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How do you count 1.4 billion people? India takes on the challenge | DW News
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/04/06Ever wondered how a country with over a billion people gets counted? This DW News interview dives into the incredible challenge of India's census, exploring everything from digital methods to gender data and urbanization. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and get a fascinating look at cultural depth and complex sentence structures in action!
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pandemic
US /pænˈdɛmɪk/
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UK /pæn'demɪk/
- Adjective
- (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
- Noun
- a pandemic disease
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US /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/
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UK /ˈkrɪtɪkl/
- Adjective
- Making a negative judgment of something
- Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
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US /skel/
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UK /skeɪl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Size, level, or amount when compared
- Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To change the size of but keep the proportions
- To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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US /ɪkˈspɛkt/
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UK /ɪk'spekt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To believe something is probably going to happen
- To anticipate or believe that something will happen or someone will arrive.
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