Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil, but Bolsonaro rejects the result.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- concedes
You heard “concedes” in the news.
“Concedes” means accepts that someone else has won.
- concedes
For example: He concedes that his sister was right.
Here, “concedes” means admits that another person was correct.
- preliminary
You heard “preliminary” in the news.
“Preliminary” means early and not yet final.
- preliminary
For example: Our preliminary plan is to meet at noon.
The plan is an early version and may still change.
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- Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil, but Bolsonaro rejects the result
- Serbia’s Vučić concedes defeat to student-led movement
- Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns home after months in exile
- Jordan arrests three men over deadly church attack
- Study finds a painted-on liquid can stop cavities in children
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- RechercheThe result leaves Brazil deeply divided: more than 48% of voters chose Bolsonaro, and Lula will govern alongside what the BBC describes as the most right-wing Congress in Brazil’s democratic era.
- RechercheThe runoff result reversed the first-round outcome: Lula had narrowly lost to Bolsonaro earlier in October. The Guardian reports that no first-round runner-up had won the second vote since Brazil returned to democracy in the 1980s.
- Al JazeeraAleksandar Vucic, the Serbian leader brought down by students | Elections News | Al Jazeera
- RechercheIn Serbia’s October 25 parliamentary election, Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to the student-led Student List. He said it had won.
- RechercheSerbia’s parliament has 250 seats. Vučić said preliminary results projected 135 to 140 seats for the Student List and about 105 for his Serbian Progressive Party.
- RechercheThe Student List’s domestic agenda aims to root out graft and improve schooling; the report says its candidates include university professors, actors and farmers.
- CNAVenezuela opposition leader Machado returns home after fraught year away
- RechercheMachado appeared at a church in Lara state and then traveled to Caracas, where supporters gathered around her car.
- RechercheAfter Maduro was removed from power in January, Rodríguez became acting president; the report says the U.S. military captured Maduro.
- CBC NewsVenezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile
- RechercheThe attack struck a Christian minority in a Muslim-majority country; Christians account for about 2 to 3 per cent of Jordan’s population, and attacks on places of worship are rare there.
- RechercheJordanian security forces arrested three men on Monday after a dawn shootout in Karak, south of Amman, over the attack on a Greek Orthodox church. The Public Security Directorate said all three suspects were wounded; no security personnel were injured.
- Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says - Internazionale
- Jordanian security forces arrest 3 men for a deadly attack on a church
- Nine killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral in Jordan | Jordan | The Guardian
- Arab News | Jordan arrests 3 over church attack: state TV
- 2026 Karak church shooting - Wikipedia
- ScienceDailyA simple liquid can stop cavities without drilling, major study confirms