147. Does a Country Need an Army?  (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO DONATE OR SUPPORT TO PODCAST!!!! - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>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!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/04/11/does-a-country-need-an-army/" target="_blank">TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/04/11/does-a-country-need-an-army/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h3><strong>You may also like...</strong></h3> <p><br></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/04/06/what-is-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill/" target="_blank">146. What is Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/03/28/should-you-support-your-country-unconditionally/" target="_blank">145. Should you Support Your Country Unconditionally? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/03/23/should-students-have-to-wear-school-uniforms/" target="_blank">144. Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/03/21/what-is-a-war-crime/" target="_blank">143. What is a War Crime? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1fuqul" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) </a></p> <p><a href="//thinkinginenglish.blog" target="_blank">Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p><br></p> <h2>Vocabulary List</h2> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Remarkable (adj) - unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning</strong></p> <p><em>Nelson Mandela was a remarkable man</em></p> <p><strong>Expenditure (n) - the total amount of money that a government or person spends</strong></p> <p><em>The government’s annual expenditure on health increases every year</em></p> <p><strong>Procurement (n) - the process of getting supplies or products</strong></p> <p><em>He specialises in the procurement of rare objects</em></p> <p><strong>Reliant (adj) - needing a particular thing or person in order to continue, to work correctly, or to succeed</strong></p> <p><em>He’s completely reliant on his wheelchair to get around</em></p> <p><strong>To demilitarise (v) - to remove military forces from an area</strong></p> <p><em>There is a demilitarised zone between North and South Korea</em></p> <p><strong>To dissolve (v) - to end an official organisation or legal arrangement</strong></p> <p><em>Their marriage was dissolved last year</em></p> <p><strong>To disband (v) - to stop existing as a group or organisation, or to end a group or organisation</strong></p> <p><em>The international department was disbanded due to the pandemic</em></p> <p><strong>Leverage (n) - power to influence people and get the results you want</strong></p> <p><em>The British government has little leverage in that part of the world</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support</a>

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