Lesson #83

September 6, 2018

Lula, Brazil’s embattled ex-president, barred from running again

Brazil's embattled ex-president, Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva, who is currently serving a jail sentence for corruption, is not allowed to run for president on the Workers' Party ticket, Brazil's top electoral court has ruled. Lula had been leading in the presidential preference polls. The Workers' Party will need to replace him as a candidate and millions of Brazilians will have to decide whom to support. Plus, learn what it means to be "in a bind."

Lingo

Turn off

If you make a person stop supporting you, you turn that person off

Expression

To be in a bind

If you're in a tough situation, you're "in a bind"

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