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Apr 2022
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147. Does a Country Need an Army? (Engl...

Thomas Wilkinson
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Does a country actually need an armed forces? What would happen if a nation chose to not have a military and not spend money on defence? Surely every country must have some kind of army? Let's discuss this on today's episode of Thinking in English!



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Vocabulary List


Remarkable (adj) - unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning

Nelson Mandela was a remarkable man

Expenditure (n) - the total amount of money that a government or person spends

The government’s annual expenditure on health increases every year

Procurement (n) - the process of getting supplies or products

He specialises in the procurement of rare objects

Reliant (adj) - needing a particular thing or person in order to continue, to work correctly, or to succeed

He’s completely reliant on his wheelchair to get around

To demilitarise (v) - to remove military forces from an area

There is a demilitarised zone between North and South Korea

To dissolve (v) - to end an official organisation or legal arrangement

Their marriage was dissolved last year

To disband (v) - to stop existing as a group or organisation, or to end a group or organisation

The international department was disbanded due to the pandemic

Leverage (n) - power to influence people and get the results you want

The British government has little leverage in that part of the world

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