Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly leaves Brazil after election defeat.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- bulletin
Here are three words from the bulletin about Brazil’s election and a police investigation.
A bulletin is a short news report about recent events.
- investigation
Here are three words from the bulletin about Brazil’s election and a police investigation.
An investigation is a careful effort by the police to discover what happened.
- investigation
You heard “investigation” in the news.
An investigation is a careful effort to discover the facts about something.
- investigation
For example: The school began an investigation into the missing money.
The school started trying to discover what happened to the missing money.
- find out
Here, it means a careful effort to find out what happened.
To find out means to discover or learn something.
- alleged
You heard “alleged” in the news.
Alleged means that someone says something happened, but it has not been proved.
- alleged
For example: The teacher is looking into alleged cheating on a test.
Someone has said that cheating happened on a test, but this has not been proved.
- looking into
For example: The teacher is looking into alleged cheating on a test.
The teacher is trying to discover the facts about possible cheating.
- acknowledged
You heard “acknowledged” in the news.
Acknowledged means accepted or admitted that something was true.
- acknowledged
For example: The store acknowledged that it had charged me too much.
The store admitted that it had asked me to pay more money than it should have.
- charged
For example: The store acknowledged that it had charged me too much.
Charged means asked someone to pay a particular amount of money for something.