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  • [Wind howling]

  • [Rhythmic explosions]

  • ♪♪

  • DUKE OF OXFORD: Throughout time our people

  • robbed, lied, and killed...

  • until one day we found ourselves noblemen...

  • but that nobility never came from chivalry...

  • it came from being tough and ruthless.

  • Real power is not found running off to war...

  • real power lies...

  • in understanding who it is you're truly fighting...

  • DUKE OF OXFORD: and how they can be defeated.

  • ♪♪

  • DUKE OF OXFORD: I know you want to fight...

  • but there are other ways of doing your duty.

  • DUKE OF OXFORD: Come on.

  • ♪♪

[Wind howling]

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The King's Man | Official Teaser Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX

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    Mahiro Kitauchi posted on 2020/08/25
Video vocabulary

Keywords

tough

US /tʌf/

UK /tʌf/

  • adjective
  • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • Very difficult to do or deal with
  • Difficult; requiring considerable effort or endurance.
  • (of food) difficult to cut or chew.
  • Having strict standards
  • (Of meat) difficult to cut or chew.
  • Being firm and not easily bent or broken
  • Being strong physically or mentally
  • Being difficult to persuade
  • Unpleasant or unfortunate.
  • Capable of violence
  • other
  • To endure a period of hardship or difficulty.
  • noun
  • A rough and aggressive person.
  • other
  • To make (someone) physically or emotionally stronger.
defeat

US /dɪˈfit/

UK /dɪ'fi:t/

  • noun
  • When you lose a fight, game or competition
  • An instance of being defeated.
  • verb
  • To beat an enemy, team, disease
  • other
  • The feeling of having been beaten.
  • other
  • To prevent something from succeeding.
  • To win a victory over someone in a battle, game, election, etc.
ruthless

US /ˈruθlɪs/

UK /ˈru:θləs/

  • adjective
  • Not considering the feelings or health of others
duty

US /ˈduti, ˈdju-/

UK /'dju:tɪ/

  • noun
  • Work required by your job or position
  • A tax (on imported goods)
lie

US /lai/

UK /laɪ/

  • verb
  • To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • To say something that you know is not true
  • noun
  • An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
wind

US /wɪnd/

UK /wɪnd/

  • noun
  • A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
  • Something that has influence
  • verb
  • If a road, path, or river winds, it follows a route that turns repeatedly in different directions
  • To turn or cause something to turn
  • To twist around something
  • adjective
  • (Musical instruments) that you blow into to play
understand

US /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/

UK /ˌʌndə'stænd/

  • other
  • To be aware of something
  • To believe something to be the case
  • Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker).
  • To feel or show sympathy for; empathize with.
  • other
  • To grasp something mentally.
  • verb
  • To know the meaning of language, what someone says
real

US /ˈriəl, ril/

UK /rɪəl/

  • adjective
  • Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • Authentic; not imitation or artificial.
  • Actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed.
  • Actually being what is claimed or seems to be; not artificial, false, or imitation.
  • Important; serious.
  • noun
  • The basic monetary unit of Brazil since 1994.
  • A number that can be represented on a number line.
  • Real estate; property consisting of land or buildings.
  • other
  • Relating to immovable property such as land or buildings.
  • adverb
  • Very; really.
fight

US /faɪt/

UK /faɪt/

  • noun
  • An argument or quarrel
  • Act of trying to hurt someone by hitting them
  • A struggle to do a difficult task
  • verb
  • To argue or quarrel with someone about something
  • To try to hurt someone by hitting them
  • To struggle to do a difficult task
rob

US /rɑb/

UK /rɒb/

  • noun
  • Person's name
  • other
  • To deprive someone of something.
  • To take something illegally from a person or place, often using force or the threat of force.
  • verb
  • To steal money or property from (bank or person)
  • To prevent from getting something deserved