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Bbk_agp Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
They met in a compound bombed ...
I've reading the BBC site, and I don't understand the sentece below:
They met in a compound bombed by the US in 1986 over what the US said was Libyan involvement in a terror attack.
what dose it mean? thansk!
They met in a compound bombed by the US in 1986 over what the US said was Libyan involvement in a terror attack.
what dose it mean? thansk!
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Hi Some corrections: I've been reading some articles on the BBC site and I don't understand the sentence below. What does it mean? Thanks.
- Hi Some corrections: I've been reading some articles on the BBC site and I don't understand the sentence below.
- What does it mean?
- Thanks.
- A compound is an enclosed area.
- It could be a military compound, for example.
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Hi
Some corrections:
I've been reading some articles on the BBC site and I don't understand the sentence below.
What does it mean? Thanks.
A compound is an enclosed area. It could be a military compound, for example.
So they met in an enclosed area which was bombed by the US. The reason the US bombed the compound was that the US believed that Libya had
Some corrections:
I've been reading some articles on the BBC site and I don't understand the sentence below.
What does it mean? Thanks.
A compound is an enclosed area. It could be a military compound, for example.
So they met in an enclosed area which was bombed by the US. The reason the US bombed the compound was that the US believed that Libya had
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I believe a "compound" in this context is a group of buildings having a common purpose, such as a group of dormatories on a college campus. During Jack Kennedy's presidency we often heard of the Kennedy family compound on Cape Cod. (They were very rich.)
As I recall, the Libyan government was accused of plotting the bombing of a commercial airliner over Lockerby, Scotland. In retaliat
As I recall, the Libyan government was accused of plotting the bombing of a commercial airliner over Lockerby, Scotland. In retaliat
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