39. BREXIT: All the Essential Vocabulary! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

Brexit. I’m sure you must have heard about Brexit at some point in the last four years, and the UK finally left the EU on January 1st 2020. I often get asked about Brexit by English students and foreign friends, and one of the biggest challenges people face is the vocabulary. It can be complicated, confusing, and full of political and economic jargon! So on this episode, I will introduce some of the key vocabulary that could help you to understand and read about Brexit! TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/04/39-brexit-all-the-essential-vocabulary-english-vocabulary-lesson/ CONTACT US!! INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Twitter - @thinkenglishpod Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Gmail - [email protected] VOCABULARY LIST Departure (n) - the act leaving somewhere, or an occasion when this happens Our departure was delayed because of bad weather Union (n) - the act or the state of being joined together The debate on European political and monetary union continues To coin (v) - to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first time Allen Ginsberg coined the term “flower power” Divisive (adj) - used to describe something that causes great and sometimes unfriendly disagreement within a group of people The Vietnam war was an extremely divisive issue in the US To trigger (v) -  to cause something to start Some people find that certain food trigger their headaches To reach (v) - to achieve something after careful thought or discussion After hours of discussion, the committee finally reached a decision Tariff (n) - a charge for services or on goods entering a country The US has imposed new tariffs on chocolate from Brazil Regulation (n) - an official rule or the act of controlling something New safety regulations have been brought in contention (n) - the disagreement that results from opposing arguments There’s a lot of contention about that issue - for every person firmly in favour, there’s someone fiercely against it --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices