(会員) 11pm. Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 - NEWS!
1. Fidel Castro died/passed away.
2. Raul Castro is his younger brother.
3. He ruled from 1961 to 2008.
4. Headline: With One Castro Gone, Questions About What the Other Castro Will Do
5. MEXICO CITY — For half a century, as Fidel Castro transformed Cuba into a Communist state and sparred with the United States, his brother Raúl worked in his shadow, the authoritarian leader’s disciplined, junior partner.
a century = 100 years
to transform = to change
a state = a country
a communist state 共産主義国
to spar = to fight, quarrel
in sb’s shadow = ～の名声の影で生きる、ひっそりと暮らす
authoritarian = 権威主義者
disciplined = 〔人が〕自制心がある、規律を守る
junior partner = younger partner
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a recount = to count the votes again
Trump called Castro a “brutal dictator”.
Raul was the disciplined junior partner of Fidel, the authoritarian leader.
brutal = 残虐な
Scientists are asking Clinton to consider asking for a recount.
fishy = 怪しい
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Gary Johnson
to reimburse = to pay back sb money that they spent o business
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