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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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