listening

Question 1

loathing

Answer 1

/ˈloʊ.ðɪŋ/
formal
a strong feeling of hating someone or something:
(aversão, hatred)
- The thought of him touching her filled her with deep loathing.
- He approached his enemy with fear and loathing.
- She, like him, polarized opinion; most people either adored her or loathed her.

to feel strong hate, dislike, or disgust for someone or something:
- I loathe doing housework.
- “Do you like fish?” “No, I loathe it.”

Question 2

typo

Answer 2

a mistake (such as a misspelled word) in typed or printed text.

Question 3

springs into action

Answer 3

spring, sprang, sprung
/sprɪŋ/, /spræŋ/

to spring
to move quickly and suddenly toward a particular place:
- I sprang out of bed to answer the door.

to start doing something quickly. This is often in response to a stimulus and after spending time waiting to start.
- when the father saw his kid almost dying he sprang into action

Question 4

Give the floor
Yield the floor
Pass the floor

Answer 4

• and I will give the floor to Peter Fleischer from Google.
• now I will give the floor to my colleague, our director general, Mr. Michel Tremblay, who will provide you with more details
• So with that, I will yield the floor to my colleagues.

i’ts always hard to take the floor after someone else has spoken

Question 5

how pivotal is this moment in the world

Answer 5

/ˈpɪv.ə.t̬əl/ stress
central and important, if something is pivotal, it is very important because other things depend on it:
- a pivotal figure/role/idea
- a pivotal plan
- a pivotal movment
- a pivotal moment/point
- The speech marked a pivotal moment in the World Bank’s history.

Question 6

disturb

Answer 6

/dɪˈstɝːb/ stress
atrapalhar
- disturb the peace

to interrupt what someone is doing:
- Please don’t disturb your sister - she’s trying to do her homework.
- I’m sorry to disturb you so late, but my car broke down and I don’t have my phone with me.

Question 7

critical condicion