Why did they call it World War One?
BBC · English · B2 (Upper intermediate) · 33 seconds
Learn English with “Why did they call it World War One?” by BBC: tap any word in the subtitles for its meaning in your own language (Azerbaijani, Slovak or simple English). Level B2 (Upper intermediate). “Why did they call World War One "World War One"? It's quite pessimistic numbering, isn't it?”
Transcript with translation
Why did they call World War One "World War One"?
Niyə ona "Birinci Dünya Müharibəsi" dedilər?
It's quite pessimistic numbering, isn't it?
Olduqca bədbindir, elə deyilmi?
Or did they just know it was the start of a franchise?
Yoxsa sadəcə franşizanın başlanğıcı olduğunu bilirdilər?
At the time they weren't numbering the wars,
O vaxt müharibələri nömrələmirdilər,
although I think
baxmayaraq ki, məncə
that in the First World War the idea of it being
Birinci Dünya Müharibəsində bu ideya
a Great War denoting
Böyük Müharibə olduğunu bildirən
the sheer scale of the conflict,
münaqişənin böyük miqyasını,
the casualty rate was already becoming used quite a lot.
itki sürəti artıq çox istifadə olunmağa başlayırdı.
So it was called the Great War,
Ona görə də Böyük Müharibə adlandırıldı,
but not because it was great.
amma böyük olduğu üçün yox.
Wondering where this clip came from?
Bu klipin haradan gəldiyini düşünürsünüz?
Read the caption, mate.
Başlığı oxu, dostum.
Words and phrases in this video
- denote (C1)
- bildirmək
- sheer (C1)
- saf
- pessimistic (B2)
- bədbin
- franchise (B2)
- frençayzinq
- scale (B2)
- miqyas
- conflict (B2)
- münaqişə
- casualty (B2)
- itki
- clip (B2)
- videoxülasə
- caption (B2)
- başlıq
- number (B1)
- nömrələmək
- although (B1)
- baxmayaraq ki
- rate (B1)
- sürət
- wonder (B1)
- təəccüblənmək
- mate (B1)
- dost
- war (A2)
- müharibə
- quite (A2)
- olduqca
- already (A2)
- artıq
- why (A1)
- niyə
- they (A1)
- onlar
- call (A1)
- adlandırmaq
- world (A1)
- dünya
- one (A1)
- bir
- isn't (A1)
- deyil
- just (A1)
- sadəcə
- know (A1)
- bilmək
- was (A1)
- idi
- the (A1)
- artikl
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