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Myanmar military coup

  • 英語
  • 中級 ~

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6 useful words

6 Useful words

  1. To pledge
    A solemn promise or undertaking.
    The mayor has pledged to renovate the city's parks.
  2. Coup
    a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
    The military wants to stage a coup to get rid of the country's president.
  3. To ensure
    To make sure that something will happen.
    In order to ensure your success in the EIKEN test, you must study English every day.
  4. Roll-out
    the widespread public introduction of a new product.
    I can't wait to see the roll-out of the new software, because it will make our job so much easier.
  5. Jabs (British slang)
    A vaccination.
    At the Royal London Hospital the doctors gave me a tetanus jab when I got injured.
  6. Sub-zero
    Temperatures lower than zero; below freezing.
    In Canada sub-zero temperatures start in November and persist until late April.

True False Questions

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True.
{The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has pledged to mobilize international pressure to ensure, as he put it, that the military coup In Myanmar fails.}
False.
{Scientists are trying to find out if using different COVID vaccines for the first and second dose may help the body better develop defenses.}
True.
{The current rollout of jabs won't be altered until clear results have emerged.}
True.
{A woman from Cambodia was found dead living in a greenhouse in sub-zero conditions.}
False.
{Tennis officials say the Australian open will begin as normal next week despite hundreds of players and officials being required to self-isolate after a worker at one of those events tested positive.}

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