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Brett Kavanaugh
Last month, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh found
himself in trouble. Nominated in July by Donald
Trump to become the new Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States, his con-
irmation process was in its inal stage when a
series of allegations of sexual misconduct broke
out. Christine Blasey Ford, a psychology profes-
sor at Palo Alto University, accused Kavanaugh of
sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, when they
were both teenagers. A second accuser, Deborah
Ramirez, came forward a few days later. Ka-
vanaugh denied the accusations, which he called
“smears” in a live interview for Fox News, and
declined to withdraw his nomination. Donald
Trump, as well as several senior Senate Republi-
cans, publicly backed Kavanaugh when the alle-
gations surfaced.
trouble diiculty / Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States American Supreme Court judge / stage here, phase / allegation accusation / sexual
misconduct inappropriate or illegal sexual behaviour / to break, broke, broken out here, to be revealed (publicly) / to assault to attack physically or sexually / to come,
came, come forward to give information concerning / smear defamation / to withdraw, drew, drawn to leave, to pull out from / to back to support.
Michelle Obama
The former Ukip leader has criticised the
party’s current leader, Gerard Batten, for
trying to bring in Tommy Robinson, a far-right
anti-Muslim activist. Farage’s statement came
at the end of September, as the Eurosceptic
party was opening its annual conference with
a range of new policies targeting Muslims. “I’m
less than impressed with the current direction
in which we’re going,” Farage told the Press
Association. “It devalues, undermines many of
the incredible achievements.”
UKIP UK Independence Party Political party for
Independence from the European Union and against
immigration / current present / far-right extreme-right
/ range series / to target to have as an objective, aim at
/ to undermine to weaken, damage / achievement
accomplishment, success.
Instagram co-founders, Kevin Systrom and
Mike Krieger, have announced their resignation
from the company, which has been owned by
Facebook Inc. since 2012. Growing tensions
about the direction of the app between
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and
Instagram’s founders have been reported.
“We’re planning on taking some time of to
explore our curiosity and creativity again,”
Systrom and Krieger said in a statement.
Instagram photo/video sharing service for
smartphones / resignation act of oicially leaving a
position / to own to possess, be the proprietor of / app
= application / CEO = Chief Executive Oicer (US),
managing director (GB) / founder creator / time of
free time, leisure time / statement announcement,
declaration.
The former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama
has launched a nonproit registration
initiative, When We All Vote, to encourage
citizens to vote in the upcoming midterm
elections. At the irst rally, which took place in
Las Vegas on September 23, she made a
powerful speech in front of 2,600 attendees.
“Believe me, I am frustrated too,” she said. “I
am sick of all the chaos and messiness of our
politics. It’s exhausting, and frankly it’s
depressing [...] but democracy continues with
or without you.”
former ex, previous / nonproit organisation that does not
have the objective of making a proit / registration
enrollment (to the electoral list) / upcoming imminent,
coming soon / midterm elections elections organised 2
years after the presidential elections (midpoint of the 4-year
presidential term) / rally assembly, gathering / attendee
person present / to be sick of to be fed up with, tired of /
messiness disorder / exhausting hugely fatiguing, tiring.
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger Nigel Farage
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