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#63 🇺🇸 Bolton lawyers in talks about possible impeachment deposition Flashcards

Vocabulary review

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someone whose profession is to provide people with legal advice and services

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LAWYER

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LAWYER

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advogado

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used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status, etc. in the past, but not now

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FORMER

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FORMER

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ex

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the protection or the safety of a country’s secrets and its citizens

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SECURITY

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SECURITY

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segurança (nacional)

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someone whose job is to give advice on subjects they know a lot about, for example politics or financial matters (also: advisor)

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ADVISER

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ADVISER

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assessor

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discussions between important people from opposing sides designed to help them agree about an issue

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TALKS

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TALKS (n.)

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negociações

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the larger and less powerful part of the U.S. Congress (the national legislature in the U.S.)

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HOUSE / THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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HOUSE / THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Câmara

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an official examination of a crime, accident, problem, etc., in order to get information or the truth

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INQUIRY

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INQUIRY

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investigação, inquérito

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the giving of sworn evidence

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DEPOSITION

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DEPOSITION

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depoimento

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someone who provides information for a reporter

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SOURCE

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SOURCE

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fonte

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the quantity of something that you can hold in your hand

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HANDFUL

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HANDFUL

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punhado

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happening or existing now

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CURRENT

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CURRENT (adj.)

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atual, corrente

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the government of a country

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ADMINISTRATION

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ADMINISTRATION

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governo

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the business activities or the general relationship that you have with another person or organization

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DEALINGS

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DEALINGS

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relacionamento, comportamento, interações

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  1. information collected about the secret plans and activities of a foreign government, enemy, etc.; 2. a government organization that collects information about the secret plans and activities of a foreign government, enemy, etc.
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INTELLIGENCE

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INTELLIGENCE

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  1. informações sigilosas, informações confidenciais, informações secretas; 2. serviço secreto, serviço de informações
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the job of checking that a process or system is working well

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OVERSIGHT

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OVERSIGHT

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supervisão

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matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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relações exteriores

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someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen

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WITNESS

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WITNESS (n.)

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testemunha

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with no one else present

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IN PRIVATE

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IN PRIVATE

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em particular

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to make a statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually in a court of law

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TESTIFY

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TESTIFY

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depor

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a politician whose job is to help to make the laws of a country or state

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LAWMAKER

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LAWMAKER

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legislador, parlamentar

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behavior that is illegal or not moral

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WRONGDOING

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WRONGDOING

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ato ilícito, infração; violação da lei

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a lawyer, especially one who represents people in court

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ATTORNEY

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ATTORNEY

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advogado

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(informal) discover and reveal damaging information about someone

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DIG UP DIRT

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DIG UP DIRT

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descobrir podre

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if something blows up, or if someone blows something up, it explodes and is destroyed

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BLOW UP

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BLOW UP

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explodir

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a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant or unpredictable way, typically with damaging or dangerous effects

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ROGUE

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ROGUE

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desonesto, fraudulento

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to do something that you have said you will do or that you have been told to do

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CARRY OUT

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CARRY OUT

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realizar

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a senior official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country there. An ambassador is responsible for an office called an embassy

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AMBASSADOR

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AMBASSADOR

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embaixador, embaixadora

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doing the work of the usual person in a particular job while they are not there, or until a new person starts

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ACTING

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ACTING (adj.)

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em exercício, interino

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someone whose job is to manage the people who work for a government leader and to advise that leader

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CHIEF OF STAFF

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CHIEF OF STAFF

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Ministro Chefe da Casa Civil

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a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue

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CONCERN

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CONCERN (n.)

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preocupação

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an act of telephoning someone

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CALL

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CALL (n.)

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ligação telefônica

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a statement to the jury by trial counsel before the presentation of evidence that usually explains the nature of the case, the factual matters to be proven, and the evidence to be presented and that summarizes the arguments to be made

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OPENING STATEMENT

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OPENING STATEMENT

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declaração inicial

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to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal, even though this has not been proved

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ALLEGE

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ALLEGE

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alegar

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to try in a determined way to make someone do something or tell you something

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PRESS

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PRESS (v.)

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pressionar

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to make a public or official statement, especially about a plan, decision, or something that has happened

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ANNOUNCE

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ANNOUNCE

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divulgar, declarar, anunciar

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(informal) to give yourapprovalfor something

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GREENLIGHT

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GREENLIGHT (v.)

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dar o sinal verde

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to pay attention to a sound, or to try to hear a sound

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LISTEN

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LISTEN

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escutar, prestar atenção (fig.)

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a formal statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually given in a court of law

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TESTIMONY

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TESTIMONY

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depoimento

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to make someone leave their job, sometimes as a punishment

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FIRE

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FIRE (v.)

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demitir

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to have an opinion that is different from the opinion that another person has

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DISAGREE

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DISAGREE

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discordar

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to state formally that you are leaving a job permanently

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RESIGN

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RESIGN

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renunciar

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something that you say or write that states a fact or gives information in a formal way

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STATEMENT

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STATEMENT

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declaração

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to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things

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ADVOCATE

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ADVOCATE (v.)

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defender, proteger, promover, interceder

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an underlying often ideological plan or program

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AGENDA

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AGENDA

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programa (de governo), interesses políticos

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someone with an important position in an organization

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OFFICIAL

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OFFICIAL (n.)

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autoridade, dirigente, alto funcionário, executivo

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a heated discussion or argument is one in which people get angry and excited

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HEATED

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HEATED (adj.)

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acalorado, exaltado

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an angry disagreement between people

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ARGUMENT

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ARGUMENT

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discussão, bate-boca

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to change your views, policies, etc. to the opposite ones

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REVERSE

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REVERSE (v.)

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voltar atrás

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to arrange a special event and provide the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it

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HOST

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HOST (v.)

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receber

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to state your opinion firmly and publicly about something, especially in order to protest against or defend something

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SPEAK OUT

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SPEAK OUT

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falar abertamente

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(formal) to get or achieve something important

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SECURE

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SECURE

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conseguir, assegurar

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a formal agreement, especially in business or politics

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DEAL

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DEAL (n.)

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contrato

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