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Russia – Glossary
appear verb defeat noun [count/uncount]
to be written or printed somewhere failure to win a competition or to succeed in doing
Jane’s name did not appear on the list. something
England suffered a 2–0 defeat by Scotland.
area noun [count]
a part of a city, town, country etc dome noun [count]
I went on a tour of Vancouver and the surrounding a roof shaped like the top half of a ball
area the huge dome of St Paul’s Cathedral

athletics noun [uncount] event noun [count]

sports events in which people compete against something that happens, especially something that
each other in running races, jumping, and throwing involves several people
things. the most traumatic event of my life
More women are participating in athletics
nowadays. gymnastics noun [uncount]
a sport involving difficult physical exercises designed
ballet noun [uncount] to increase your strength and ability to bend and
a type of dancing used for telling a story, with balance
complicated movements that need great skill and a
lot of training huge adjective
classical/modern ballet extremely large in size

birth rate noun [count] lie verb

the officially recorded number of births in a used for saying where a place is
particular year or place The village lies in a valley.
a steep decline in the birth rate
minority noun [singular]
boxing noun [uncount] a small number of people or things that are part of a
a sport in which two boxers fight by hitting each larger group but different in some way from most of
other while wearing large leather boxing gloves on the group
their hands There are not many, a tiny minority, who have
misbehaved outrageously.
capital noun [count]
the city where a country or region has its ranking noun [count]
government a position on a list that shows how good someone or
Madrid is the capital of Spain. something is compared to others
Davenport still stands at number one in the world
communism noun [uncount] rankings.
a political and economic system in which
individual people cannot own property or residence noun [count]
industries and in which people of all social classes a house or other place where someone lives,
are treated equally especially a large house used by an important person
the President’s official residence
communist adjective
relating to communism, or involving people who role noun [count]
are communists the purpose or influence of someone or something in
a particular situation
contain verb Trade unions have played a significant role in the
if an area contains something, you will find that recent debate.
thing there
Pretty much everything a tourist would want to see state noun [count]
is contained within the walls of the old town. a nation, or a country

continent noun [count] superpower noun [count]

one of the very large areas of land on Earth that are a country that has great military, economic, and
usually divided into several countries political power
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