• ☐ ☐ ☐ be grilled [exp] - be asked many difficult questions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Congress [n] - part of the government, filled with elected officials
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an administration [n] - a government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a group chat [n] - an online conversation
• ☐ ☐ ☐ prominent [adj] - important, well-known
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a journalist [n] - a news reporter
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a rival [n] - a group competing against another
• ☐ ☐ ☐ regain [v] - get back
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a supreme court [n] - the highest court in a country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stand trial [exp] - be officially judged in court for a crime
• ☐ ☐ ☐ allegedly [adv] - said to have happened but not yet proven
• ☐ ☐ ☐ plot [v] - secretly plan something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a coup [n] - an illegal and forceful takeover of a government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ go missing [exp] - disappear
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a dachshund [n] - a small dog breed with a long body and short legs [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a collar [n] - a band worn around a dog’s neck

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

1. Trump accidentally included a journalist in a group chat discussing US air strikes on Yemen.
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2. The Sudanese military leader claims that the army has regained full control of their capital.
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   False
   
   
3. The Sudanese military has been fighting against the RSF for the capital for three years.
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   False
   
   
4. Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that Jair Bolsonaro is guilty of plotting a coup.
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   False
   
   
5. A missing dog was found on Australia’s Kangaroo Island.
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   False
   
   

Directions: What expressions from the audio have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

1. Senior officials in the Trump administration have been [ questioned intensely ] in Congress.

   [ grilled ]

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2. US air strikes on Yemen were discussed in a group chat that accidentally included a [ well-known ] journalist.

   [ prominent ]

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3. There is enough evidence for the former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro to [ go to ] trial for allegedly [ secretly planning ] a coup.

   [ stand ] [ plotting ]

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4. The dog that [ disappeared ] on Australia's Kangaroo Island.

   [ went missing ]

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Directions: Choose the most natural word (only one word) for each blank.

Instrucciones: Elige la palabra más natural (solo una palabra) para cada espacio en blanco.

Instruções: Escolha a palavra mais natural (apenas uma palavra) para cada espaço em branco.

지시 사항: 빈칸마다 가장 자연스러운 단어(한 단어만)를 선택하세요.

• Senior officials in the Trump administration have (been) grilled in congress over how planned US air strikes on Yemen (were) discussed in a group chat (that) accidentally included a prominent journalist.
• The military leader of Sudan says the army has regained full control (of) the capital Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting (against) the rival RSF group.
• Brazil's Supreme Court says that (there) is enough evidence for the former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro (to) stand trial (for) allegedly plotting a coup.
• You don't get too (many) little dachshunds running around with pink colors on over here.