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ /
•UK / ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju- /
- noun
- Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
become
US / bɪ'kʌm /
•UK / bɪˈkʌm /
- verb
- To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
- To be suitable for a particular job or role
address
US / ə'dres /
•UK / əˈdrɛs /
- noun
- Exact street location of a place
- A formal speech to a group of people
- verb
- To write the place someone lives on a letter
- To refer to someone or something formally
- To make a formal speech to a group of people
- To try to find a solution to; think about
round
US / raʊnd /
•UK / raʊnd /
- adjecitve
- Being in the shape of a circle or ball
- Consisting of curved and not straight lines
- Somewhat fat or curved in physical appearance
- Being a whole number, not a fraction, decimal
- adverb
- From beginning to end (e.g. of the year)
- noun
- One of the three-minute periods in boxing
- Drinks bought by one person for a group
- Series regular visits, routes, or stops at places
- Single shot or bullet fired from a gun
- An object with a circular shape
- One stage in a series of games, e.g. football
- One's turn in a game such as cards
- preposition
- Going around
- verb
- To cause or make a circular or curved shape
- To go or pass around the bend or corner
- To change from a fraction to nearest whole number
conference
US / ˈkɒnfərəns /
•UK / ˈkɑnfərəns, -frəns /
- noun
- Series of lectures held as an event
- An association of US sports teams
effect
US / ɪ'fekt /
•UK / ɪˈfɛkt /
- noun
- An advantage, benefit
- Change brought about by a cause; result
business
US / ˈbɪznəs /
•UK / ˈbɪznɪs /
- noun
- A company formed for making profit
- Matter that has to be dealt with; task; situation
- Activity of working to make a profit
surge
US / sɜ:dʒ /
•UK / sɜ:rdʒ /
- noun
- Sudden movement in one direction by many
- Sudden or unexpected increase in amount
- Unexpected increase or movement, as in sea/prices
- verb
- To move unexpectedly and quickly in one direction
- To rise to an unexpected height
our
US / 'aʊə(r) /
•UK / aʊr /
- determiner
- Belonging to us
not
US / nɒt /
•UK / nɑt /
- adverb
- Word indicating the negative
- (Used to form the negative of verbs)
grace
US / ɡreɪs /
•UK / ɡres /
- noun
- Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
- God's kindness shown to people
- Movement that is smooth and attractive
- Person's name
- verb
- To make a place look more attractive
color
US / 'kʌlə(r) /
•UK / ˈkʌlɚ /
- noun
- Quality of things you can see, e.g. red, blue
- Pink or red in your face, e.g. after being ill
- The shade of someone's skin e.g. black, or yellow
- verb
- To change or affect someone's opinion
- To make something colorful using colored pencils
chinatown
US / ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn /
•UK / ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn /
- noun
- Area of town with many Chinese stores, restaurants
bell
US / bel /
•UK / bɛl /
- noun
- Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
- Electronic device that makes a ringing sound
you
US / jʊ /
•UK / ju /
- pronoun
- Person someone is speaking or writing to
- Person or people in general
year
US / jə: /
•UK / jɪr /
- noun
- Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- Used to refer to the age of a person
woman
US / ˈwʊmən /
•UK / ˈwʊmən /
- noun
- Adult female human being
live
US / lɪv /
•UK / liv /
- 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
january
US / ˈdʒænjuəri /
•UK / ˈdʒænjueri /
- noun
- 1st month of the year
critical
US / ˈkrɪtɪkl /
•UK / ˈkrɪtɪkəl /
- adjecitve
- Making a negative judgment of something
- Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
- Most important part
misinformation
US / ˌmɪsɪnfə'meɪʃn /
•UK / ˌmɪsɪnfə'meɪʃn /
- noun
- Information that is incorrect
specific
US / spəˈsɪfɪk /
•UK / spɪˈsɪfɪk /
- adjecitve
- Precise; particular; just about that thing
- Concerning one particular thing or kind of thing
resolution
US / ˌrezə'lu:ʃn /
•UK / ˌrɛzəˈluʃən /
- noun
- End part of a story resolving the conflict
- Ability of a screen or camera to display pixels
- Statement of the decisions of a group
- Answer to a problem or conflict
- Promise made to accomplish something
finger
US / ˈfɪŋgə(r) /
•UK / ˈfɪŋɡɚ /
- noun
- One of the five long parts of the hand
- verb
- To touch something with the ends of the hands
- To identify the person guilty of a crime
the
US / ðə /
•UK / ðə /
- article
- Used to refer to something already mentioned
- Used to show there is only one of something
- determiner
- Used to describe all of a family
verbal
US / ˈvə:bəl /
•UK / ˈvɚbəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning verbs
- Using speech, rather than being written
- noun
- Word that is made from a verb
seek
US / si:k /
•UK / sik /
- verb
- To ask someone for help
- To search for; try to find or do; look for
- To try to achieve something
murder
US / 'mɜ:də(r) /
•UK / ˈmɚdɚ /
- noun
- Something that is difficult or painful to do
- Crime of deliberately killing a person
- verb
- To intentionally kill a person
- To spoil, ruin something by doing it poorly
alone
US / ə'ləʊn /
•UK / əˈlon /
- adjecitve
- Apart from others
- Without equal
- adverb
- Without anyone or anything else
word
US / wɜ:d /
•UK / wɚd /
- noun
- Unit of language that has a meaning
- Promise
- Short remark or piece of information
- verb
- To express something by choosing particular words
this
US / ðɪs /
•UK / ðɪs /
- adjecitve
- Used to indicate something already been discussed
- Used to indicate something happening around now
- adverb
- An indication by a physical motion or gesture
- A specific amount of
- determiner
- Person, thing, or idea near you
- pronoun
- Person, thing that has already been discussed
congress
US / 'kɒŋɡres /
•UK / ˈkɑŋɡrɪs /
- noun
- Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
- American governing body of elected representatives
across
US / əˈkrɔs /
•UK / əˈkrɔs,əˈkrɑs /
- adverb
- Distance from one side to another
- (Go) from one side to the other of something
assailant
US / əˈseɪlənt /
•UK / əˈselənt /
- noun
- An attacker, e.g. a robber
cohen
US / ˈkəʊən /
•UK / ˈkoʊən /
- noun
- A member of the priestly caste, having certain rights and duties in the synagogue.
coronavirus
US / kɒrənə'vaɪrəs /
•UK / kɒrənə'vaɪrəs /
- noun
- Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
department
US / dɪˈpɑ:tmənt /
•UK / dɪˈpɑ:rtmənt /
- noun
- Division of a larger part or organization
take
US / teɪk /
•UK / tek /
- 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
congressional
US / kənˈgreʃənl /
•UK / kənˈɡreʃənl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the US congress
ugly
US / ˈʌgli /
•UK / ˈʌɡli /
- adjecitve
- (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
- Unpleasant to look at; not attractive
thank
US / θæŋk /
•UK / θæŋk /
- verb
- To tell someone you are grateful to them
look
US / lʊk /
•UK / lʊk /
- noun
- Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
- Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
- The way someone, something appears to be
- Act of searching for or examining something
- verb
- To appear to be; seem
country
US / ˈkʌntri /
•UK / ˈkʌntri /
- noun
- An area of land that is controlled by a government
- Open land that is away from towns and cities
believe
US / bɪ'li:v /
•UK / bɪˈliv /
- verb
- To think or accept that something is true
- To have a particular opinion about something
act
US / ækt /
•UK / ækt /
- noun
- What someone did; action; behavior
- A law or rule passed by a government we must obey
- One of the parts that a stage play is divided into
- verb
- To behave in a certain way
- To perform on a stage or in a movie
virus
US / 'vaɪrəs /
•UK / ˈvaɪrəs /
- noun
- File secretly put on computers to cause harm
- Living organism that causes disease or sickness
racial
US / ˈreɪʃl /
•UK / ˈreʃəl /
- adjecitve
- Of or relating to race
hold
US / həʊld /
•UK / hold /
- 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
heart
US / hɑ:t /
•UK / hɑrt /
- 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
organization
US / ˌɔ:gənaɪˈzeɪʃn /
•UK / ˌɔrɡənɪˈzeʃən /
- noun
- Group of people with a particular purpose
condemn
US / kənˈdem /
•UK / kənˈdɛm /
- verb
- To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
- To state strongly that person, thing is bad, wrong
due
US / dju: /
•UK / du, dju /
- adjecitve
- When something is required or expected
- Owed to a person as a right
- noun
- Something you deserve; something you can expect
china
US / ˈtʃaɪnə /
•UK / ˈtʃaɪnə /
- noun
- A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the wo
- other
- High quality porcelain originally made only in China
ago
US / əˈgəʊ /
•UK / əˈgoʊ /
- adverb
- At a specified length of time in the past
hateful
US / ˈheɪtfl /
•UK / ˈhetfəl /
- adjecitve
- Making someone feel hatred or dislike
they
US / ðeɪ /
•UK / ðe /
- pronoun
- Two or more people, animals, or things
anger
US / ˈæŋgə(r) /
•UK / ˈæŋɡɚ /
- noun
- Feelings of being upset, mad or annoyed
- A strong feeling we can get if we think we're being treated badly
- verb
- To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
who
US / hu: /
•UK / hu /
- pronoun
- Which person
- Used to introduce information about people
pacific
US / pə'sɪfɪk /
•UK / pəˈsɪfɪk /
- adjecitve
- Relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean
- Concerned with peace or of a peaceful nature
its
US / ɪts /
•UK / ɪts /
- adjecitve
- Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
- determiner
- Of something; belonging or related to something
- other
- Possessive form of “it”
heavy
US / 'hevɪ /
•UK / ˈhɛvi /
- adjecitve
- Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
- Involving serious or strong emotions
- Having a lot of weight
work
US / wɜ:k /
•UK / wɚk /
- 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
throw
US / θrəʊ /
•UK / θroʊ /
- noun
- Arm movement to make a thing fly through the air
- Loose cloth or blanket (usually over a chair)
- Forcibly putting someone on the ground
- verb
- To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- To move part of your body suddenly and forcefully
- To confuse or upset someone
- (E.g. judo) to forcibly put someone on the ground
- To put something somewhere suddenly and roughly
stake
US / steɪk /
•UK / stek /
- noun
- Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
- Money bet in a game that can be won or lost
- The share you have in a company
- Post stuck in the ground you can tie things to
- verb
- To bet or wager on an outcome
- To risk something important by taking a risk
old
US / əʊld /
•UK / old /
- adjecitve
- Having existed for a long time, not young or new
- Age of a person since birth
committee
US / kəˈmɪti /
•UK / kəˈmɪti /
- noun
- Group of people who do or decide something
combat
US / 'kɒmbæt /
•UK / kəmˈbæt, ˈkɑmˌbæt /
- verb
- To fight someone or something physically
rear
US / rɪə(r) /
•UK / rɪr /
- noun
- Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
- verb
- To care for a young animal, child into adulthood
- (Of horse) to raise the body up on the back legs
alarm
US / əˈlɑ:m /
•UK / əˈlɑ:rm /
- noun
- Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- an alarm clock
though
US / ðəu /
•UK / ðo /
- adverb
- Although, despite the fact that
victim
US / ˈvɪktɪm /
•UK / ˈvɪktɪm /
- noun
- Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
- Person/animal killed and offered as a sacrifice
- Person feeling helpless in times of bad luck
- Person who is tricked or made to suffer
urge
US / ɜ:dʒ /
•UK / ɚdʒ /
- noun
- A strong desire for something
- Strong pressure on someone to do something
- verb
- To drive something forward
- To ask or encourage someone to do something
face
US / feɪs /
•UK / fes /
- 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
head
US / hed /
•UK / hɛd /
- noun
- Counter for the number of cattle
- Natural mental ability or intelligence
- Leader or person with the greatest authority
- Mind; mental ability; mental state
- Side of a coin with a head on it
- Top part of your body with eyes and a mouth
- Starting point of something, e.g. a river
- verb
- To hit a ball with your head in a game
- To be first or at the front or top (e.g. a list)
- To travel or move toward a particular place; To go in a particular direction
- To become the leader of something
- To lead or be responsible for something
send
US / send /
•UK / sɛnd /
- verb
- To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
- To cause mail or packages to go to another place
- To move something quickly in a particular way
- To give information or greetings to someone
crisis
US / 'kraɪsɪs /
•UK / ˈkraɪsɪs /
- noun
- Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
nation
US / 'neɪʃn /
•UK / ˈneʃən /
- noun
- Area or region controlled by a government and army
letter
US / 'letə(r) /
•UK / ˈlɛtɚ /
- noun
- One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- Message you put in an envelope and send by post
just
US / dʒʌst /
•UK / dʒʌst /
- adjecitve
- Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
- Doing or being what is right or fair
- Legally correct; having enough evidence
- adverb
- Almost; nearly
- Exactly at the time of
- Exactly (the same as, like)
chinese
US / /
•UK / /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of China
distinguished
US / dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃt /
•UK / dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt /
- adjecitve
- (Of a person) well-known and highly respected
- verb
- To make something clearly different from others
blame
US / bleɪm /
•UK / blem /
- noun
- Act of saying someone did something bad
- verb
- To say someone is responsible for something bad
stigma
US / 'stɪɡmə /
•UK / ˈstɪɡmə /
- noun
- Mark of shame or disgrace
statement
US / ˈsteɪtmənt /
•UK / ˈstetmənt /
- noun
- Record of activity in a bank account over time
- Act or process of saying something formally
fact
US / fækt /
•UK / fækt /
- noun
- Something that is known or proved to be true
undertake
US / ˌʌndə'teɪk /
•UK / ˌʌndɚˈtek /
- verb
- To begin; attempt; take on responsibility for
why
US / waɪ /
•UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /
- adverb
- Question word to ask for a reason
- exclamation
- (Used to express surprise or approval)
time
US / taɪm /
•UK / taɪm /
- noun
- Speed at which music is played; tempo
- Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
- Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
- Occasion when something happens
- Period or occasion that something occurred
- Period in history or the past
- Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
- How long an event takes; duration
- verb
- To check speed at which music is performed
- To choose a specific moment to do something
- To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
- To schedule something to occur at a specific moment
rank
US / ræŋk /
•UK / ræŋk /
- adjecitve
- Complete and total; very obvious
- Growing out of control
- (Of a smell) very bad; pungent; stinking
- noun
- Group of people with a certain level of status
- Level or position, as in society/sport competition
- A place for taxis to wait for customers
- Row in which people stand side by side, as in army
- verb
- To rate or class things
- To assign a level or status, as of importance, to
- To put items into a sequence, e.g. of importance
for
US / fə(r) /
•UK / fɔr,fə /
- preposition
- Used to show the purpose, or need of something
sound
US / saʊnd /
•UK / saʊnd /
- adjecitve
- Sensible, dependable and reliable
- Unbroken or undisturbed, as of sleep
- Firm or solid in structure
- Sane; not mentally ill
- Clearly reasoned; involving sense, good judgment
- noun
- Unique quality that characterizes a style of music
- Waves traveling in air or water that can be heard
- verb
- To seem or appear to be, from what was said
- To say in a clear deliberate manner
- To make a noise, e.g. to ring a bell
such
US / sʌtʃ /
•UK / sʌtʃ /
- determiner
- Being similar to
- (Thing) as previously stated or referred to
- adverb
- (Used to emphasize the quality of an adjective)
kill
US / kɪl /
•UK / kɪl /
- noun
- Animal killed by a person or other animal
- verb
- To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
- To end the life of a person or other living thing
- To be very funny
- To prevent something from continuing or operating
- To do something unimportant to pass time quickly
escalate
US / ˈeskəleɪt /
•UK / ˈɛskəˌlet /
- verb
- To increase in size, intensity, or scope
- To become much worse or more severe
eight
US / eɪt /
•UK / et /
- number
- 8
begin
US / bɪ'ɡɪn /
•UK / ˈbeɡɪn /
- verb
- To do the first part of an action; to start
well
US / wel /
•UK / wɛl /
- adjecitve
- Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
- Healthy and in good condition
- adverb
- In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
- In a complete, total, or full manner
- A great and considerable degree
- In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
- exclamation
- Used to begin or continue a particular statement
- Used to show you want to start saying something
- Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
- You say this to change the topic of a conversation
- Used to indicate you are making a final remark
- noun
- Long deep hole in the ground to get water
- verb
- To cause your eyes to fill with tears
within
US / wɪˈðɪn /
•UK / wɪðˈɪn, wɪθ- /
- adverb
- Inside the limits of an area, time or range
- preposition
- From the inside of something
start
US / stɑ:t /
•UK / stɑrt /
- noun
- First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
- Sudden action or movement because you are scared
- other
- Beginning of something in place or time
- verb
- To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
- To turn something on
since
US / sɪns /
•UK / sɪns /
- adverb
- At a point before the present time
- conjunction
- For this reason; because
- preposition
- From the time in the past that
crime
US / kraɪm /
•UK / kraɪm /
- noun
- Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
- Act that is against the law; murder, theft etc.
yield
US / ji:ld /
•UK / jild /
- noun
- Amount of crops grown
- Amount of profit you make
- verb
- To bend or break because of a strong force
- To give way to someone or something else
- To produce, usually in agriculture or business
- To produce a certain amount of profit; result in
- To total to a certain amount, as in a calculation
warn
US / wɔ:n /
•UK / wɔrn /
- verb
- To tell someone about possible danger
will
US / wɪl /
•UK / wɪl /
- noun
- Desire or choice of someone
- Document saying who gets your money when you die
- Strong desire to do something; determination
- Desire to do something; strong wish to do
- other
- Used with verbs to express the future
- verb
- To leave property to someone after your death
- To use mental effort to make something happen
- Am (is, are) likely to do
- To influence someone to do something
- To make something happen by strongly wanting it
relate
US / rɪ'leɪt /
•UK / rɪˈlet /
- verb
- To demonstrate a logical relationship between
- To understand or sympathize with, e.g. a problem
- To tell a story, or tell about a particular event
many
US / 'menɪ /
•UK / ˈmɛni /
- determiner
- Used to refer a large number of things
congresswoman
US / 'kɒŋɡreswʊmən /
•UK / 'kɑ:ŋɡrəswʊmən /
- noun
- Female member of the US House of Representatives
accident
US / ˈæksɪdənt /
•UK / ˈæksɪdənt, -ˌdɛnt /
- noun
- Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
while
US / waɪl /
•UK / hwaɪl, waɪl /
- conjunction
- In spite of the fact that; although
- During the time that; at the same time
- noun
- Short amount of time
violence
US / ˈvaɪələns /
•UK / ˈvaɪələns /
- noun
- Strong physical force of nature
- Use of physical force to harm someone
deadly
US / ˈdedli /
•UK / ˈdɛdli /
- adjecitve
- Causing or capable of causing death
- Being very accurate
one
US / wʌn /
•UK / wʌn /
- 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
other
US / 'ʌðə(r) /
•UK / ˈʌðər /
- adjecitve
- A thing different from that mentioned
- determiner
- (Something) else; not the first (one)
- pronoun
- Being the one and only thing of that category
tragedy
US / 'trædʒədɪ /
•UK / ˈtrædʒɪdi /
- noun
- Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
- Very sad event that usually involves death
three
US / θri: /
•UK / θri /
- number
- Number 3
flawed
US / flɔ:d /
•UK / flɔd /
- adjecitve
- Having a quality that makes something not perfect
trump
US / trʌmp /
•UK / trʌmp /
- noun
- Any playing card of a suit that outranks another
- verb
- To gain an advantage over others
man
US / mæn /
•UK / mæn /
- noun
- Humans in general, including male and female
- An adult male human being
- Male who acts in a masculine way; not like a woman
- verb
- To control or operate (a machine); be in charge of
- To operate a machine (a boat, etc.)
physical
US / ˈfɪzɪkl /
•UK / ˈfɪzɪkəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the body of a person
- Concerning things that can be seen or touched
- noun
- Health check at the doctors' or hospital
shocked
US / ʃɒkt /
•UK / ʃɑːkt /
- adjecitve
- Very upset by some unexpected event
- verb
- To affect someone with an electrical current
- To cause great surprise, horror, or anger