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2014-11-13 Communication: war & phone vocab

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  3. Homework: p. 163 (war/military vocabulary)
  4. Weapons (1)
  5. arrow 5
  6. bow 7
  7. bullet 6
  8. cannon 1
  9. machine gun 4
  10. missile 9
  11. shield 3
  12. spear 2
  13. sword 8
  14. (crossbow bolt)
  15.  
  16. People and Events (2)
  17. a
  18. 1 refugees (they seek refuge)
  19. 2 casualties
  20. 3 forces
  21. 4 troops
  22. 5 snipers
  23. 6 civilians
  24. 7 the wounded (the + adjective = the [adjective] people)
  25. 8 survivors
  26. 9 ally
  27. b
  28. 1 revolution
  29. 2 coup (d'etat)
  30. 3 ceasefire
  31. 4 civil war
  32. 5 siege
  33. 6 treaty
  34. by length of time: ceasefire < truce < treaty
  35. =armistice
  36.  
  37. Verbs (3)
  38. 1 overthrew
  39. 2 broke out
  40. 3 blew up
  41. 4 withdrew
  42. 5 shelled
  43. 6 retreated
  44. 7 surrendered
  45. 8 defeated
  46. 9 captured
  47. 10 looted
  48. 11 declared
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  50. 1 call, phone, ring (British)
  51. 2 a give
  52. b make
  53. 3 a up
  54. b turn / shut
  55. c off (= the call ended)
  56. d up / off
  57. e out
  58. f through
  59. g speak
  60. h put
  61. 4 a charge
  62. b landline
  63. c engaged (this is British, "busy" in the US)
  64. d missed
  65. e directory ("directory assistance" in the US)
  66. f voicemail
  67. g pay phones
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  69. http://vitamintalent.com/vitabites/no-you-are-not-running-late-you-are-rude-and-selfish
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  71. p. 128 4.10
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