{"id":1058,"date":"2015-06-02T21:58:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T03:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2021-11-12T02:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:36:33","slug":"english-practice-from-sepp-blatters-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/english-practice-from-sepp-blatters-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"english practice from sepp blatter’s resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"

the\u00a0resignation of sepp blatter<\/strong> as president of fifa<\/strong> has been reported using several expressions that often\u00a0come up<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(are discussed) in my classes.<\/p>\n

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sepp blatter is swiss<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

this headline comes from <\/p>\n

FIFA President Sepp Blatter Resigns<\/em> From His Post Amid<\/em> Growing Corruption Probe<\/em><\/h1>\n

resign<\/strong><\/em> means blatter quit, he wasn’t fired.\u00a0 amid<\/em><\/strong> means among<\/em> or in the middle of<\/em>. probe<\/strong><\/em> is a synonym for investigation<\/em>. abc also reported that now<\/p>\n

blatter is being investigated by the fbi and u.s.\u00a0prosecutors<\/em> as part of the probe that led to<\/a><\/em> last week\u2019s stunning<\/em> indictments<\/em>.<\/h4>\n

and that<\/p>\n

there\u2019s probably a race to see who will flip on<\/em> [blatter] first<\/h4>\n

prosecutors<\/strong><\/em> are the government’s lawyers<\/em>. in the american legal system,\u00a0indictments<\/em><\/strong> are formal accusations<\/em>. stunning<\/em> <\/strong>means extremely surprising<\/em>. and flip on<\/strong><\/em> is an informal phrase that indicates that people who protected blatter earlier in the investigation\u00a0will now cooperate with police.<\/p>\n

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another type of flip<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n

in this video from last night’s episode of the hbo show last week tonight<\/strong><\/em> host john oliver<\/strong> analyzes the ridiculous level of corruption in fifa (the episode was recorded before blatter’s resignation today).\u00a0<\/strong> summarized oliver’s observations<\/p>\n

[he] went over<\/em> some of the incredible bribery<\/em> stories leaking<\/em> from the organization, which organizes the world cup, and pointed out<\/em> some of sepp blatter\u2019s terrible decisions.<\/h4>\n