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Josephine Baker: The musical icon who became a WWII spy | BBC Ideas
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/04/05Get ready to be inspired by the incredible life of Josephine Baker, a dazzling performer who secretly became a spy for the French Resistance during WWII! You'll dive into her amazing journey from rags to riches and pick up some advanced vocabulary and complex sentence structures along the way.
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pursue
US /pɚˈsu/
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UK /pə'sju:/
- Transitive Verb
- To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- To try to achieve or get something over time
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US /sɛnˈseʃən/
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UK /sen'seɪʃn/
- Noun
- (Person) attracting the interest of many people
- Mental feeling caused by a previous experience
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US /əˈkwaɪr/
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UK /ə'kwaɪə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To get or earn something by thinking or working
- To develop or learn a skill, habit, or quality.
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US /spɑt/
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UK /spɒt/
- Noun
- A certain place or area
- A difficult time; awkward situation
- Transitive Verb
- To see someone or something by chance
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