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Zorluk: Çok zorInferring Vocabulary and Idioms from Context

Read the following simulated transcript excerpt from the corporate accountability podcast *Frecuencia Cívica*:

"Bienvenidos a otro episodio de *Frecuencia Cívica*. Hoy analizamos la reciente y controvertida comparecencia de la junta directiva de la corporación EcoSinergia tras el desastroso derrame químico en la cuenca del río Paraná. Durante su prolongada intervención, la directora ejecutiva dedicó más de cuarenta minutos a enumerar minuciosamente las supuestas deficiencias en las infraestructuras públicas y los constantes retrasos burocráticos provocados por el ministerio de medio ambiente. A pesar de las preguntas incisivas y repetidas de la prensa sobre la alarmante falta de mantenimiento en las válvulas de presión de su propia planta industrial, la directiva optó por echar balones fuera en lugar de abordar las evidentes fallas de su protocolo de seguridad interno. Curiosamente, esta calculada estrategia discursiva logró desviar temporalmente la atención mediática hacia un intenso debate sobre la inversión estatal. Como resultado, las comunidades locales afectadas quedaron marginadas en la discusión y siguen sin recibir respuestas claras sobre las justas indemnizaciones que les corresponden por los daños ecológicos irreparables."

Based on the context of the report, which of the following best describes the meaning of the idiomatic expression "echar balones fuera"?

  1. A
    To dismiss the employees responsible for the technical failures in order to salvage the corporate reputation.
  2. B
    To allocate the financial burden of the ecological damages to state-funded infrastructure projects.
  3. To evade direct accountability by deflecting scrutiny toward extraneous administrative issues.Cevap
  4. D
    To deliberately minimize the scale of the environmental impact to pacify hostile media inquiries.

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The correct answer is to evade direct accountability by deflecting scrutiny toward extraneous administrative issues.
The correct answer accurately reflects the meaning of the idiom 'echar balones fuera' (literally 'to throw balls out of bounds'), which means to evade responsibility or deflect a difficult situation. In the transcript, context clues such as 'en lugar de abordar las evidentes fallas' (instead of addressing the obvious failures) and 'desviar temporalmente la atención' (temporarily deflect attention) confirm that the executive is dodging accountability by focusing on public infrastructure issues.

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1
Analyze the context surrounding the target phrase 'echar balones fuera' in the transcript.
The transcript contrasts the action of 'echar balones fuera' with what the director should have done: 'en lugar de abordar las evidentes fallas de su protocolo de seguridad interno' (instead of addressing the obvious failures of their internal safety protocol).
Understanding the contrast provided by 'en lugar de' (instead of) is crucial to inferring the meaning of the unknown idiom.
2
Identify the actual strategy employed by the director as described in the surrounding sentences.
She spent forty minutes listing deficiencies in public infrastructure and bureaucratic delays, which successfully diverted media attention ('logró desviar temporalmente la atención mediática').
The actions she took define what the idiom represents in this specific context.
3
Synthesize the contextual clues to determine the idiomatic meaning.
The phrase must mean evading one's own responsibility by pointing to outside factors or other people's faults.
This directly matches the definition of the correct option.

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