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Topic 1 : "The rise and fall of Dilma Rousseff"
Topic 2 : "Full circle in Singur"
Topic 1 : "The rise and fall of Dilma Rousseff"
- Impeached - saying that a public official is guilty of a serious crime relating to their job
- Stripped of - to remove
- Righteous - morally correct
- Legislature - the part of government that makes and changes laws
- Bookkeeping - the job of recording an organization’s financial accounts
- Manoeuvre - an action or movement that you need care or skill to do
- Deficit - the total amount by which money spent is more than money received
- Piloted - to be responsible for introducing a new law or system and making sure it is established
- Implicated - to show that someone is involved in a crime
- Petrobras - A Brazilian multinational corporation in the petroleum industry
- Scandal- a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- High-profile - attracting a lot of attention and interest from the public and newspapers, television, etc
- Presidency - the job of being president
- Purposefully - showing that you know what you want to do
- Welfare - the health and happiness of people
- Initiated - to cause something to begin
- Predecessor - someone who had a job or a position before you
- Comparatively - as compared to something else
- Defying - to refuse to obey someone or something
- Established - having existed for a long time, and therefore recognized as good or successful
- Immense - extremely large
- Charisma - a strong personal quality that makes other people like you and be attracted to you
- Steep fall - fell very quickly from high to low
- Commodity - something that can be bought and sold (especially a basic food product or fuel)
- Consequence - a result or effect of something
- Devastating - causing a lot of harm or damage
- For instance - for example
- Amid - in the middle of or surrounded by
- Fudging - to avoid making a decision or giving a clear answer about something
- The doldrums - unsuccessful (showing no activity or development)
- Bounce back - to start to be successful again after a difficult period
- Headwind - a wind blowing in the opposite direction to the one you are moving in
- Evident - easily seen or understood
- Boos - expressions of strong disapproval or disagreement
- Spectator - someone who watches a public activity or event
- Ceremony - a formal public event
- Coup - an unexpectedly successful achievement
- Turmoil - a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder
Topic 2 : "Full circle in Singur"
- Verdict - judgement
- Acquisition - the process of getting something
- Re-statement - to say something again
- Eminent - famous, respected, or important
- Domain - a particular area of activity
- Quashing - to use force or violence to stop the political action taken by a group of people
- Erstwhile - previous
- Reiterated - to say something again
- Arbitrarily - unfairly
- Invoked - to use a law in order to achieve something
- Categorically - in a very clear way (without any doubt)
- Held - to support something
- Solely - involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned
- Conceded - to admit that something is true
- Indeed - really
- Inquiry - an official process to discover the facts about something bad that has happened
- Notified - to tell someone officially about something
- Rendered - to provide a service, or to give help to someone or something
- Void - a situation in which something important that is usually present is no longer there
- Pivotal - important
- Wrested - got something with efforts or difficulty
- Compensation - oney that someone receives because something bad has happened to them
- Afresh - in a new or different way
- Dispute - a serious disagreement
- Academic - relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking
- Outdated - old and no longer suitable for modern purposes, methods, or situations
- Repealed - to state officially that a law no longer has legal authority and has ended
- Transparency - openly (without any secrets)
- Resettlement - to go and live in a different region or country
- Statutory - legal
- Rehabilitation - to return someone to a good, healthy, or normal life or condition
- Consent - permission or agreement
- Apprehension - worry about the future, or a fear that something unpleasant is going to happen
- Deter - to make someone decide not to do something
- Inasmuch - used for adding a comment that explains or makes clearer what you have just said
- Preclude - if one thing precludes another, the first thing prevents the second one from happening
- By and large - when everything about a situation is considered together
- Interpreted - to understand an action, situation etc in a particular way
- Prevail - to get control or influence
- Thoughtless - not considering how your actions or words may upset someone
- Fast-tracked - to make something happen, develop, or progress more quickly than usual
- Detriment - harm or damage
- Livelihood - (the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc
- Industrialisation - the process of developing industries in a country
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