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Is the Russian President Healthy – level 3Is the Russian President Healthy – level 3
12-11-2020 07:00 The 1)RUSSIA(W) president Vladimir Putin is reportedly planning to step 2)OF/DOWN/INTO/AT early next year amid claims that he 3)SUFFER 4)FROM/OF/BY/WITH Parkinson´s disease. 5)HOWEVER/ALTHOUGT/THEREFORE/MOREOVER, the Kremlin has denied such claims. A footage that is circulating in Russia shows Putin´s leg 6)SHAKE(gr) while he 7) HOLD(gr) tight to a chair, which is leading 8)IN/TO/FOR/AT speculationover his health. The 68-year-old Russian 9)LEAD(w) recently 10)DID/KEPT/MADE/SHOWED a public appearance at a ceremony to inaugurate /ɪˈnɔː.ɡjə.reɪt/ a new Russian icebreaker, and he seemed in good 11) SHAPE/FORM/CONDITION/IMAGE. It is not the 12)ONE(gr) time when rumors about the president´s health and his alleged Parkinson´s symptoms 13)emerge(gr) in the country. However, this time, the claims came 14)ACROSS/UP/AT/AFTER Putin introduced a bill that will guarantee 15)HE(gr) lifelong legal immunity. Some 16)ANALYSIS(w) interpret this as a part of Putin´s 17) RETIRE(w) plan. Difficult words: amid(during, at the same time as), footage(film or videotape that shows a single event or place) speculation (guessing possible answers without having enough information to be certain), inaugurate (to make a formal beginning of something), legal immunity (a status when a person cannot be prosecuted). ANSWERS 1) Russian 2) STEP DOWN to give up a job or position 3) is suffering 4) FROM 5) However 6) Shaking 7) is holding 8) to 9) leader 10) made 11) shape 12) first 13) have emerged 14) after 15) him 16) analysts 17) retirement
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