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The historic second impeachment _______________________of former President Donald Trump started Tuesday in the United States Senate.
Trump is the first president to be _______________________two times.
He is also the first to _______________________an impeachment _______________________after leaving office.
Timothy Naftali is a professor at New York University and an expert on impeachment. He told the Associated Press, “In trying to _______________________a second Trump trial, the public should_______________________that Donald Trump was the first president ever to _______________________to accept his _______________________.”
Presidential impeachment trials have only been _______________________three times before.
All three, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and then Trump last year, were found not _______________________of the _______________________.
VOCABULARY
accept [ək’sept] принимать, соглашаться
defeat [dɪ’fiːt] поражение: to accept defeat - признать поражение
refuse [rɪ’fjuːz] v. отказываться: to refuse to accept defeat отказываться признать поражение Donald Trump refuses to accept defeat. Donald Trump was the first president ever to refuse to accept his defeat.
trial [‘traɪəl] судебный процесс, судебное разбирательство: to hold a trial проводить суд, проводить судебные слушания
hold [həuld] (held - held) держать; проводить: to hold a trial
find [faɪnd] (found - found) v. находить; признавать: They found him not guilty of the charges. Он был признан невиновным в предъявленных ему обвинениях.
guilty [‘gɪltɪ] виновный: guilty of the charges виновен по обвинению
charge [ʧɑːʤ] v. осуждать;
charge обвинение: guilty of the charges
impeach [ɪm’piːʧ] v. возбуждать дело об отстранении от должности (обычно высших должностных лиц)
impeachment [ɪm’piːʧmənt] привлечение к ответственности высших должностных лиц государства
face [feɪs] v. столкнуться с неприятностью: to face an impeachment charge after leaving office быть подвергнутым импичменту после ухода с должности
keep (kept - kept) (something) in mind помнить, иметь в виду
make (made - made) sense of something понять, разобраться в чём-то
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