117. What is Happening at the Poland-Belarus Border?: Migrant Crisis Explained!! (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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15 November 2021
Right now, there are thousands of migrants from Middle Eastern countries stranded on the border between Belarus and Poland in Eastern Europe. How were migrants able to travel so far away from their homelands in order to enter the EU? Why is Belarus helping the migrants travel across Europe? Let’s talk about all this on today’s episode of Thinking in English!
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Vocabulary List
Influx (n) - the fact of a large number of people or things arriving at the same time
Turkey is expecting an influx of over a thousand refugees in the next few months
On the verge (phrase) - if you are on the verge of something or come to the verge of something, you are very close to experiencing it
The company is on the verge of collapse if it can’t find a new investor
To orchestrate (v) - to arrange something carefully, and sometimes unfairly, so as to achieve a wanted result
The political party orchestrated a series of events to improve their candidate's reputations
To fix (v) - to do something dishonest to make certain that a competition, race, or election is won by a particular person
The referee was arrested on suspicion of fixing the match
To crush (v) - to defeat someone completely
The president used the army to crush the rebellion
Thuggish (adj) - acting in a violent way, or looking violent
Thuggish behaviour is not tolerated in this country
Dissident (n) - a person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government
That cafe is famous for hosting many political dissidents from around the world
Stranded (adj) - unable to leave somewhere because of a problem such as not having any transport or money
I lost my wallet and was stranded in the middle of the city
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