151. What is Roe v. Wade? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

CLICK HERE TO DONATE OR SUPPORT TO PODCAST!!!! - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/ What is Roe v. Wade? Why is it such a controversial and significant decision? And why is the US Supreme Court going to reverse it? By the end of today’s episode of Thinking in English, you should be able to answer all of these questions and have learned some very useful legal English vocabulary! TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/05/09/what-is-roe-v-wade/ You may also like... 150. How to Stop Procrastinating!! (English Vocabulary Lesson) Does Your English Accent Matter? w/ Dan Sensei (English Conversation Lesson) Tips For University Applications and How to Improve Your Listening: Answering Your Questions! 149. Should Cannabis be Legal? (English Vocabulary Lesson) INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/)  Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Vocabulary List To leak (v) - to allow secret information to become generally known He leaked the names of the suspects to the press To overturn (v) - to change a legal decision The Supreme Court overturned their earlier decision Absolute (adj) - very great or to the largest degree possible I have absolute faith in her judgement Trimester (n) - human pregnancy is divided into three month periods called trimesters Women are usually offered their first scan in the first trimester of pregnancy Pseudonym (n) - a name someone uses instead of their real name George Orwell was a pseudonym - his real name was Eric Blair To terminate (v) - to end or stop They terminated my contract in October To hear (v) - officially listened to by a court, council, etc The case was heard by the High Court Egregiously (adv) - extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable The decisions made by that country have been egregiously wrong --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices