Basic Needs

['k8ntri] -ries[-riz] Everyday Expressions n. Japan is an island country.country, state, nationcountry: We passed through 5 countries on our way to Sweden.state: America is a two-party State.nation: state e.g. The United Nations ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) nation the Jewish nation n. the country I live in the country. n. rough country wooded country

countryside , countryman/woman ,or

country club country music country house

Linguistic Skill

Useful Phrases --- advanced countries --- backward countries --- the host country --- industrialized countries / --- developed /developing countries

Idioms & Slang country cousin ---

Communicating Clearly

Street Talks Politically, the country is divided into fifty states. A: I can throw a football a country mile. B: Really? To be honest, not in my line of country. Of course you can say so, its a free country. Im a big fan of country music.

Cultural Focus

Transcripts

Thats in the country of Greenbow.

Sam: I got numbers of letters from women all over the country. Greg: Desperate women.

Quotations Public before private and country before family. Proverb, Chinese. Without a country, I am not a man. Nawaf Al-Nasir Al-Sabah, Grandnephew of the Emir of Kuwait. Quoted in: Guardian (London, 9 Aug. 1990).