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Was Alexander the Great really that great? - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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B1

سطح CEFR

853

Total Words

433

Unique Words

5/10

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Vocabulary Diversity 51%

زیرنویس‌ها (100 segments)

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00:12

Order, order! Who do we have on the stand today?

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Alexander... the Great, eh? Well, what’s so great about him?

00:20

Your honor, the better question is, what's not great about him?

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He was the King of Macedon

00:25

and considered a living demigod by Egyptians and Greeks alike.

00:30

He conquered Persia when it was one of Earth's largest empires.

00:34

And he was a thoughtful student of Aristotle,

00:37

creative enough to untie the impossibly tight Gordian knot

00:42

by cutting it in half.

00:44

The Gordian knot is a myth—

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Key Vocabulary (13)

power A1 noun

Power refers to the ability to do something or to control people and things. It also means the energy, like electricity, used to make machines, lights, and heaters work.

great A1 adjective

excellent

"Great idea!"

honor A1 noun

Honor is a feeling of high respect or great pride for someone or something. In school, it often refers to a special award or title given for doing very good work.

"The honor is important."

father A1 noun

male parent

"My father works."

enough A1 noun

The amount or quantity of something that is as much as is needed or required. It indicates that no more is necessary to achieve a goal or satisfy a desire.

"The enough is important."

judge A1 noun

A judge is a person who works in a court of law and makes official decisions about legal cases. They listen to the facts and decide how to punish people who break the law.

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