127. What is Happening in Kazakhstan?: Massive Protests Explained (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>Massive protests, the resignation of the government, widespread violence, and Russian-led security forces. What is happening in Kazakhstan? Let’s talk about it on today’s episode of Thinking in English!!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/01/07/127-what-is-happening-in-kazakhstan-massive-protests-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson%ef%bf%bc/" target="_blank"><strong>TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/01/07/127-what-is-happening-in-kazakhstan-massive-protests-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson%ef%bf%bc/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <h6><strong>You may also like...</strong></h6> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/01/05/126-the-most-unstable-country-in-the-world-what-is-happening-in-sudan-english-vocabulary-lesson%ef%bf%bc/">126. The Most Unstable Country in the World?: What is Happening in Sudan? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/01/03/124-new-zealands-smoking-ban-explained-should-we-ban-cigarettes%ef%bf%bc/">125. New Zealand’s Smoking Ban Explained!!: Should We Ban Cigarettes?</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/12/29/124-who-was-desmond-tutu-the-life-of-an-extraordinary-man-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson%ef%bf%bc/">124. Who was Desmond Tutu?: The Life of an Extraordinary Man Explained!! (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/12/20/123-should-we-boycott-chinas-winter-olympics-english-vocabulary-lesson%ef%bf%bc/">123. Should We Boycott China’s Winter Olympics? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p> <p><strong>Blog - </strong><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>thinkinginenglish.blog</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Gmail - [email protected]</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h5><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></h5> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Take to the streets (phrase) - when people take to the streets, they express their opposition to something in public and often violently</strong></p> <p><em>Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against food shortages</em></p> <p><strong>Steppe (n) - a large area of land with grass but no trees, especially in eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia</strong></p> <p><em>The people have lived for centuries on the Central Asian steppes</em></p> <p><strong>Landlocked (adj) - Completely surrounded by other countries, with no ocean borders</strong></p> <p><em>Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country</em></p> <p><strong>Swathe (n) - a large areas especially of land</strong></p> <p><em>Huge swathes of rainforest are being cleared for farming and mining</em></p> <p><strong>To emerge (v) - the become known or develop as a result of something</strong></p> <p><em>New business opportunities will emerge with advances in technology</em></p> <p><strong>Consolidated (adj) - made stronger and more certain</strong></p> <p><em>He was re-elected for another four years and his power was consolidated</em></p> <p><strong>To rock (v) - If an event rocks a group of people or society it causes feelings of shock</strong></p> <p><em>The managing director’s resignation rocked the whole company</em></p> <p><strong>Blackout (n) - an action taken to make certain that information about something is not reported to the public</strong></p> <p><em>There was a news blackout after the revolution</em></p> <p><strong>Peacekeeping (n) - the activity of preventing war and violence, especially using armed forces not involved in a disagreement to prevent fighting</strong></p> <p><em>The UN sent a peacekeeping force to Rwanda</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">ht

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