Politics

Question 1

America and Russia are at loggerheads = at daggers drawn

Answer 1

Em completo desacordo; em luta aberta = em luta aberta

Question 2

He criticized the UN bureaucracy as unwieldly

Answer 2

Difícil; pesado; de difícil gestao

Question 3

I love him, warts and all

Answer 3

Com as coisas boas e ruins

Question 4

China is an irksome regional power

Answer 4

Incômodo; desagradável

Question 5

His country is seen as less warily

Answer 5

Desconfiado; cuidadoso; cauteloso

Question 6

Maverick members of the FARC have joined the peace agreement

Answer 6

Maverick: dissidente

Question 7

She performed fitful errors

Answer 7

Fitful: irregular

Question 8

Obama’s actions have soothed anti-americanism

Answer 8

Suavizou; acalmou

Question 9

The putative common market is leaving many behind

Answer 9

Suposto; putativo

Question 10

A Syrian settlement palatable to the White House

Answer 10

Aceitavel

Question 11

A barter trade can be the answer

Answer 11

Barter trade: troca direta; comercio de escambo

Barter: troca, permuta; escambo

Question 12

Mainstream parties pandered to prejudice to win votes

Answer 12

Cederam; alimentaram

Question 13

They are railing against the establishment

Answer 13

Lutando contra o modelo

Question 14

There is an upsurge in populist rethoric

Answer 14

Recrudescimento

Question 15

To tackle the myriad challenges plaguing the conflict-torn country

Answer 15

To tackle: lidar com; resolver

Myriad challenges: multiplicidade de desafios

Conflict-torn country: pais dilacerado pelo conflito

Question 16

Catalans are mimicking the Serbian government

Answer 16

Mimicking: mimetizando; copiando; reproduzindo

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Flummoxed = confusing; bewildering; perplexing

Atordoado; confuso

Question 18

Illiberal reaction is viewed as a cathartic political act

Answer 18

A cathartic reaction: emocional; emotiva

Question 19

Madrid has botched /cluttered its response

Answer 19

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

Fracassou; executou mal

Cluttered: desordenado; desorganizado

Question 20

A nakedly repressive crackdown

Answer 20

Uma repressao claramente opressiva; dura

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Ominous: ameaçador; sinistro

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Vasculhar; procurar

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Desmascarar; desmitificar; denunciar

Question 24

Violence begets violence, and revenge begets revenge.

Answer 24

Beget: gera; conduz a

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Atos; feitos; façanhas

Question 26

It is well nigh impossible to cope with these challenges It is nigh on impossible to prove it.

Answer 26

Well-nigh: quase

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Diminuir; reduzir

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Perda; luto; morte

Question 29

The dissident Chech playwright

Answer 29

Escritor; dramaturgo

Question 30

They toppled military regimes in the 1980s

Answer 30

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

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Shipyard: estaleiro (naval)

Question 32

The Chinese massacre is the grimmest example

Answer 32

Horrível; sombrio

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Resistir a

Question 34

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

Answer 34

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

Question 35

She epitomises moral values

Answer 35

Resume; sintetiza

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Undeterred: irredutíveis; inabaláveis

Question 37

Myanmar is a patchwork of ethnic minorities

Answer 37

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

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Simmered: ferveram; fervilharam

Question 39

The refugee crisis has brought indiscriminate slaughter and mass rape

Answer 39

Slaughter: abate; matança; massacre; chacina

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Protesto; manifestação; clamor

Question 41

She offered a sustained exercise in moral equivalence/casuistry

Answer 41

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

Question 42

Myanmar unsavoury regime

Answer 42

Desagradável; inescrupuloso

Question 43

American leaders going batty over Beijing

Answer 43

Going crazy (informal); enlouquecendo

Question 44

He has enthused reporters

Answer 44

Motivar; entusiasmar

Question 45

Kissinger was bowled over by the Chinese

Answer 45

Ficar empolgado; entusiasmado

Question 46

Carter had him pegged

Answer 46

Indexado; atrelado

Question 47

Not to coddle the butchers of Beijing

Answer 47

Não mimar os carniceiros de Pequim

Question 48

Trump’s gambit

Answer 48

A abertura de Trump

Question 49

Ennobling rethoric

Answer 49

Retórica enobrecedora

Question 50

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.

Answer 50

To err: errar (tendo errado) Gingerly: cautelosamente;

Question 51

He has moved more adeptly

Answer 51

De maneira mais hábil

Question 52

The road ahead is fraught with more danger

Answer 52

Repleta; carregada

Question 53

GDP in 2050 would soar by 15%

Answer 53

Disparar para 15%; crescer abruptamente

Question 54

The Obama Administration was loath to use it

Answer 54

Relutante, reticente

Question 55

The details were never fleshed out

Answer 55

Detalhados; explicados claramente

Question 56

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

Answer 56

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

Question 57

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

Answer 57

Parroted: repetiram (de Parrot)

Question 58

It requires disentangling three standards of his behavior

Answer 58

Disentangle: desembaraçar; discernir

Question 59

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

Answer 59

Fumbling: trapalhadas Bumbling: desastres (desastrado)

Question 60

Every administration spins

Answer 60

Gira; muda

Question 61

They try to evade intrusive oversight

Answer 61

EVADE: evitar; ignorar Oversight: fiscalização; supervisão

Question 62

Migrants are not encouraged to embellish their stories

Answer 62

Embelezar

Question 63

The campaign looked askance at initiatives of the Trump Administrations

Answer 63

Look askance: mal vista

Question 64

A tentative agenda

Answer 64

Agenda preliminar; provisória

Question 65

The number of international migration surpassed/topped 244 million

Answer 65

To top: superar; cobrir

Question 66

English is not particularly supple

Answer 66

Flexível; maleável

Question 67

The gymnasts were very nimble

Answer 67

Ágeis

Question 68

He was bogged down in the past

Answer 68

Atolado/preso

Question 69

The boss and I do not always see eye to eye

Answer 69

Be in full agreement

Question 70

The nations' histories were closely entwined

Answer 70

Entrelaçado

Question 71

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

Answer 71

To bicker over = ter briguinhas bobas | Bickering = petty arguments

Question 72

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

Answer 72

Squabble = bickering = bate boca; querela

Question 73

Minimum wagers on cassinos

Answer 73

Wager: formal term for "bet”- apostas

Question 74

They deferred (postponed) the decision until February He deferred to Tim's superior knowledge (reconhecer; aceitar)

Answer 74

To defer = To put off = To postpone OU To defer = to yield = to give in

Question 75

Many died because of his treachery

Answer 75

Betrayal of trust

Question 76

Many politicians are disparaging the Good Friday Agreement

Answer 76

To disparage = to belittle; to denigrate

Question 77

The center has fallen out of Northern Irish politics

Answer 77

To fall out = to drop out

Question 78

He now has the clout to do something about it.

Answer 78

Informal - in politics: influência

Question 79

Their parties are hobbling by a dearth of strong leaders

Answer 79

To hobble: mancar Dearth: falta; escassez

Question 80

The critical opprobrium generated by his films

Answer 80

Opprobrium: crítica dura; censura; vergonha

Question 81

It will be an occasion for muted celebrations

Answer 81

Muted = quiet

Question 82

The government is working fitfully at the moment

Answer 82

Fitfully = sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt

Question 83

A scheme to beautify the rundown port of Rio

Answer 83

Rundown: Degradado

Question 84

Workers were replacing the drenage system

Answer 84

Rede de esgoto

Question 85

Excavations unearthed the ruins of Valongo

Answer 85

Unearthed = digged out

Question 86

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

Answer 86

Onipresença

Question 87

The possessions of former slaves are shoddy

Answer 87

De má qualidade

Question 88

Some opponents spurn the idea of affirmative action

Answer 88

Spurn: desdenham

Question 89

That was a poignant reminder of the reality

Answer 89

comovente; tocante

Question 90

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

Answer 90

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

Question 91

Fears surrounding university quotas have not been borne out

Answer 91

Corroborado; confirmado

Question 92

His attitude was somewhat supercilious

Answer 92

Arrogante