Learn “coordinated”, “investigation” in slow English. From: Jordan launches air strikes in Syria after church attack.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- air strikes
You’re about to hear useful words from the news about air strikes and a deadly church attack.
Air strikes are attacks made from the air, usually by military aircraft.
- deadly
You’re about to hear useful words from the news about air strikes and a deadly church attack.
A deadly attack causes someone to die or could cause death.
- church attack
You’re about to hear useful words from the news about air strikes and a deadly church attack.
A church attack is an act of violence directed at a church or people there.
- coordinated
You heard “coordinated” in the news.
Here, “coordinated” describes something planned or done together with others.
- coordinated
For example: The neighbors coordinated their plans for the shared garden.
The neighbors worked together to plan what to do for the garden.
- carried out
Here, it means planned or carried out together with others.
“Carried out” means done or put into action.
- investigation
You heard “investigation” in the news.
An investigation is an official effort to discover what happened.
- investigation
For example: The school began an investigation after a computer went missing.
The school started looking into what happened to the missing computer.
- find out
Here, it means an official effort to find out what happened.
“Find out” means discover or learn the truth about something.
- went missing
For example: The school began an investigation after a computer went missing.
“Went missing” means could no longer be found.