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【TED】May El-Khalil: Making peace is a marathon (Making peace is a marathon | May El-Khalil)
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Max Lin posted on 2016/01/11Ever wondered how running can unite a whole community? May El-Khalil shares her incredible story of organizing the Beirut Marathon to bring people together after conflict, showing you how to use simple sentence structures to talk about powerful ideas like peacebuilding and women's empowerment. You'll also pick up some great vocabulary for cultural depth and practical event organization!
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people
US /ˈpipəl/
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UK /'pi:pl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- Men, Women, Children
- Transitive Verb
- To populate; to fill with people.
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US /əˈplɔz/
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UK /ə'plɔ:z/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
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US /stɑrt/
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UK /stɑ:t/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- Beginning of something in place or time
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
A1
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US /ˈtʃæləndʒ/
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UK /'tʃælɪndʒ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- Act of formally inviting someone to compete
- Transitive Verb
- To formally invite someone to compete at something
- To question the correctness of something
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