Melania Trump Faces Backlash Over Plagiarism
Lesson Brief
BBC Russian
Melania Trump, wife of presidential candidate Donald Trump, is facing backlash following her speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been accused of plagiarism after repeating nearly verbatim a portion of a speech delivered by First Lady Michele Obama eight years ago at a Democratic convention. Trump's team has denied all accusations of plagiarism.
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- accusation
- обвинение
- to nominate, move forward
- выдвигать, выдвинуть
- submitted, provided
- представляемый
- convention, rally
- съезд
- spouse (male, female)
- супруг, супруга
- paragraph
- абзац
- to distract
- отвлекать, отвлечь
- guilty of something
- виновный в чём
- speech, presentation
- выступление
- to inflate, swell
- раздувать, раздуть