| Approx. time |
Expression |
Explanation |
| 0:57 |
Maksim's family left Ukraine |
The reasons why his family had to leave Ukraine |
| 1:30 |
under wraps |
concealed or secret |
| 2:16 |
surreal |
having the qualities of surrealism; bizzare |
| 2:43 |
put 2 and 2 together |
to understand something by using the information you already have
|
| 3:05 |
perestroika |
to rebuild; to reconstruct (in Russian terms)
|
| 3:26 |
persecuted
|
subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs
|
| 4:36 |
granted asylum |
protection or shelter granted by a country or embassy to refugees from another country, especially refugees escaping arrest or prosecution
|
| 4:44 |
arduous |
involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring
|
| 6:34 |
a rift |
a crack, split, or break in something |
| 7:55 |
run interference |
move in such a way as to provide legal interference
|
| 8:31 |
inundated |
overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealth with |
| 9:15 |
A judgment of others not learning English |
Not understanding how difficult it is to learn a second language
|
| 10:45 |
propensity |
an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way |
| 10:56 |
Maksim in 2001 |
A particular thought in high school about becoming a United States Citizen and part of the military
|
| 13:20
|
sectarian violence |
a form of communal violence inspired by sectarianism, that is, between different sects of one particular mode of ideology or religion within a nation/community |
| 14:16
|
put their lives on the line |
a situation involving exposure to danger |
| 14:53
|
in close quarters |
a situation of being very uncomfortably close to someone or something |
| 16:20
|
What message would Maksim like to leave? |
Understanding we live in an open country |
