#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
DEALINGS
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DEALINGS
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.
INTELLIGENCE
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INTELLIGENCE
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
OVERSIGHT
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OVERSIGHT
supervisão
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matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
relações exteriores
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someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen
WITNESS
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WITNESS (n.)
testemunha
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with no one else present
IN PRIVATE
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IN PRIVATE
em particular
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to make a statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually in a court of law
TESTIFY
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TESTIFY
depor
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a politician whose job is to help to make the laws of a country or state
LAWMAKER
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LAWMAKER
legislador, parlamentar
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behavior that is illegal or not moral
WRONGDOING
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WRONGDOING
ato ilícito, infração; violação da lei
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a lawyer, especially one who represents people in court
ATTORNEY
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ATTORNEY
advogado
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(informal) discover and reveal damaging information about someone
DIG UP DIRT
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DIG UP DIRT
descobrir podre
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if something blows up, or if someone blows something up, it explodes and is destroyed
BLOW UP
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BLOW UP
explodir
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a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant or unpredictable way, typically with damaging or dangerous effects
ROGUE
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ROGUE
desonesto, fraudulento
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to do something that you have said you will do or that you have been told to do
CARRY OUT
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CARRY OUT
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
AMBASSADOR
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AMBASSADOR
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
ACTING
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ACTING (adj.)
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
CHIEF OF STAFF
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CHIEF OF STAFF
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
CONCERN
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CONCERN (n.)
preocupação
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an act of telephoning someone
CALL
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CALL (n.)
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
OPENING STATEMENT
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OPENING STATEMENT
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
ALLEGE
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ALLEGE
alegar
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to try in a determined way to make someone do something or tell you something
PRESS
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PRESS (v.)
pressionar
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to make a public or official statement, especially about a plan, decision, or something that has happened
ANNOUNCE
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ANNOUNCE
divulgar, declarar, anunciar
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(informal) to give your approval for something
GREENLIGHT
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GREENLIGHT (v.)
dar o sinal verde
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to pay attention to a sound, or to try to hear a sound
LISTEN
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LISTEN
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
TESTIMONY
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TESTIMONY
depoimento
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to make someone leave their job, sometimes as a punishment
FIRE
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FIRE (v.)
demitir
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to have an opinion that is different from the opinion that another person has
DISAGREE
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DISAGREE
discordar
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to state formally that you are leaving a job permanently
RESIGN
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RESIGN
renunciar
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something that you say or write that states a fact or gives information in a formal way
STATEMENT
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STATEMENT
declaração
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to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things
ADVOCATE
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ADVOCATE (v.)
defender, proteger, promover, interceder
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an underlying often ideological plan or program
AGENDA
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AGENDA
programa (de governo), interesses políticos
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someone with an important position in an organization
OFFICIAL
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OFFICIAL (n.)
autoridade, dirigente, alto funcionário, executivo
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a heated discussion or argument is one in which people get angry and excited
HEATED
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HEATED (adj.)
acalorado, exaltado
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an angry disagreement between people
ARGUMENT
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ARGUMENT
discussão, bate-boca
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to change your views, policies, etc. to the opposite ones
REVERSE
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REVERSE (v.)
voltar atrás
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to arrange a special event and provide the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
HOST
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HOST (v.)
receber
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to state your opinion firmly and publicly about something, especially in order to protest against or defend something
SPEAK OUT
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SPEAK OUT
falar abertamente
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(formal) to get or achieve something important
SECURE
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SECURE
conseguir, assegurar
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a formal agreement, especially in business or politics
DEAL
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DEAL (n.)
contrato
