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America and Russia are at loggerheads = at daggers drawn

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Em completo desacordo; em luta aberta = em luta aberta

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He criticized the UN bureaucracy as unwieldly

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Difícil; pesado; de difícil gestao

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I love him, warts and all

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Com as coisas boas e ruins

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China is an irksome regional power

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Incômodo; desagradável

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His country is seen as less warily

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Desconfiado; cuidadoso; cauteloso

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Maverick members of the FARC have joined the peace agreement

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Maverick: dissidente

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She performed fitful errors

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Fitful: irregular

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Obama’s actions have soothed anti-americanism

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Suavizou; acalmou

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The putative common market is leaving many behind

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Suposto; putativo

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A Syrian settlement palatable to the White House

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Aceitavel

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A barter trade can be the answer

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Barter trade: troca direta; comercio de escambo

Barter: troca, permuta; escambo

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Mainstream parties pandered to prejudice to win votes

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Cederam; alimentaram

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They are railing against the establishment

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Lutando contra o modelo

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There is an upsurge in populist rethoric

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Recrudescimento

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To tackle the myriad challenges plaguing the conflict-torn country

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To tackle: lidar com; resolver

Myriad challenges: multiplicidade de desafios

Conflict-torn country: pais dilacerado pelo conflito

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Catalans are mimicking the Serbian government

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Mimicking: mimetizando; copiando; reproduzindo

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Each flummoxing step in the process is eroding the confidence many Catalans had in the social contract

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Flummoxed = confusing; bewildering; perplexing

Atordoado; confuso

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Illiberal reaction is viewed as a cathartic political act

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A cathartic reaction: emocional; emotiva

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Madrid has botched /cluttered its response

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Botched: badly done or planned = messed up; mishandled; cluttered

Fracassou; executou mal

Cluttered: desordenado; desorganizado

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A nakedly repressive crackdown

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Uma repressao claramente opressiva; dura

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We must give serious consideration to the ominous progression of global warming

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Ominous: ameaçador; sinistro

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I would not wish to rummage around in anyone’s conscience,

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Vasculhar; procurar

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One objective of this website is to debunk the lies and create transparency.

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Desmascarar; desmitificar; denunciar

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Violence begets violence, and revenge begets revenge.

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Beget: gera; conduz a

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The government is punishing the many for the deeds of a stubborn few

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Atos; feitos; façanhas

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It is well nigh impossible to cope with these challenges

It is nigh on impossible to prove it.

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Well-nigh: quase

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The idea that the flow of goods from China is somehow going to dwindle is an illusion.

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Diminuir; reduzir

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Compensation for bereavement or grief to relatives of a deceased victim can also be put in this category.

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Perda; luto; morte

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The dissident Chech playwright

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Escritor; dramaturgo

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They toppled military regimes in the 1980s

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To topple = to oust = to overthrow: derrubar; tirar do poder

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In Poland, a shipyard worker swept the Communist government from power

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Shipyard: estaleiro (naval)

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The Chinese massacre is the grimmest example

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Horrível; sombrio

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Mandela has weathered the inevitable compromises of office with his reputation intact

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Resistir a

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He considers it no mean feat for dissidents to keep their reputation untarnished

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No mean feat: não é pouca bosta; é uma proeza

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She epitomises moral values

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Resume; sintetiza

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The life and work of our open and democratic societies will continue undeterred.

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Undeterred: irredutíveis; inabaláveis

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Myanmar is a patchwork of ethnic minorities

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Patchwork = hotchpotch = miscellany (miscelânia) = Colcha de retalhos

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Armed conflicts have simmered for decades between ethnic groups and the Government

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Simmered: ferveram; fervilharam

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The refugee crisis has brought indiscriminate slaughter and mass rape

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Slaughter: abate; matança; massacre; chacina

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They accused the Rohingya of setting fire to their own houses in order to provoke an outcry

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Protesto; manifestação; clamor

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She offered a sustained exercise in moral equivalence/casuistry

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Moral equivalence = casuistry: false reasoning; the use of clever arguments, especially on moral issues, to try to make someone believe something that is not true

42
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Myanmar unsavoury regime

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Desagradável; inescrupuloso

43
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American leaders going batty over Beijing

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Going crazy (informal); enlouquecendo

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He has enthused reporters

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Motivar; entusiasmar

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Kissinger was bowled over by the Chinese

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Ficar empolgado; entusiasmado

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Carter had him pegged

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Indexado; atrelado

47
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Not to coddle the butchers of Beijing

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Não mimar os carniceiros de Pequim

48
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Trump’s gambit

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A abertura de Trump

49
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Ennobling rethoric

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Retórica enobrecedora

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Having erred in deploying riot police to try to prevent an illegal independence referendum called by the Generalitat on October 1st, the government is proceeding more gingerly.

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To err: errar (tendo errado)

Gingerly: cautelosamente;

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He has moved more adeptly

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De maneira mais hábil

52
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The road ahead is fraught with more danger

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Repleta; carregada

53
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GDP in 2050 would soar by 15%

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Disparar para 15%; crescer abruptamente

54
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The Obama Administration was loath to use it

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Relutante, reticente

55
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The details were never fleshed out

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Detalhados; explicados claramente

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The “new model” notion was duly flogged during the visit, but has petered out since.

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Flogged: açoitada

Petered out: sumir gradualmente; extinguir-se pouco a pouco

57
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Bureaucrats have dutifully parroted a phrase very near to Xi’s heart

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Parroted: repetiram (de Parrot)

58
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It requires disentangling three standards of his behavior

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Disentangle: desembaraçar; discernir

59
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Its early fumbling and bumbling is what one finds every time power changes hands

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Fumbling: trapalhadas

Bumbling: desastres (desastrado)

60
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Every administration spins

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Gira; muda

61
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They try to evade intrusive oversight

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EVADE: evitar; ignorar

Oversight: fiscalização; supervisão

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Migrants are not encouraged to embellish their stories

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Embelezar

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The campaign looked askance at initiatives of the Trump Administrations

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Look askance: mal vista

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A tentative agenda

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Agenda preliminar; provisória

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The number of international migration surpassed/topped 244 million

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To top: superar; cobrir

66
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English is not particularly supple

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Flexível; maleável

67
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The gymnasts were very nimble

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Ágeis

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He was bogged down in the past

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Atolado/preso

69
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The boss and I do not always see eye to eye

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Be in full agreement

70
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The nations’ histories were closely entwined

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Entrelaçado

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It is now a useless exercise to bicker over who is at fault

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To bicker over = ter briguinhas bobas

Bickering = petty arguments

72
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These days our squabbles have taken a more controlled and grown-up turn.

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Squabble = bickering = bate boca; querela

73
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Minimum wagers on cassinos

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Wager: formal term for “bet”- apostas

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They deferred (postponed) the decision until February

He deferred to Tim’s superior knowledge (reconhecer; aceitar)

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To defer = To put off = To postpone

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To defer = to yield = to give in

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Many died because of his treachery

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Betrayal of trust

76
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Many politicians are disparaging the Good Friday Agreement

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To disparage = to belittle; to denigrate

77
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The center has fallen out of Northern Irish politics

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To fall out = to drop out

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He now has the clout to do something about it.

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Informal - in politics: influência

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Their parties are hobbling by a dearth of strong leaders

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To hobble: mancar

Dearth: falta; escassez

80
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The critical opprobrium generated by his films

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Opprobrium: crítica dura; censura; vergonha

81
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It will be an occasion for muted celebrations

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Muted = quiet

82
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The government is working fitfully at the moment

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Fitfully = sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt

83
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A scheme to beautify the rundown port of Rio

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Rundown: Degradado

84
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Workers were replacing the drenage system

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Rede de esgoto

85
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Excavations unearthed the ruins of Valongo

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Unearthed = digged out

86
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The pervasiveness of slavery has had a profound impact on Brazilian society

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Onipresença

87
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The possessions of former slaves are shoddy

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De má qualidade

88
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Some opponents spurn the idea of affirmative action

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Spurn: desdenham

89
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That was a poignant reminder of the reality

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comovente; tocante

90
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Universities have tended to cater to/for a middle class elite

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To cater to/for: to provide it with what is needed; suprir a vontade

91
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Fears surrounding university quotas have not been borne out

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Corroborado; confirmado

92
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His attitude was somewhat supercilious

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Arrogante

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