Vocabulary Task: Finding George
What were the tricky words you came across while reading the article: Finding George
Consequences, Gallipoli, trenches, prejudice, eventually, evacuated, Trentham, vandalised
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What I think the word means
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What the word means within the context of the text
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Online / Dictionary meaning
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consequences
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Issues
When something terrible is about to happen
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Having strong connections with family in Germany
seemed harmless at the time, but it would have terrible consequences.
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a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
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Trenches
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Big Holes inside the dirt
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Back in the Trenches, amongst the flies, the smell of our own dead is terrific.
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Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived. They were very muddy, uncomfortable and the toilets overflowed.
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Gallipoli
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A War landing place.
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George landed at
Gallipoli on 26 April 1915.
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The Gallipoli peninsula is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east. Gallipoli is the Italian form of the Greek name "Καλλίπολις", meaning "Beautiful City", the original name of the modern town of Gelibolu
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vandalised
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Fired from a work or job.
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The shops of some German businesspeople
were vandalised and burnt down.
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deliberately destroy or damage (public or private property).
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prejudice
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produce
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At the time,there was a lot of prejudice and fear.
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preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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