SHOCKING: The U.S. is Ready to Invade Canada, Experts Predict

Could the United States actually invade Canada, or is that headline pure political fiction? In this lesson, we break down the vocabulary, grammar, and sensational language used in international news predictions to help you sharpen your English comprehension.✅ Book a 1 on 1 conversation with me: https://americanenglishwithbrent.as.me/You will get: Extended Conversation: More time to speak naturally and practice real-life English.Personal Feedback: Direct corrections on grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.Video Recording: Watch your lesson again to review your progress.Full Transcript: Get written text of our call to study new words and phrases.1. Do you reckon (Phrase): Do you think or believe something?: Do you reckon it will rain during our son's football game?2. Internal strife (Noun): Fighting or arguing inside a group, family, or country.: The company had internal strife when the managers could not agree on the new work rules.3. Hypergamy (Noun): Marrying someone who has more money or a higher social rank than you.: In many old stories, hypergamy happens when a poor farmer marries a rich queen.4. Suitable mate (Noun): A good and right partner for marriage or a romantic relationship.: My daughter loves reading, so a suitable mate for her would be someone who also enjoys books.5. Tendencies (Noun): Habits or things that a person usually does.: When my husband is tired, he has tendencies to forget where he put his car keys.6. Productive member of society (Noun phrase): A person who works, helps others, and does good things for their community.: Teaching children to share helps them become a productive member of society.7. Get laid (Verb phrase): A casual way to say having sex with someone.: After working hard all week, the young man went to a party hoping to get laid.8. Conscription (Noun): A law that says people must join the military.: Because of conscription, my grandfather had to leave his farm and join the army.9. Colonize (Verb): When one country takes control of another land and sends its people to live there.: Many years ago, countries from Europe sailed across the sea to colonize new lands.10. Western Hemisphere (Noun): The half of the Earth that has North America and South America.: If you travel from Japan to Brazil, you are flying to the Western Hemisphere.11. Soft power (Noun): Getting what you want from other countries through culture, art, or business, not by fighting.: American movies and music are s of soft power because people all over the world enjoy them.12. Alberta (Noun): A large province (part of a country) in western Canada known for mountains and oil.: We took our kids on a camping trip to Alberta to see the beautiful Rocky Mountains.13. Violent populism (Noun phrase): A political movement where ordinary people use fighting or anger to get what they want from leaders.: The peaceful protest sadly turned into violent populism when people started breaking store windows.14. Survey (Noun or Verb): Questions you ask many people to learn what they think.: At work, I filled out a survey about what kind of coffee we should buy for the office.15. Planting the seeds (Idiom): Doing something small now that will grow or become something big later.: By teaching my children to save their coins, I am planting the seeds for them to be good with money.16. Bombastic (Adjective): Using big and loud words to sound very important, but with little real meaning.: The boss gave a bombastic speech about his great ideas, but he never actually fixed our computers.17. Gregarious (Adjective): Very friendly and enjoying the company of other people.: My gregarious aunt always talks to everyone at the grocery store and makes new friends.