Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Lula wins fourth term in Brazil after dramatic election comeback.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- presidential election
You’ll hear words from the bulletin about Brazil’s presidential election.
A presidential election is a vote to choose a country’s president.
- candidate
Here, it means a second round of voting held when no candidate wins the first round.
A candidate is a person who is trying to be chosen for a position.
- leading teams
For example: The two leading teams will play a runoff match next week.
The leading teams are the teams that are doing best or are ahead of the others.
- concede defeat
For example: After the final game, she had to concede defeat.
To concede defeat is to accept that you have lost.
- printing error
For example: The school annulled the test after finding a printing error.
A printing error is a mistake made when text or images are printed.