Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Iran threat assessment prompts US to reduce embassy staffing.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- embassy staffing
You’ll hear words from the bulletin about changes to embassy staffing and threats.
This means the number of people working at an embassy and how they are assigned to their jobs.
- threats
You’ll hear words from the bulletin about changes to embassy staffing and threats.
These are possible dangers or acts that could cause harm.
- threats
Here, it means information gathered to help a government understand threats.
These are possible dangers that a government needs to know about.
- intelligence
You heard “intelligence” in the news.
This is information collected to help people or a government understand a situation.
- intelligence
For example: The manager used customer intelligence to plan a better service.
This means information about customers that helps the manager make plans.
- personnel
You heard “personnel” in the news.
This word means the people who work for an organization.
- personnel
For example: All personnel must wear a badge at work.
This means all the workers must wear a badge.
- backed
You heard “backed” in the news.
Here, it means gave support to someone or something.
- backed
For example: Her family backed her decision to study nursing.
Her family supported her choice to study nursing.
