Learn “eligible”, “separating” in slow English. From: US seeks Supreme Court intervention over California ballots.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- bulletin
You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about a dispute over California ballots.
A bulletin is a short news report or announcement.
- dispute
You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about a dispute over California ballots.
A dispute is a disagreement between people or groups.
- eligible
You heard “eligible” in the news.
Here, “eligible” means allowed to vote.
- eligible
For example: Only eligible voters can take part in the election.
Eligible voters are people who are allowed to vote.
- take part
For example: Only eligible voters can take part in the election.
“Take part” means to join an activity.
- separating
You heard “separating” in the news.
“Separating” means putting things into different groups or keeping them apart.
- Separating
For example: Separating the damaged forms from the good ones took time.
It means sorting the damaged forms away from the good ones.