Talking about BREXIT in English .

 A theme based Business English lesson to learn new vocabulary and talk about the most heard topic on news channels. People in Britain have voted on whether to leave the European Union (EU). It is one of the biggest issues for Europe in decades. The following are words related to the BREXIT issue :

BREXIT : Britain + exit

Stands for Great Britain’s exit from the European Union which is the union or group of all countries belong to the continent of Europe .

Democracy

It stands for people’s rule . This is a system in which people choose their leaders through voting and those leaders run the country

Referendum

It is a process through which the people express their opinion about a certain issue or reform ; their vote influences the outcome of the issue .

Sovereign : pronounced as sov – a – rin -‘ g ‘ is silent .

Sovereign stands for absolute or autocratic rule by one person or one family .

Plebiscite

It is a synonym for referendum .  It is a process through which the people express their opinion about a certain issue or reform ; their vote influences the outcome of the issue .

Racism

It is a dislike or bias against people belonging to a particular race .

Xenophobia

It is a dislike or a bias against people of a particular country ; in fact U.K. Has been accused of Xenophia due to the BREXIT issue .

Unity ticket

It means a group of people come together to oppose a particular issue or reform .

Regrexit

This is a slang word that stands for regret + exit ; meaning certain people regret the exit of Britain from the European Union .