Learn “detained”, “motive” in slow English. From: Indonesia sends troops to Jakarta amid wiretapping probe.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- phone tapping
Hear useful words from the bulletin about an investigation into alleged phone tapping.
This means secretly listening to or recording phone calls.
- alleged
Hear useful words from the bulletin about an investigation into alleged phone tapping.
It means that people say the phone tapping happened, but it has not been proved.
- investigation
Hear useful words from the bulletin about an investigation into alleged phone tapping.
An investigation is an official effort to find out what happened.
- detained
You heard “detained” in the news.
Here, this means held by authorities and not allowed to leave.
- detained
For example: Police detained the driver for questioning after the crash.
Police kept the driver and did not let him leave while they asked questions.
- motive
You heard “motive” in the news.
Here, this means the reason someone does something.
- motive
For example: The teacher asked about his motive for taking the extra book.
The teacher asked why he took the extra book.