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  • mhm it is what it iss to announce my candidacy.

  • I am doing this to win.

  • I'm sorry.

  • I'm just gonna get grand.

  • And that little girl was me An Asian man who likes Man e wrote that they have built I'm going to harness love e He crossed a threshold.

  • I make a lot of money.

  • He gave us no choice.

  • I'm gonna get me a beer.

  • What does this mean for the future of the Iowa caucuses?

  • Nothing good.

  • You have shocked the nation.

  • I'm very much alive forcing candidates to call off rallies way are cut from the same cloth is yet to come.

  • This is deadly stuff.

  • $750.

  • The Senate has more than sufficient time the process a nomination question.

  • Just radical left.

  • Will you shoot Messing?

  • Who?

  • A hot mess.

  • You have a great smile.

  • Eso I am the least racist person in this room bringing up all this malarkey.

mhm it is what it iss to announce my candidacy.

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US election: The crazy election campaign in three minutes - BBC News

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/11/03
Video vocabulary

Keywords

stuff

US /stʌf/

UK /stʌf/

  • noun
  • Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • verb
  • To push material inside something, with force
process

US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/

UK /prə'ses/

  • verb
  • To organize and use data in a computer
  • To deal with official forms in the way required
  • To prepare by treating something in a certain way
  • To adopt a set of actions that produce a result
  • To convert by putting something through a machine
  • noun
  • A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
  • A summons or writ to appear in court or before a judicial officer.
  • A systematic series of actions directed to some end
  • Dealing with official forms in the way required
  • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
  • A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
  • other
  • To perform a series of operations on (data) by a computer.
  • To deal with (something) according to a particular procedure.
  • Deal with (something) according to a set procedure.
  • To perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it.
  • To perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it.
  • Take (something) into the mind and understand it fully.
  • other
  • Deal with (something, especially unpleasant or difficult) psychologically in order to come to terms with it.
force

US /fɔrs, fors/

UK /fɔ:s/

  • other
  • To break open (something) using force.
  • To compel (someone) to do something.
  • To cause (a plant or crop) to develop or mature prematurely in a greenhouse or under artificial conditions.
  • To cause (a plant or flower) to grow or develop at an increased rate.
  • To use physical strength to break open or move (something).
  • other
  • Coercion or compulsion; strength or power exerted to cause motion or change.
  • Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • other
  • Coercion or compulsion; strength or power exerted to cause or affect.
  • An influence or effect.
  • Physical strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • noun
  • Coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence.
  • Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • A body of people employed and trained for a particular task or purpose.
  • An influence or effect.
  • A body of people employed and trained for law enforcement.
  • A body of soldiers or police.
  • An influence that can cause a body to accelerate.
  • Pressure; attraction
  • Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • The use of physical strength/violence to persuade
  • Strength or power of expression or argument.
  • verb
  • To use physical strength or violence to persuade
mess

US /mɛs/

UK /mes/

  • other
  • A place where members of a military unit, college, or other group eat meals together.
  • A quantity of food, especially a soft or semi-liquid one.
  • noun
  • Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
  • verb
  • To make something untidy or dirty
  • other
  • A dirty or untidy state of things or place.
  • other
  • A difficult or confused situation.
threshold

US /ˈθrɛʃˌold, -ˌhold/

UK /'θreʃhəʊld/

  • noun
  • The point of entry or beginning.
  • The minimum value of a signal that produces a detectable output.
  • A strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.
  • Degree or level at which something begins
  • The magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested.
  • The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse.
radical

US /ˈrædɪkəl,'rædɪkḷ/

UK /ˈrædɪkl/

  • noun
  • A group of atoms behaving as a unit in a chemical compound.
  • Person who believes in extreme political change
  • An atom, molecule, or ion that has an unpaired electron and is therefore unstable and highly reactive.
  • In linguistics, a radical is a basic part of a character, especially in Chinese and other East Asian scripts.
  • A quantity expressed as the root of another.
  • A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a radical party.
  • The root of a word.
  • adjective
  • Very new and different from what is traditional
  • Concerning something's most basic part or form
  • Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
  • Advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social reform; representing or supporting an extreme section of a political party.
racist

US /'reɪsɪst/

UK /'reɪsɪst/

  • adjective
  • Believing that people of other races are inferior
  • noun
  • Person who judges others negatively based on race
harness

US /ˈhɑrnɪs/

UK /'hɑ:nɪs/

  • verb
  • To capture the power of something
  • other
  • To control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy.
  • To put a harness on (an animal).
  • noun
  • A means of controlling and utilizing something, especially natural energy.
  • Equipment used by horses to pull things
  • A set of straps for fastening something to a person's body, especially for safety.
  • A set of straps and fittings by which a horse or other animal is attached to a cart, plow, etc., and is controlled by the driver.
  • An arrangement of wires and connectors for transmitting electrical signals or power.
grand

US /ɡrænd/

UK /ɡrænd/

  • adjective
  • A counter for 1000 of something
  • Great in amount, number or size
  • Being highest in status or rank; impressive
leave

US /liv/

UK /li:v/

  • noun
  • A period of absence from duty or work, especially when granted permission.
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • other
  • To cause someone to be in a particular state or condition.
  • To allow something to remain in a specific place or condition.
  • other
  • Permission to be away from work or duty.
  • Remains of food.
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere
  • other
  • To go away from a place.