Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank

Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnf0w9UuV4s 

Purpose: just to develop my English; no political interest!


It's symbol of returned, restored and sovereignty Jewish society

  • symbol = representation
  • return = comeback, come home, return
  • restore = renew, rebuild, rehabilitate
  • sovereignty = authority, ruler, control, power
  • return and restore are regular verb (add -ed & -d)

We're finding bones, pottery, walls and building up a picture of what was here

  • bone = skeleton, rib, frame
  • pottery = pot, stoneware, crockery 
  • wall = fence
Sorry, I stereotyped you
  • stereotype = cliches
This is the dumpy settlement
  • dumpy for place = dirty , for person = fat
You got these shack-like things behind me
  • shack = shanty, cabin, hut
I spend my last 2000 years as a foreigner
  • foreigner = stranger, outlier
As someone exiled from his country
  • exile = banish, expel
  • exile is regular verb (add -d)
The occupied territory 
  • occupy = settlement, inhabit, live-in
  • occupy is regular verb (change y with i and add -ed)
most divisive political issues
  • divisive = disagreement, hostility
literally, the moment of ceasefire in June 1967
  • literally = actually, seriously 
  • ceasefire = temporary suspension of fight, peace talk take place
My family heard the screaming and my brother ran out
  • heard is V2 - irregular verb from base verb hear
  • ran is V2 - irregular verb from base verb run
He managed to neutralize the terrorist who fell down
  • neutralize = disarm 
  • fell is V2 - irregular verb from base fall
Do you condemn what your son did or not?
  • condemn = curse, censure, criticize 
I didn't see any remorse 
  • remorse: contrition, deep guilty, regret
I felt sad
  • felt is V2 - irregular verb from base fell
They'd say: how can you have not seen me? I was there all along
  • seen is V3 - irregular verb from base see






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