Unit 44: War and peace

Question 1

sanctions

Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement.

Answer 1

official orders, such as the stopping of trade, taken against a country to make it obey

Question 2

weaponry

Answer 2

weapons in general/of different types

Question 3

civilian casualties

Answer 3

people injured or killed who are not members of the military or the police

Question 4

regime change

Answer 4

changing the government or leader of a country, especially by force

Question 5

all-out

Answer 5

complete and total

Question 6

brutal suppression

Answer 6

violent and cruel ending of the right or freedome to do sth

Question 7

ethnic cleansing

Answer 7

organised attempt by one radical or political group to completely remove from a country or area anyone who belongs to another particular radical group, using violence to achieve this

Question 8

massacres

Answer 8

the killing of large people

Question 9

Conflict resolution

Answer 9

finding a way to end conflict and the negative feelings between groups

Question 10

wage war on

Answer 10

fight a war against

Question 11

hostility

Answer 11

act of war

Question 12

besiege

siege (n)

Answer 12

attack by surrounding it for a period of time

Question 13

ambush

ambush (n)

Answer 13

attack unexpectedly from secret positions

Question 14

truce

Answer 14

agreement during a war to stop fighting for a time

Question 15

suicide bomber

Answer 15

people who lets off explosives, deliberately killing themselves in the process

Question 16

have a fight on your hands|put up a fight

Answer 16

have to fight very hard

Question 17

fleet

Answer 17

consists of a large number of ships