{"id":9787,"date":"2019-08-23T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T00:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=9787"},"modified":"2019-08-24T00:13:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T06:13:35","slug":"president-lopez-obradors-mananeras-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/president-lopez-obradors-mananeras-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"president lopez obrador’s ma\u00f1aneras (in english)"},"content":{"rendered":"

last week, in a wall street journal<\/strong> article, david luhnow<\/strong> on an interesting aspect of andr\u00e9s manuel lopez obrador<\/strong>‘s .<\/p>\n

\"amlo<\/p>\n

president andr\u00e9s manuel lopez obrador <\/em>fields<\/em><\/u> questions every morning (cuartoscuro)<\/em><\/h5>\n

the headline and summary say…<\/p>\n

Think U.S. Politics Is Exhausting<\/em>? Mexico\u2019s President Has a News Conference Every Morning.<\/h1>\n

in his one-man show<\/em> at 7 a.m. sharp<\/em>, andr\u00e9s manuel l\u00f3pez obrador fields<\/em> softball<\/em> questions and talks\u2026and talks\u2026and talks.<\/h4>\n

exhausting<\/strong><\/em> is tiring<\/em>. exhausting<\/em> and tiring<\/em> should be used to describe situations that generate<\/em> fatigue. one-man show<\/em><\/strong> indicates that lopez obrador is the only person talking most of the time. <\/em><\/strong> means that he starts exactly<\/em> at 7 a.m. field<\/em><\/strong> means answer<\/em>. softball<\/strong><\/em> <\/em>means the questions are easy.<\/em> the implied comparison is between baseball and slow-pitch softball. though it’s not really soft, a softball<\/em> is bigger and much easier to hit than a baseball.<\/p>\n

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hitting a <\/em>softball<\/em><\/u><\/h6>\n

to ensure that the softball questions<\/em> keep coming…<\/p>\n

journalists who ask tough<\/em> questions often get attacked on social media by the president\u2019s followers or heckled<\/em> by supporters at the ma\u00f1anera. mr. l\u00f3pez obrador has denied<\/em> he is behind the intimidation, but in april he told journalists: \u201cif u step out of line<\/em>, u know what will happen. but it won\u2019t be me, it\u2019s the people.\u201d<\/h4>\n

tough<\/a><\/em><\/strong> means difficult<\/em>. heckle<\/em><\/strong> is interrupt<\/em> or abuse<\/em> verbally<\/em>. deny<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>means lopez obrador says he didn’t do it<\/em>. step out of line<\/strong><\/em> means behave inappropriately<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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politicians are frequently <\/em>heckled<\/em><\/u>. (ap)<\/em><\/h5>\n

in classic mexican style…<\/p>\n

the event is popularly dubbed<\/em> \u201cla ma\u00f1anera,\u201d which is mexican slang<\/em> for a morning sexual encounter.<\/h4>\n

slang <\/a><\/strong><\/em>is informal language<\/em>. <\/strong><\/em>dubbed<\/a><\/strong><\/em> means named<\/em>. the verb dub<\/em><\/strong> is used in the chorus of the unforgiven<\/strong><\/em> by metallica<\/strong><\/p>\n

never free, never me
\nso i dub<\/em> thee unforgiven<\/h4>\n

thee<\/strong><\/em> <\/em>is an antiquated way to say u<\/em>.<\/p>\n