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Meaning of Tjernobyl | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Chernobyl (a city in Ukraine).

Examples

“OK, living in the reinder belt of Scandinavia, the weapon tests hasn't poisoned us that much and the plutonium hasn't been that much of a problem, but jee, you shure has dug you head into the ground like a ostridge. Have you never heard of a fishy place called Tjernobyl. That bastard is still giving people here cancer. Since we have less of the shit called Strontium 90 ( not as poisones as plutonium, but shure as deadly), they every year sends a lot of cancerous children from the area around Tjernobyl to us for a "clean" summer holiday.”
“How many new things have we found (virus or bacteria doesn't matter) and still more are coming, AIDS? do you belive^([sic]) it has been there always? do you remember Tjernobyl? nothing to do with virus or bacteria, but what happened? I would say humans stupidity (money again) give them some not so hightech equipment that doesn't work 100% and then let some ppl that don't know what it is use it.”
“I have a couple of questions regarding evoultionary pace, ionizing radiation and Tjernobyl. I'd be very grateful if anyone would take the time to answer these questions.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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